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Family of Fla. Woman Who Died After Police Removed Her From Hospital Files Lawsuit
The family of Barbara Dawson, the Florida woman who died in front of a hospital after police removed her from the medical facility, where she was seeking treatment, has filed a federal lawsuit. According to WCTV, Dawson’s family filed the wrongful death lawsuit Monday. The suit names “Calhoun Liberty Hospital, two of its employees, the…
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Charges Dropped Against 100 Protesters in Baton Rouge, La., Prosecutor Says
Louisiana prosecutors have dropped charges against protesters including civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson and Ieshia Evans, the nurse whose arrest photo went viral. According to the Baltimore Sun, District Attorney Hillar C. Moore III of East Baton Rouge announced Friday that his office wouldn’t pursue charges against some 100 protesters arrested for obstruction of a…
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Wis. Sheriff to RNC Crowd: Black Lives Matter Is ‘Anarchy’
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke continued his ongoing notoriety as an outspoken black cop against the Black Lives Movement at the Republican National Convention. On Monday he drew raucous applause after he celebrated the acquittal of one of the officers accused in Freddie Gray’s death. “There is some good news out of Baltimore, Maryland, as…
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Angry, Paranoid and Trained to Kill: How America Made the Baton Rouge, La., and Dallas Shooters
In the past two weeks, cops in Texas and Louisiana have been ambushed, shot and killed by black men who reportedly were tired of the senseless killings of unarmed black men, women and children by police. I say “reportedly” because we won’t ever know. Both men in question—Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, and Gavin Long, 29—were killed…
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Kan. Woman Gives Birth to 3 Sets of Twins in 26 Months
The odds are 1 in 88,000, but don’t tell that to Danesha Couch. The 20-year-old Kansas supermom has given birth to not one, not two, but three sets of twins in the past 26 months. “People just consider me a freak of nature when I tell them,” Couch told Fox 4 News. According to the…
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Report: Health Officials Stunned After Elderly Zika Patient Transfers Virus to Caregiver
Health officials are stumped after a Utah caregiver became infected with the Zika virus after caring for an elderly patient who has the disease. The Utah Department of Health said that the caregiver, a family member of the patient, tested positive for the virus, which, until now, was believed to be transmitted only through sex…
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Unique Views, Episode 3: Keith Sweat. ’Nuff Said
It isn’t every day that the Sanford and Son of podcasts—aka your grandma’s favorite satin bonnet; aka your favorite podcast’s most unknown favorite podcast—gets a special guest. But for this episode of Unique Views, the R&B gods blessed us with the incomparable and legendary Keith Sweat. Keith stayed around for the entire podcast, y’all. Since…
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Killsplaining: Whether White Supremacist Cop or Wayward Teen, No One Asks to Be Murdered
We are starting to become a nation of excuses. A nation that shoots first and then looks through your personnel file to explain away why the shooting was valid. I am not a fan of uncovering the past of a person who was unjustifiably killed. If a person is killed by a rogue police officer…
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You Won’t Have Tim Duncan, the Pumpkin-Spice Latte of the NBA, to Ignore Anymore
On Monday, Tim Duncan ended his career much the way he played: quietly. He didn’t announce that he was leaving at the top of the season so he could go on an NBA farewell tour like Kobe Bryant did, but such is life for the man who made his living as one of the most…
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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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