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New Bond Conditions Requested for Kyle Rittenhouse After Teen Was Seen Drinking and Flashing ‘White Power’ Signs With Proud Boys
On Jan. 5, Kyle Rittenhouse—the teen accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during a protest in Kenosha, Wisc., last August over the police shooting of Jacob Blake—was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to two felony homicide charges and one felony charge of attempted homicide. About an hour and a half later,…
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U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Jessica Mitchell Shot Dead on New Year's Day, Military and San Antonio Police Investigating
A 30-year-old Black U.S. Army drill sergeant was fatally shot on New Years Day in San Antonio, Texas, in an unsolved incident that has cut short a promising career in the military and the soldier’s life with her young son. Sergeant Jessica Mitchell died from multiple gunshot wounds in the early morning hours of January…
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Philadelphia to Pay $9.8 Million to Black Man Exonerated After 28 Years in Prison for Murder. Apparently, This is Happening a Lot in Philly
It appears that for years and even decades the Philadelphia criminal justice system has shown a pattern of locking up Black men for crimes they didn’t commit based on the work of corrupt police officers and conviction-happy courts that never really consider that a Black defendant might be getting railroaded despite a glaring lack of…
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No Charges Filed Against Minneapolis Pawn Shop Owner In Fatal Shooting of Black Man During George Floyd Unrest
In July, The Root reported that 43-year-old Calvin Horton Jr. was allegedly shot and killed by a Minneapolis pawnshop owner during civil unrest two days after the killing of George Floyd. As Horton’s family and their attorney, Ben Crump, took part in demonstrations demanding justice for Horton, police officials asked the public to come forward…
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Oregon Man Accused of Killing Black Teen Over Loud Music Pleads Not Guilty; Autopsy Disputes Claims That Victim Punched Him
Last week The Root reported that 47-year-old Robert Keegan was arrested and charged in the shooting death of 19-year-old Aidan Ellison on Nov. 23 in Ashland, Oregon. The shooting, which occurred in the parking lot of Stratford Inn, where they were both staying, allegedly followed a heated exchange between the two over Ellison playing loud…
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White Oregon Man Accused of Fatally Shooting Black Teen Over 'Loud Music'
In Ashland, Oregon, a white man was arrested and is suspected of fatally shooting a Black teen in a motel parking lot Monday morning following a heated altercation that, according to authorities, started over loud music. KTVL 10 reports that 47-year-old Robert Keegan was still on the scene when police arrived after he allegedly shot 19-year-old…
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Accused Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse Says He Used Stimulus Money to Buy Rifle. Here's What He Should Have Bought
Kyle Rittenhouse—the teenager from Antioch, Illinois, who was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of two people and the injury of a third during civil unrest in Kenosha, Wis., on August 25—said in his first interview since his arrest that he bought the assault rifle he used in the…
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White Omaha Bar Owner Charged in Shooting Death of Black Protester Dies by Suicide, According to Attorneys
A white bar owner in Omaha, Neb., who was charged last week in connection with the shooting death of a Black protester in May, died Sunday by suicide, according to his attorneys. The Washington Post reports defense attorney Stu Dornan said in a news conference that his client, 38-year-old Jake Gardner, died “at his own…
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Man Shot and Killed at Black Lives Matter Protest in Austin, Witnesses Say the Suspect Tried to Drive Them Down
Police in Austin, Texas have a suspect in custody in the shooting death of a man during a Black Lives Matter protest in the city yesterday. Garrett Foster was killed after he approached a vehicle that witnesses say sped towards a crowd of walking demonstrators in downtown Austin on Saturday, reports the Austin America-Statesman. According…
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After 74 Days of Nothing, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Needed Just 36 Hours to Find 'Probable Cause for Felony Murder' in the Death of Ahmaud Arbery
In just 36 hours, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation managed to do something that other agencies failed to do over the past 74 days: Find enough probable cause to arrest Gregory and Travis McMichael and charge the father and son with murder and aggravated assault in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. During a press conference…