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5 Months Since Tamir Rice’s Death and Still No Charges; Mom Reportedly Homeless
It’s been five months since 12-year-old Cleveland native Tamir Rice was shot by law enforcement outside a recreation center, and his family is still looking for answers and trying to understand why the officer involved has not been charged, WKYC reports. “We need justice!” family attorney Benjamin Crump said to a crowd that gathered outside…
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SC Man Shot Dead Is 2nd Victim in 3 Months at Rec Center
A 20-year-old man was shot to death on a basketball court in Beaufort, S.C., last week, becoming the second man in three months to be killed on that court, the Beaufort Gazette reports. Matthew Horne was found dead at around 9:30 p.m. Thursday after officers investigated an emergency call reporting shots fired at the court…
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Ex-Con Charged With Shooting a NYC Police Officer in the Face; Cop Dies
Demetrius Blackwell, a 35-year-old from the New York City borough of Queens, was arrested and charged with attempted murder Saturday for allegedly shooting 25-year-old New York City Police Officer Brian Moore in the head, the Associated Press reports. Moore succumbed to his injuries and died Monday. Authorities are expected to upgrade the charges brought against Blackwell.…
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Jeffrey Dahmer’s Killer Slays Another Inmate Over MLK Painting
Wisconsin inmate Christopher Scarver gained nationwide notoriety after he killed serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer in prison in 1994. However, soon after killing Dahmer, Scarver killed another inmate, Jesse Anderson, for what Scarver describes as racist antics, the New York Post reports. According to the report, Scarver killed Anderson in November 1994 because the…
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Skin Cancer Doesn’t Affect Only White People
With summer weather approaching, the usual warnings about skin cancer are not far off. African Americans typically think of melanoma as a white person’s disease and seldom heed warnings about overexposure to the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Actor Damian Thompson thought that way until a mole on his thigh was diagnosed as skin cancer, according to…
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Boehner: If Charges Are True, Police Actions in Freddie Gray Case Were ‘Outrageous and Unacceptable’
Chipping away at the notion that only those on the political left are concerned with how bad things have gotten between law enforcement and African-American communities over the last several months, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) said on Sunday that the growing tension between police and black people should be a concern shared…
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Charged Baltimore Officer Believed Freddie Gray Had ‘Jailitis’
Although Freddie Gray said that he wasn’t doing well and requested an inhaler, one of the six officers charged in his death believed that the dying 25-year-old was just suffering from “jailitis,” investigators have discovered, according to an exclusive in the Baltimore Sun. It was not disclosed which officer made the attempt at humor despite…
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Ben Carson Officially Announces Presidential Campaign
Renowned former neurosurgeon Ben Carson has formally announced his presidential campaign in a bid to win the Republican nomination in 2016, the Associated Press reports. Carson has never held public office and, as AP notes, is expected to be the only well-recognized African American to put his hat in the ring for the Republican presidential…
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Texas Police Chief Dies in Tragic Highway Accident
Corpus Christi, Texas, is mourning the death of Police Chief Floyd Simpson, the city’s first black police chief. He died late Sunday in a tragic highway accident, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports. Simpson, 51, was on his motorcycle, headed south on State Highway 361 in Port Aransas, Texas, according to the report. A Ford pickup…
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Ga. Sheriff Involved in Mystery Shooting That Leaves Woman Critical
An unidentified Georgia woman is in critical condition after, authorities say, she was shot by Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill around 7 p.m. Sunday, 11Alive.com reports. The incident took place at a model home in Lawrenceville, a suburb of Atlanta, according to Gwinnett County Police Sgt. Brian Doan, who called the shooting “accidental.” The woman,…