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Chicago Police Announce Federal Effort At Curbing Violence Via Illegal Gun Crack Down

Chicago Police & Prosecutors Accused Of Colluding To Convict Four Innocent Black Teens, Report

A damning report unsealed Wednesday reveals allegations of collusion among Chicago police and prosecutors to win murder convictions against four…
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Video Game Reduces Teacher Implicit Racial Bias

Stepping into a Black student's shoes helps decrease teacher bias, the game designer says.
Baltimore officers on body camera pilot: ëWhen can we get these back?í
Baltimore Cop Allegedly Plants Drugs In Video

Body camera video released Wednesday seemingly shows a Baltimore police officer planting drugs among trash in a plot next to…
McDonald's Workers at Drive-Thru Window
Officer Alleges McDonald's Worker Refused To Serve Him

The officer's wife described her husband as "one of the great guys" who didn't deserve mistreatment.
Chicago Police Announce Federal Effort At Curbing Violence Via Illegal Gun Crack Down
Chicago Settles Police Brutality Case

The city of Chicago recently settled a lawsuit with a woman who suffered a miscarriage after she was tasered while…
Arizona Diamondbacks v Los Angeles Dodgers
Amazing Progress For Child With Hand Transplants

Zion Harvey, now 10, can toss a baseball, play video games and do other activities that kids love.
Harvard Foundation Honors Rihanna As Humanitarian Of The Year
Dr. S. Allen Counter Dies At 73

The Harvard University professor championed the unsung achievements of historic Black explorer Matthew Henson.
House Democrats Introduce Resolution Of No Confidence In President Trump
Democrats Introduce Resolution Of No-Confidence In Trump

House Democrats filed the resolution as a “political intervention” to address Trump’s unpresidential behavior.
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Mom Charged In Daughter's Hot Car Death

Dijanelle Fowler, 25, has been charged with second-degree murder after police discovered her one-year-old toddler dead in the back seat…
Doris Marie Payne, 83, right, talks her attorneys Gretchen Christina von Helms and Guadalupe Valenc
Doris Payne Arrested Again

Doris Payne, 86, was arrested on Monday after she allegedly stole $86.22 worth of items from a Chamblee, Georgia, Walmart.
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Lawsuit Targets Trump Voter Commission

An NAACP lawsuit filed Tuesday claims that President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission is guilty of racial discrimination.
University Of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing Arraigned In Shooting Of Motorist
No Third Retrial For Ray Tensing

Ohio prosecutors said Tuesday that they will not seek a retrial for ex-University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing in…
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Mike Vick Advises Colin Kaepernick To Cut Afro

Vick said he received similar advice about being clean cut during his NFL comeback after prison.
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Police To Increase Property Seizures

Jeff Session’s asset forfeiture policy encourages abusive police practices, critics say.
NAACP Hosts 'Funeral for 'The N-Word''
Walmart Apologizes For N-Word Gaffe

Walmart blames a third-party vendor for using the racial slur to describe a weave cap.
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Texas Judge Suspended

Hilary H. Green’s suspension will remain in effect until a civil trial, which will determine if she should be removed…
2 Fort Worth police officers shot in Fort Worth
Murder Indictment In Jordan Edwards Shooting

A Dallas, Texas, grand jury on Monday indicted fired Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver Monday on a murder charge…
Chicago City Skyline Seen from Navy Pier on Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, USA
‘Safari’ Tours: Ousted Chicago Official’s Email Joked About…

An ousted White supervisor at the city's "scandal-plagued" water department reportedly mocked the deadly Fourth of July violence in Black…
Obama And Merkel Discuss Democracy At Church Congress
Trump’s Approval Rating Lowest In Recent History

Trump's low approval rating is no surprise, given the Russia scandal, and his ineffectiveness and incompetence on the global stage.
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Minneapolis Cop Shoots Australian Bride-To-Be

Minnesota police officials identified Mohamed Noor, a Somali American, as the officer who fatally shot 40-year-old Justine Damond on Saturday.
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