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Baltimore Police Finish Investigation Into Freddie Gray’s Death
The Baltimore Police Department has finished its investigation into the death of Freddie Gray, the young, unarmed black man who was injured in its custody and later succumbed to his injuries. The department handed its findings over to the state’s attorney on Thursday, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, the van that…
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Baltimore Teen Encouraged by Parents to Turn Himself in Is Held on $500,000 Bail, Faces Life in Prison
Allen Bullock, the 18-year-old seen in photos smashing in a police car with a traffic cone, turned himself in after being encouraged by his parents. But now he is being held on $500,000 bail, an amount his parents cannot afford, The Guardian reports. Bullock faces charges of rioting and malicious destruction of property, among other…
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Freddie Gray Protests Spread Across US Cities
Rallies spread to different U.S. cities overnight as protesters marched in solidarity with the latest alleged victim of police brutality, Baltimore’s Freddie Gray. According to NBC News, hundreds gathered in New York City’s Union Square on Wednesday, picking up protesters as they marched to different areas of the city and growing to a force of more…
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Memphis Teen Who Was Accepted at All 8 Ivy League Schools Is Headed to …
Because of health concerns, doctors once suggested that Dellarontay Readus’ mother not carry her pregnancy to term. She wouldn’t hear of it. Instead she had the boy and raised him on her own. On Tuesday Readus, who was accepted at all eight Ivy League institutions, announced that he is heading to Stanford University. “I would…
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SC Prep School Investigating Photo of Black Students With Nooses Drawn on Necks
A South Carolina independent college-preparatory school has launched an investigation after attention was drawn to a photo circulating of black students with nooses stenciled around their necks, the Greenville News reports. The headmaster at Christ Church Episcopal School, Leonard Kupersmith, said that the photo was created on Snapchat and was shared via text messages before…
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Freddie Gray Was Trying to Injure Himself, Claims Prisoner in Van: Report
A man who is currently in prison but shared the police van with Freddie Gray when the 25-year-old Baltimore man was arrested April 12, claims that Gray was “banging against the walls” of the van, trying to intentionally injure himself, according to a report in the Washington Post. Gray died a week after his arrest…
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Who Was Freddie Gray? A Closer Look at the Young Brother Behind the Movement
Freddie Gray—that was his “government” name; his friends knew him as Pepper—kept the ladies laughing and liked to get fresh with fashion accessories bought with money he received every month from a settlement. Gray had a twin sister who shed some light on the kind of person her twin brother was during statements she made…
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The Other Side of the Baltimore Protests
While media attention has quickly zoomed in on the burning of Baltimore, and as discussions focus on the “bad actors” and “thugs” who were destroying property and, allegedly, targeting police, there is another side of Baltimore that has been studiously overlooked, as a majority of protesters continue to do good for and by their community. …
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Hillary Clinton Pivots From Her Husband’s Stance on Mass Incarceration
It was 20 years, 7 months and 16 days ago when first lady Hillary Clinton stood clapping in the Rose Garden of the White House a few feet away from her husband, President Bill Clinton, as he signed the largest piece of crime legislation in American history—the $30 billion Violent Crime Control Act of 1994—known…
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Ga. Woman Arrested for Allegedly Attempting to Incite Killing of White Police
A Georgia woman was taken into custody after allegedly writing a Facebook post that reportedly incited people to kill white police officers, WXIA-TV reports. Police say that Ebony Monique Dickens, under the Facebook name of Tiffany Milan, posted the statement to Facebook on Monday evening, saying in part, “All Black ppl should rise up and…