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All Charges Against UVA Student Martese Johnson Dropped
All charges against a University of Virginia student who was bloodied while being arrested by state liquor-control agents have been dropped, the Associated Press reports. Martese Johnson told reporters that he was “ecstatic” that his charges, which included resisting arrest without force and public intoxication or swearing, were dismissed. “I’ve always been passionate about social…
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Legally Blind Ark. Man Accuses Police of Injuring Him After Slamming Him to Ground
A legally blind Little Rock, Ark., resident is considering suing the city’s Police Department after, he says, he was injured when a Little Rock police officer slammed him to the ground, Fox 16 reports. Eric Wilson, who can see only shadows, had just gotten off work at the Lighthouse for the Blind on June 1,…
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Cleveland Judge Finds Probable Cause for Charges in Tamir Rice’s Shooting Death
A judge has found probable cause to charge Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann in the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, CNN reports. According to the report, after reviewing the facts of the November shooting that has spurred nationwide debate, Municipal Court Judge Ronald Adrine said that he thinks prosecutors should move forward with the charges…
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‘Black’ Wash. State NAACP Leader Is Really White, Parents Say
Updated Friday, June 12, 12:35 p.m. EDT: The NAACP has responded to the backlash and media frenzy surrounding reports that one of its chapter presidents “disguised herself” as black for years. In a statement posted to its website, the organization stood firmly behind Spokane NAACP President Rachel Dolezal’s advocacy record, pointing out that a person’s…
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‘Black Madam’ to Serve at Least 10 Years in Fatal Butt-Injection Case
Padge-Victoria Windslowe received a 10- to 20-year prison sentence for performing illegal “body sculpting” butt injections that killed one woman and seriously injured another, NBCPhiladelphia.com reports. A Philadelphia judge sentenced the self-proclaimed “Black Madam” Thursday following her conviction in March of third-degree murder in the death of Claudia Aderotimi. The 20-year-old dancer traveled to Philadelphia…
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Demetrius Blackwell Pleads Not Guilty in High-Profile Fatal Police Shooting
At his arraignment, Demetrius Blackwell told a Queens, N.Y., judge Thursday that he’s not guilty of the first-degree murder of New York City Police Officer Brian Moore. His attorney is considering an insanity defense, according to WABC News. A short time earlier that day, a grand jury delivered a 12-count indictment, which included attempted murder…
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Va. Mom Left Kids in Hot Car While Being Booked on Same Charge: Report
A Virginia mother who showed up at a county sheriff’s office to face a charge of leaving her children in the car while she shopped had two counts of the same charge added to her list when she reportedly again left her children in the car while dealing with the initial charge, the Associated Press…
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Rikers Guard Kicked Inmate to Death, Plotted With Others to Lie: Federal Prosecutors
A Rikers Island guard is facing charges of conspiring with two other guards to lie about kicking an inmate to death in 2012, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. Prosecutors also announced two arrests and a guilty plea. According to the report, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said that Brian Coll, a former guard…
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Texas Elementary School Teacher on McKinney Pool Party: ‘I’m Almost to the Point’ of Wanting Segregation
The McKinney, Texas pool-party debacle has certainly prompted plenty of controversial views from citizens. Now one Texas schoolteacher has apologized after posting a status to Facebook declaring that she almost wanted segregation back because of the incident, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports. According to the news site, Karen Fitzgibbons, a teacher at Bennett Elementary School, part…
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Chicago Zoo Fires Black Employee for Facebook Post About ‘Rude Ass White People’
Brookfield Zoo in Chicago fired a black employee who complained on Facebook about serving “rude ass white people,” the Chicago Tribune reports. Rochelle Robinson, 22, worked at the zoo’s concession stands. She told the New York Daily News that most of her customers were white people. Some of them would call her names, throw items…