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3 Injured in Va. Shooting Reportedly Caught on Facebook Live
Authorities are investigating the existence of a Facebook Live video that apparently captured a shooting in Norfolk, Va., Tuesday evening, the Virginian-Pilot reports. Three men in a car were injured in the shooting. The video was reportedly taken by one of the victims. In the video, the three men are sitting in a car, smoking and…
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At Least 3 People Dead in Mich. Courthouse Shooting
WZZM is reporting that there are at least three dead and one injured following a shooting in a Berrien County Courthouse in St. Joseph, Mich., an employee at the county prosecutor’s office said. Michigan State Police confirmed the shooting around 2:30 p.m. Monday. The two victims were both court bailiffs, while the third deceased individual…
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In the Streets, in Protest and on the Basketball Court, Black Women Lead
A day after rallies around the country to protest the slayings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling at the hands of police, two photos are emblazoned in my mind. The first is of a woman standing peacefully in a sundress wearing sensible shoes while police in riot gear swarm to arrest her. The second is…
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Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and the Hypocritical Screams of White America After the Dallas Cop Shootings
There was a moment when white Americans felt the dread black Americans live with daily. It happened Dec. 14, 2012, when a shooter entered a Newtown, Conn., elementary school and fatally shot 20 children between the ages of 6 and 7. The notion of safety was shown to be a fraud. The unfairness and vulnerability…
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Everything We Know About Dallas Shooter Micah X. Johnson
After a rally Thursday in Dallas to protest the recent police killings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota, Micah X. Johnson, 25, reportedly opened fire, killing five police officers and wounding six others. After a standoff between Johnson and police, officers sent in and detonated a robotic bomb, killing Johnson. Below is…
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We Can Grieve 5 Officers and the Black Men Shot by Police at the Same Time
The pain I feel for the deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling has not subsided since I learned that five Dallas officers had been fatally shot in their name. In fact, the pain has been multiplied by five. The news broke for me Thursday night on social media. Cops were being shot at a…
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The 2nd Amendment Is So White: What the Past 24 Hours Have Taught Me About Black People’s Right to Bear Arms
In less than 24 hours, two black men have been killed by police officers even though the Second Amendment indicates that they should have been protected. Black America yet again bears witness to state-sanctioned violence at the hands of trigger-happy rogue cops—one in Louisiana, a state that has open-carry laws, and the other in Minnesota,…
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Report: Off-Duty NYPD Cop Kills Unarmed Man in Road Rage Incident
A road rage incident involving an off-duty New York City police officer and a 37-year-old man turned deadly after the officer opened fire during a heated confrontation, authorities say. According to the New York Daily News, Delrawn Small, his girlfriend, their 4-month-old and her two daughters were driving down a street in the East New…
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Youngest Victim in Pulse Nightclub Shooting Pleaded to 911 Dispatcher, 'I Don't Want to Die'
Akyra Murray, 18, had just graduated from West Catholic Preparatory High School in Philadelphia. She was set to play college basketball at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa. On June 12, she had traveled with her family to Orlando, Fla., and gone out to Pulse nightclub to celebrate the closing of one chapter in her life…
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Watch: Woman Hurls Racist Rant at Reporter: 'Get the F–k Out of Here, You Stupid F–king N–ger'
On Tuesday, reporter Emmy Victor of news station KCCI was reporting on an officer-involved shooting in Boone, Iowa, when a woman began hurling hateful racial epithets at her during her broadcast. In video footage, Victor—who is black—can be seen backing up as a white woman shouts, “Get the [f—k] out of here, you stupid [f—king…