Jan 14
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On Jan. 5, Kyle Rittenhouse—the teen accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during a protest in…
Jan 3
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A 30-year-old Black U.S. Army drill sergeant was fatally shot on New Years Day in San Antonio, Texas, in an unsolved…
Dec 31
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It appears that for years and even decades the Philadelphia criminal justice system has shown a pattern of locking…
Dec 15
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In July, The Root reported that 43-year-old Calvin Horton Jr. was allegedly shot and killed by a Minneapolis…
Dec 2
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Last week The Root reported that 47-year-old Robert Keegan was arrested and charged in the shooting death of…
Nov 27
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In Ashland, Oregon, a white man was arrested and is suspected of fatally shooting a Black teen in a motel parking…
Nov 19
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Kyle Rittenhouse—the teenager from Antioch, Illinois, who was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in…
Sep 21
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A white bar owner in Omaha, Neb., who was charged last week in connection with the shooting death of a Black…
Jul 26
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Police in Austin, Texas have a suspect in custody in the shooting death of a man during a Black Lives Matter…
May 8
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In just 36 hours, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation managed to do something that other agencies failed to do over…
May 7
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On Tuesday, video was released showing the graphic shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. As the video went viral, public…
May 6
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“I was in fear for my life” are slowly but surely becoming the most dangerous words in the white American lexicon.…
Dec 5 2019
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A U.S. Navy sailor shot and killed two civilian Department of Defense employees and wounded a third before turning…
Aug 4 2019
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With the encouragement of our President, America has gone to great lengths to paint minorities as criminals,…
Mar 31 2019
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Grammy-Nominated Rapper Nipsey Hussle, born Ermias Joseph Asghedom, has died after being shot multiple times while…
Jan 11 2019
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The details of seven-year-old Jazmine Barnes’ death remain murky as suspected shooter Larry Woodruffe, 24, denies…
Jan 8 2019
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Court proceedings have begun for Eric Black Jr., one of the men implicated in the shooting death of 7-year-old…
Jan 3 2019
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It’s true of every case of white supremacist violence, every senseless and unprovoked shooting that causes the death…
Jan 2 2019
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The family of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes, who was killed in an unprovoked shooting at a Walmart parking lot, is…
Dec 31 2018
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Police have begun a manhunt for the gunman responsible for shooting and killing 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes in an…