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Texas Teen Arrested at Infamous Pool Party Was Trying to Calm Manhandled Girl
Adrian Martin found himself on the other end of McKinney, Texas, Police Cpl. David Eric Casebolt’s service firearm when he attempted to approach a distressed teenage girl who had just been forced to the ground by the same officer. The 18-year-old, who was later arrested, told WFAA-TV that he was scared when he saw the…
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Federal Judge Orders Notorious Angola Prison in La. to Release Black Panther, but State Declines
There’s a legal tug-of-war going on between a federal judge and Louisiana. On Monday U.S. District Judge James Brady ordered the immediate release of Albert Woodfox from a Louisiana prison, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. But the state is appealing Brady’s ruling. The 68-year-old Black Panther has been in solitary confinement at the infamous…
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Calif. Students Described as Future ‘Trash Collators’ in School Yearbook Say It Was Racist
Seniors at Berkeley High School in California were shocked and insulted when they got their yearbooks and saw that students in the AMPS program—the Academy of Medicine and Public Service—were described as future “trash collators.” The word “innovators” had been replaced, NBC Bay Area reports. Robael Gizachew, a senior at the school, said he definitely thinks…
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NYC Police Commissioner: Hard Recruiting Black Officers Because ‘So Many Have Spent Time in Jail’
It’s not that police departments don’t attempt to hire nonwhite police officers; it’s that many nonwhite would-be recruits already have criminal records, rendering them ineligible. … At least that’s New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton’s opinion, according to a report from The Guardian. “We have a significant population gap among African-American males because so…
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The ‘Pool-Party Cop’ Was Sued in 2008 for Racial Profiling and Using Excessive Force
This isn’t David Eric Casebolt’s first rodeo with regard to accusations of harboring racial biases and exerting excessive force with African Americans. Casebolt—the McKinney, Texas, police corporal who was initially suspended, and then resigned, after a video went viral showing him violently shoving a teenage girl to the ground after a pool party—was sued back in…
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Ga. Woman Charged With Murder, Held Without Bond After Taking Abortion Pill
A Georgia woman is facing a murder charge after prematurely delivering a baby after taking an abortion pill, WALB reports. Kenlissa Jones has been charged with malice murder and possession of a dangerous drug and was being held at the Dougherty County Jail without bond, the news station reports. According to WALB, over the weekend,…
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Report: Md. Mom, 24, Arrested After She Left Baby Alone While She Went Drinking
Guests of the American Inn of Bethesda in Maryland thought something was strange Sunday when they began hearing the wails, screams and crying of a baby around 9:30 p.m. They contacted the hotel’s front desk, which went to the room to investigate. When staffers’ knocks went unanswered, they opened the door and found a 1-year-old…
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Teen Paralyzed by Stray Bullet Faces Shooter in Court
Tayloni Mazyck, 13, has needed a wheelchair to get around ever since she was paralyzed by a Brooklyn, N.Y., gang member two years ago after being caught in the crossfire of a gang shooting. On Monday, according to the New York Post, the teen faced her shooter in Brooklyn Supreme Court. Young Bosses gang member…
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Miss. School District Drops Charges Against Family Members Cheering at Graduation
Supporters at a high school graduation who cheered when their loved ones’ names were called won’t be charged after all, after a Mississippi school superintendent announced Monday that the school district would withdraw its complaints, Fox News reports. “I’ve had a lot of negative phone calls and emails, but I’ve also had a lot of…
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McKinney Resident: Cop ‘Deserves a Medal’ for Pulling Gun on Black Kids at Pool Party
The media sphere is still reeling from the video footage that surfaced of a McKinney, Texas, police officer pulling his service weapon on teens and manhandling them at a pool party in their neighborhood. But at least one McKinney resident is standing by the police, insisting that the actions taken were appropriate. “I want everyone…