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In what marks the seventh fatal shooting involving St. Louis-area cops since Michael Brown’s death last August, a Wellston police officer mortally injured a man during a traffic stop Saturday. Thirty-four-year-old Thomas Allen Jr. died of his injuries at a hospital Sunday morning, police say. According to a news release, Allen was originally a backseat passenger in the car when […]

A Justice Department investigation launched amid allegations the Ferguson, Mo. police department grossly violated civil rights isn’t complete, but according to officials, the report is expected to fault the department for “disproportionately ticketing and arresting African-Americans” over the years. According to the report, the racially biased traffic stops intensified years of racial animosity in the Missouri suburb. […]

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Chris “Juice” Johnson, a former college football player for the Florida Gators, has died. Johnson, who was only 22-years-old, was discovered dead in his car with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in western Pennsylvania. A medical examiner ruled the death of the Florida native a suicide. Johnson transferred to Duquesne University after the 2012 season. “Everyone […]

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This is so scary and so heartbreaking. Earlier this afternoon, LAPD officers responded to a call about an altercation in downtown L.A. One of the…

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Incredibly, the City of Cleveland responded on Friday to a lawsuit filed by the family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by saying he was responsible for his own demise. The boy was shot dead by cops while he held a pellet gun. Reports Cleveland.com: The city, in its response, wrote that Tamir’s death on Nov. 22 and all of […]

What year is it again? Under an arcane law, hundreds of Floridians are being fined for living with a romantic partner sans government permission, thanks to an 1868 cohabitation statute that just happens to still be in effect.  The crime is punishable by a $500 fine and as much as 60 days in jail. Around 700 people were charged […]

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Just a day after it was revealed police in Washington state shot at a Mexican migrant 17 times, hitting him as many as six times,…

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A day after The Guardian reported shocking allegations that the Chicago Police Department illegally detains and beats suspects at a so-called CIA-like secret compound on the city’s West Side, law enforcement authorities on Wednesday released a statement denying the claims. The police department told the paper that it “abides by all laws, rules and guidelines pertaining […]

Ira Peterson (pictured) was arrested and now faces second-degree domestic violence charges and all because she allegedly shot her grand nephew in the foot following a heated altercation over $20, according to The Smoking Gun. The 79-year-old Mobile, Alabama woman who lives with the unidentified 25-year-old grand nephew in question, accused him of stealing the monies from her. […]

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America’s Next Top Model contestant Mirjana Puhar was killed in a triple homicide at her boyfriend’s home in Charlotte, NC. The 19-year-old was murdered on Tuesday along with…

New information has surfaced via a recently released police report regarding the case of former television sports analyst, Warren Sapp (pictured), who was arrested earlier this month and charged with soliciting prostitutes and two counts of assault, according to the Arizona Republic. The Pro Football Hall of Famer, who also got fired from his NFL network […]

Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African Americans also tend to receive less media coverage than missing Whites, with missing men of color getting even less attention. NewsOne has partnered with the […]