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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…
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Ga. Teacher Allegedly Tells Students Their Parents Are Evil if They Voted for Obama; NAACP Wants Her Fired
A Georgia schoolteacher may soon find herself unemployed if the efforts of a local NAACP are successful, according to 13WMAZ. Nancy Perry, a teacher at Dublin Middle School, according to 41NBC, allegedly told her students last month that if their parents voted for President Barack Obama, “they’re evil,” and she doesn’t understand how they could…
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Baltimore Councilman to CNN Host: ‘Just Call Them N–gers’
Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes clashed with CNN’s Erin Burnett Tuesday evening after Burnett asked if “thugs” was not the appropriate word to use when describing the “bad actors” of the Baltimore protests. Burnett pointed out that Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and President Barack Obama also used the word to describe the individuals involved in…
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Mom Who Dragged Son Out of Baltimore Protest: ‘I Don’t Want Him to Be a Freddie Gray’
Toya Graham is a single mother raising six children, including a 16-year-old son, Michael, in Baltimore. She wasn’t looking to go viral when she walked outside and pulled her son out of protests Monday; she was looking to save his life. “He gave me eye contact. And at that point, you know, not even thinking…
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Baltimore Streets Quiet After 1st Day of Curfew
On Tuesday evening around 10 p.m., the first day of a citywide curfew, only dozens of Baltimore protesters were in the streets, in stark contrast to the hundreds who demonstrated Monday night. Police fired tear gas canisters at some demonstrators who continued to defy orders to leave, and by midnight, 10 people had been arrested.…
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Former Black Panther Paul Coates Remembers Charm City, Circa 1968
More than 100 cities, including Baltimore, caught fire when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. That year saw the fourth straight “long, hot summer”—the fourth time black communities had erupted in major American cities, with police brutality and poverty as the front-and-center issues. With mainstream media recalling 1968’s rebellions in light of Monday’s…