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NY Man, Jailed at Rikers at 17, Still Waiting for Trial 7 Years Later
Some 2,423 days have gone by since one New York City man has tasted freedom. The last of Carlos Montero’s teenage years, and then some, have been spent behind bars. However, the 24-year-old Manhattan man, who was jailed when he was 17, has yet to be convicted. In fact, he has not even had a…
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Local NAACP Chapter Postpones Rachel Dolezal’s Statement After Racial-Identity Controversy
A much-anticipated statement from Spokane, Wash., NAACP President Rachel Dolezal has been postponed pending further discussion with regional and national leaders, according to NBC News. The 37-year-old had said that she would address her racial identity Monday night at the monthly meeting in response to her parents’ comments last week “outing” her as a white…
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San Antonio Elects Its 1st African-American Mayor
Voters in San Antonio have elected their first African-American mayor. Ivy Taylor, who was serving as interim mayor, won Saturday’s runoff with 52 percent of the vote, Reuters reports. It was a surprising victory against a popular Hispanic candidate in a Hispanic-majority city. “The work starts on Monday at City Hall,” Taylor said, according to…
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Watch: Ky. Police Officer Fatally Shoots an African Immigrant
Louisville, Ky., Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad is defending an officer who fatally shot a man on Saturday. He plans to launch an internal investigation into the shooting, which black activists say did not require lethal force, the Associated Press reports. A surveillance video shows Officer Nathan Blanford confronting Deng Manyoun, a 35-year-old African immigrant,…
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NY Mom Furious When Son Fails Regents Exams After Acing Classes
A Brooklyn, N.Y., mother is furious and demanding that her son’s high school properly educate the child after he failed his Regents exams despite acing his classwork in the same subjects, the New York Post reports. “He wasn’t educated,” Annette Renaud told the Post. “He can’t compete with students at Millennium, Brooklyn Tech or Stuyvesant.…
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1 Dead, 4 Injured at Ga. Graduation-Pool-Party Shooting
A weekend graduation pool party ended in tragedy after one teen was shot dead and four others were injured after a gunman opened fire, WSB-TV reports. According to the news station, some 200 people were at the party in Fayette County, Ga., Saturday when a DJ said that his daughter’s drink had been drugged. A…
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Ex-SC Police Chief to Be Retried in Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Black Man
Now-former Eutawville, S.C., Police Chief Richard Combs will once again face a jury and be retried on a murder charge in the May 2011 death of Bernard Bailey, an unarmed black man, The Guardian reports. The last time the case was deliberated, the trial lasted all of six days and jurors deliberated for about 12…
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Hillary Clinton Pledges to Close Income Gap in NYC Speech
During her biggest campaign event to date in New York City, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Saturday pledged to close the widening gap between the rich and poor in the U.S., the New York Times reports. Clinton’s speech on New York City’s Roosevelt Island was sweeping in scope and policy driven. She issued a…
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Michael Sam Leaves Canadian Football Training Camp for Personal Reasons
Michael Sam, who made history when he became the first openly gay player to be drafted by the NFL in 2014, has left the training camp for a Canadian football team for personal reasons, reports USA Today. The move comes after some setbacks for the 25-year-old athlete, who was picked by the St. Louis Rams…
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Update: Fredricka Whitfield Apologizes for Calling Dallas Shooter ‘Brave’
Updated Sunday, June 14, 2015, 4:35 p.m. EDT: After experiencing tremendous backlash for calling a suspect in a wild shootout at Dallas Police headquarters “courageous and brave,” CNN’s weekend anchor Fredricka Whitfield apologized Sunday. The veteran anchor said she misspoke Saturday while speaking with CNN legal analyst Philip Holloway about the suspect. “I misspoke, and…