violence
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Jimmy Jackson From Waterbury, Conn., ‘Packing That Thing, Too’ and Being Clapback-Ready Is the Blackest Thing I’ve Ever Seen This Week
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? Probably not. And you probably never wanted to. So let me ask another question: Have you ever been in a situation and thought of the perfect thing to say … too late? You see, some of us out there miss our opportunities in life.…
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15-Year-Old Girl Stabbed 80 Times, Set on Fire by Man She Met on Facebook, Police Say
The brutalized body of a 15-year-old girl was discovered late Tuesday morning in Philadelphia. Police say the girl, identified as Sabriya McLean of New Castle, Del., was stabbed approximately 80 times before being set on fire by a man she met on Facebook. According to WPVI-TV, Sabriya met with the suspect, 23-year-old Cole Swaringer-Herring, Monday…
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Dad Stabbed to Death Defending Son During Robbery
A New Jersey dad was killed while trying to protect one of his young children during a robbery. According to his family, Jose “Migue” Malave, 30, was killed in front of his girlfriend and four of his children after a group of teens attempted to rob his 8-year-old son of a pair of sneakers, the…
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Violence Is Never the Answer … for Black People
There is one universal subject that cannot be ignored when explaining history, dissecting the status of marginalized people around the world, or pursuing any understanding of society, culture or politics. It is an unavoidable component that must be factored into any academic or intellectual examination of civilization, social order or government. That subject is violence.…
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Chicago Judge Shot, Killed Outside Home
An early-Monday-morning shooting in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood left a 66-year-old judge dead and a 52-year-old woman wounded. The gunman is still on the loose. According to DNAinfo Chicago, Cook County Associate Judge Raymond Myles was killed just before 5 a.m. outside his home. The news site reports that investigators believe that the killing may have…
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Watch: Black Trans Women Are Dying
Woman is the nigger of the world. —John Lennon This loaded song lyric is not only a manifestation of a Yoko Ono-hypnotized John Lennon, but a statement that stops you in your tracks. If that’s the case, then what of black women? Moreover, what of transgender women, and to take it even further—what of black…
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Redskins Player Wears Custom Cleats to Protest Police Violence Against Blacks
On Sunday, Washington Redskins wide receiver Desean Jackson wore custom cleats designed with police caution tape to protest police violence against African-American men, women and children. “I felt the need to do it,” Jackson said after the game, the Washington Post reports. “I felt like I’ve been silent long enough. It’s a bigger problem out…
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Maybe Violence Is the Answer?
Last week, officials in Tulsa, Okla., decided to charge Police Officer Betty Shelby with manslaughter in the shooting death of Terence Crutcher. Prosecutors will probably argue that the evidence in the dashcam and helicopter footage supports handing down an indictment. Activists will try to convince the public that this is a small step toward the…
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4 Redskins Players Defy Coach, Protest Police Violence During Anthem
It took three games and two more deaths of unarmed black men for four Washington Redskins players to finally join the growing number of NFL players who are standing up against the over-policing of black and minority communities. On Sunday, DeSean Jackson, Niles Paul, Greg Toler and Rashad Ross all raised a fist during the national anthem before taking on…
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Loretta Lynch Addresses Shooting Deaths of Terence Crutcher, Keith Lamont Scott
At the International Bar Association’s 2016 Annual Conference on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch commented on the police-shooting deaths of two black men in Tulsa, Okla., and Charlotte, N.C., according to a Department of Justice press release. “On Monday the Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma,”…