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Everything We Know About Dallas Shooter Micah X. Johnson
After a rally Thursday in Dallas to protest the recent police killings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota, Micah X. Johnson, 25, reportedly opened fire, killing five police officers and wounding six others. After a standoff between Johnson and police, officers sent in and detonated a robotic bomb, killing Johnson. Below is…
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We Can Grieve 5 Officers and the Black Men Shot by Police at the Same Time
The pain I feel for the deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling has not subsided since I learned that five Dallas officers had been fatally shot in their name. In fact, the pain has been multiplied by five. The news broke for me Thursday night on social media. Cops were being shot at a…
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State Drops Charge Against Baltimore Officer in Freddie Gray Case
The trial of Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice, one of the six officers charged in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, began Thursday, and he’s already had one of the charges against him dropped. According to WISN, Rice was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree reckless assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in…
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Ga. 6-Year-Old Finds Stolen Olympic Gold Medal
A Georgia father and his 6-year-old daughter were out for a walk when they stumbled upon an Olympic gold medal. According to ABC News, former slalom canoeist Joe Jacobi won the medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The medal was stolen from Jacobi’s car last month. Chloe Smith, 6, spotted the shiny object…
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FBI Director Recommends No Criminal Charges Against Hillary Clinton in Private-Email Use
FBI Director James Comey announced Tuesday that his office will not recommend that prosecutors bring charges against Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information in emails on her private servers. “Although the Department of Justice makes final decisions on matters like this, we are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this…
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Report: Off-Duty NYPD Cop Kills Unarmed Man in Road Rage Incident
A road rage incident involving an off-duty New York City police officer and a 37-year-old man turned deadly after the officer opened fire during a heated confrontation, authorities say. According to the New York Daily News, Delrawn Small, his girlfriend, their 4-month-old and her two daughters were driving down a street in the East New…
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Former Tuskegee Airman Roscoe C. Brown Jr. Dies at 94
Roscoe C. Brown Jr., one of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen who flew in World War II, died Saturday at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, N.Y. He was 94. According to NBC 4 New York, Brown, who held a doctorate in education, became critically ill toward the end of 2015. In May he had a pacemaker…
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Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby Is Receiving Death Threats
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who charged six police officers in connection with Freddie Gray’s death, has had to increase her security detail after she reportedly received hate mail and threats at her office. “Our office has received, and she has personally received, a number of offensive and extremely disturbing, racist, sexist hate mail…
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Judge Prohibits NYC Macy’s Store From Detaining Alleged Shoplifters in Its Basement Jail
Last summer, Samya Moftah walked into Macy’s flagship store at Herald Square in New York City to exchange a few items. The process should have taken less than a half hour. Instead, she says, Moftah found herself locked in a jail cell in the basement of the store. Moftah was accused of stealing the items…
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Youngest Victim in Pulse Nightclub Shooting Pleaded to 911 Dispatcher, 'I Don't Want to Die'
Akyra Murray, 18, had just graduated from West Catholic Preparatory High School in Philadelphia. She was set to play college basketball at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa. On June 12, she had traveled with her family to Orlando, Fla., and gone out to Pulse nightclub to celebrate the closing of one chapter in her life…
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