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Watch: Teen Suffered Brutal Treatment at Rikers Island
May 2010 was the beginning of Kalief Browder’s three-year horror story inside Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex in New York City. He had been arrested in the Bronx for allegedly stealing a backpack, a crime that he insisted he didn’t commit. Browder, then 16, spent the next three years of his life in the…
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In Newly Released Video, Unarmed Black Man Had Cellphone in Hand When Shot by Fla. Deputy
Newly released dash-cam video has resulted in a lawsuit for one unarmed black man who was shot four times in the back by a Palm Beach sheriff’s deputy in Florida in September 2013, WPTV reports. Dontrell Stephens is seen riding his bike and talking on his phone that fateful Friday morning when, realizing that he’s…
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Gone in 60 Seconds: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Tickets Sell Out in Under a Minute
It took years to make the biggest fight in boxing history a reality and less than 60 seconds for the tickets to sell out. Tickets went on sale for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 2 around 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday and were sold…
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Innocent Black Teen Who Survived Police Shooting Gets a $230,000 Settlement
Frenswa Raynor of Oakland, Calif., is one of the fortunate innocent, young black men to survive a police shooting. The Oakland City Council voted this week to settle lawsuits surrounding his near-fatal encounter for $275,000, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The shooting occurred in 2013, when Frenswa was 16 years old. The police responded to…
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Baltimore Police Union’s Boss Inflames Tension With ‘Lynch Mob’ Remark; ‘Rough Ride’ Alleged
Gene Ryan, head of Baltimore’s Fraternal Order of Police, took a step back following backlash over a remark he made regarding protesters in the Freddie Gray case. “Maybe I need to reword that,” he said at a news conference. But while Ryan acknowledged that his words were inappropriate, the Gray family’s lawyer is demanding an…
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Analysis: Obamacare Unexpectedly Triggers an Uptick in Food Stamp Enrollment
Obamacare’s impact reaches beyond health care. An Associated Press analysis found that the president’s health-care-reform law apparently triggered an increase in food stamp enrollment across several states. An expansion in Medicaid appears to be the link. Ten states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the health care law are experiencing an increase in food stamp…
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A Bounced Check Paves the Way for North Miami Mayor’s Re-Election
Smith Joseph, the mayor of North Miami, Fla., is now running unopposed for re-election. His only opponent, a former city councilman, was disqualified because of a bad check. North Miami’s city clerk told the Miami Herald that Jean Marcellus was disqualified because his $2,400 check for the qualifying fee was returned for insufficient funds on…
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Defendant to Judge in Legal Brief: ‘You Are a Hoe. This Court Is a Hoe’
One “Floridian-American” sovereign citizen did not see eye to eye with a U.S. District Court judge who dismissed the civil rights lawsuit she filed on behalf of her husband and son, and she made her displeasure quite clear in a nine-page, profanity-ridden legal brief, Raw Story reports. Tamah Jada Clark had filed a complaint insisting that…
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After 5-Month Delay, Loretta Lynch Becomes 1st Black Female Attorney General
Updated Thursday, April 23, 3:45 p.m. EDT: Shortly after Loretta Lynch’s confirmation for the position of attorney general was announced, President Barack Obama released a statement declaring that America “will be better off” for the decision: Loretta has spent her life fighting for the fair and equal justice that is the foundation of our democracy.…
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La. Inmate’s Death While in Custody Raises Questions
Ervin Leon Edwards died lying facedown on the floor of West Baton Rouge Parish Jail in Louisiana. According to The Advocate, the 38-year-old’s 2013 death has since raised questions. A recent video released from the jail shows that Edwards was surrounded by about six officers, who appeared to be attempting to subdue him, in the…