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Police Arrest Man in Fatal Accidental Shooting of 5-Year-Old Fla. Girl
Police have arrested 34-year-old Maurice Antonio Mobley in connection with the fatal accidental shooting of a 5-year-old girl over the weekend, Action News Jax reports. Mobley is facing charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the Jacksonville, Fla., Sheriff’s Office confirmed. He is the boyfriend of the mother of 5-year-old Serenity Allen,…
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Minn. Man Found Guilty of Shooting Black Lives Matter Activists During Protest
A Minnesota man charged with felony first-degree assault and riot charges in the November 2015 shooting of five people at a Black Lives Matter protest was convicted by a jury Wednesday. The Star-Tribune reports that the jury deliberated for seven hours before finding Allen “Lance” Scarsella, 24, guilty on all counts following two weeks of…
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Detroit Father Shot and Killed While Dropping Son Off at School
Detroit police are investigating after a father was reportedly shot to death in front of his son’s school Wednesday morning, the Detroit Free Press reports. Police say that the man was shot in the head shortly after his son exited the vehicle and went into the Mark Twain Elementary School in southwest Detroit. The young…
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Ga. Woman Says She Shot 15-Year-Old Black Boy in Self-Defense After He Threw Rocks
A white Georgia woman who once voiced concern about her neighborhood and “bad blacks” is now facing charges for shooting a black teenager in the head after he walked past her house Monday evening, the New York Daily News reports. According to the report, Elisabeth Cannon was charged with two counts of aggravated assault in…
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Gunman Behind Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting That Left 5 Dead ID'd as Esteban Santiago
Updated Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, 3:50 p.m. EST: The gunman behind the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida has been identified as Esteban Santiago, NBC News reports. Santiago is described as a 26-year-old New Jersey native. Senior law-enforcement sources told the network that Santiago had a military ID on him, although it…
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Charges Dropped Against Detroit Man in Wayne State Cop Killing
Charges have been dropped against a Detroit man accused of fatally shooting a Wayne State University campus police officer. Officer Collin Rose, 29, was shot and killed in November, and DeAngelo Davis, 31, was arrested the same night and charged with the murder, the New York Daily News reports. Davis had been in jail since…
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Iowa Officer Won't Be Charged in Shooting That Left Unarmed Black Man Paralyzed
A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, police officer will not be charged in a shooting that left an unarmed black motorist paralyzed because a grand jury has declined to return an indictment. The grand jury decision not to indict Officer Lucas Jones has infuriated supporters of Jerime Mitchell, 37, who was shot in the neck during a…
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La. Sheriff Seems Real Happy to Say 'Nigga' in Public
I am going to need these white men in positions of power to grow up. I’m going to need them to stop acting like teenagers whose feelings get hurt on Twitter. I’m going to need them to log off and do their jobs. To date, the president-elect and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff investigating a murder…
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Mistrial in Murder Case Against Cop Who Fatally Shot Walter Scott
A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case against now-former North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager, charged with fatally shooting an unarmed black man as the man ran away from him. According to ABC News, the jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision, with many reports speculating that there was one…
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Ronald Gasser, Man Arrested in Death of Joe McKnight, Released From Custody
Ronald Gasser, the man authorities say shot and killed former NFL player Joe McKnight outside New Orleans, was released from custody overnight without being charged, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, NOLA.com reports. McKnight was shot and killed Thursday at the intersection of Behrman Highway and Holmes Boulevard in the New Orleans suburb of Terrytown,…