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  • Dallas Gunman Killed by 'Bomb Robot' Identified as Micah Xavier Johnson

    The alleged Dallas gunman who was killed after a standoff with police has been identified as 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson, two U.S. law-enforcement officials said, according to the Los Angeles Times. Johnson, a resident of the Dallas area, reportedly had no known criminal history or ties with any terror groups. The 25-year-old was killed after…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • It Has Not Been A Good Week In Or For America

    It has not been a good week in or for America. In a little over 72 hours, two Black men from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and St. Paul, Minnesota, have been murdered by the police, and last night, in Dallas, Texas, snipers took aim at the police during a peaceful protest over the first two killings.…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • Dallas Gunman Was 'Upset About Recent Police Shootings,' 'Wanted to Kill White People': Police Chief 

    Dallas Police Chief David Brown revealed Friday that one of the suspected gunmen allegedly behind the shooting deaths of five police officers said he “wanted to kill white people, especially white officers,” the Washington Post reports. That suspect was eventually killed by police after authorities sent in a “bomb robot” to place a device “where…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • White NC Man Arrested Alive After Pointing Gun, Firing Shot at Sheriff's Deputy 

    In the past two days, we’ve seen two black men—Alton Sterling and Philando Castile—fatally gunned down by police officers in two different states while legally carrying, but not holding or pointing, a firearm. And then there’s William Bruce Ray of Raleigh, N.C., who was safely apprehended after pointing a pistol at a Wake County sheriff’s…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Ga. Park Hanging Referred to FBI 

    Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed issued a statement Thursday afternoon announcing that the case regarding a black man found hanging from a tree in the city’s Piedmont Park has been referred to the FBI, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. According to the site, the announcement came hours after social media users expressed suspicions and outrage, with some…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Girlfriend of Philando Castile Speaks Out About His Fatal Police Encounter: ‘They Are Here to Kill Us’

    The girlfriend of Philando Castile, who was shot and killed Wednesday night during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn., made her first public appearance Thursday morning at a rally at the residence of Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton in St. Paul, Fusion reports. Diamond “Lavish” Reynolds, who broadcast the aftermath of Castile’s shooting on Facebook…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Attorneys for Accused Charleston, SC, Church Shooter Dylann Roof Ask for Dismissal of Federal Case

    Attorneys for Dylann Roof, accused of shooting nine parishioners at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., are calling the federal case unconstitutional and asking for those charges to be dropped, WCSC reports. The court documents, which were filed Tuesday, assert that the case against Roof should be handled by the state of South…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Stop Punishing Black Children Just Because They’re Black

    Editor’s note: Once a month, this column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do about gaps in achievement and opportunity, especially for boys of color. Schools should be held to higher standards than students. If schools irresponsibly impose discipline practices, then those rules (or leaders) should be expelled. However, when it comes to…

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    Andre Perry

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  • Descendants of Plantation Owner, Slave Reunite for Dinner 181 Years Later

    Last week, two families sat down for dinner. That really isn’t unusual or special, but what made this gathering rare was that it took some 181 years to get there. Nkrumah Steward, the descendant of a slave, and Robert Adams, the descendant of a plantation owner, pulled together the meeting between their two families to…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby Is Receiving Death Threats

    Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who charged six police officers in connection with Freddie Gray’s death, has had to increase her security detail after she reportedly received hate mail and threats at her office. “Our office has received, and she has personally received, a number of offensive and extremely disturbing, racist, sexist hate mail…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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