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Renisha McBride: Will Toxicology Results Sway the Court of Public Opinion?
During an interview on NewsOne Now with Roland Martin, legal analyst Midwin Charles said that the recent revelation that Renisha McBride’s blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit and contained traces of marijuana at the time of her death might affect how the case plays out, especially if it gets to a jury, News One reports. “What I…
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Jay Z to Move Forward With Barneys Collaboration
The Daily News reports that hip-hop mogul Jay Z, in an effort to turn a looming public relations disaster to his advantage, announced Friday that he plans to move forward with a collaboration with Barneys, vowing to tackle allegations of racial profiling “head on.” He released the statement five days before the scheduled unveiling of…
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President Obama Races to Save Health Care Law
President Barack Obama’s signature health care law is at risk of falling apart because of a mixture of blunders by his administration and hubris, or “his own inflated promises,” the Associated Press reports. To avoid a catastrophe and a total unraveling of the measure, he needs to make speedy progress on several fronts, including fixing…
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Charles Barkley Defends Matt Barnes’ Use of N-Word
Los Angeles Clipper forward Matt Barnes has an unlikely defender after sending out a tweet containing the n-word. TNT analyst and basketball hall of famer Charles Barkley said Barnes had no reason to apologize for using the inflammatory word. Here’s the rub, according the Bleacher Report: Barnes was ejected from the Clippers’ 111-103 win over the…
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University of Alabama Sorority Elects 1st Black President
In the aftermath of allegations of racial discrimination within the Greek system at the University of Alabama, the Huffington Post reports that one of the school’s major white sororities has elected a black president for the first time in history. Hannah Patterson, 22, an engineering student who joined Sigma Delta Tau a year ago, was…
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Churches Join NAACP in Early Voting Lawsuit
The voices contesting North Carolina’s elections law just grew stronger. The News & Observer reports that six churches have added their names to an NAACP lawsuit challenging the law. The churches in Merry Hill, Brevard, Durham, Hickory and Chapel Hill argue in an amended complaint that cuts to the number of days for early voting…
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Oprah: President Obama Is Disrespected Because He’s Black
During a candid interview recently with BBC’s Will Gompertz, Oprah Winfrey discussed racism, saying that it still exists in the world today and that it’s the singular reason that Barack Obama has been so disrespected as president, the Daily News reports. “There’s a level of disrespect for the office that occurs in some cases and…
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Listen: 911 Dispatcher in Renisha McBride Case
A recording obtained by the The Root includes audio of a police dispatcher sending officers to the Dearborn Heights, Mich., home where 19-year-old Renisha McBride was killed by a shotgun blast to the face on Nov. 2. The shooter, 54-year-old Theodore Paul Wafer, called 911 to report that he shot someone he didn’t recognize. She…
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Racist Facebook Posts Generate UGA Protests
A week after racist and homophobic comments were posted on the official Facebook pages of two University of Georgia organizations, students and faculty members gathered in front of the administration office to make their voices heard, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. On Thursday, some 100 people carrying signs attended the protest. “We want to make it…
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Renisha McBride’s Killer Facing Charge of 2nd-Degree Murder
Renisha McBride had been drinking the night of Nov. 2, when she crashed her car and wandered off in search of something. Maybe it was help. Maybe it was to get away from the accident. Maybe she was disoriented and unclear of her surroundings, lost on a side of town that wasn’t hers. The 19-year-old…