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A Georgia elementary teacher was arrested for the 2016 death of siblings in a gang-related incident. Fox 2 News in Atlanta reports Michael De’Sean White along with several others were arrested in the deaths of 15-year-old Daveon Coates and his sister 11-year-old Tatiyana Coates. In October of 2016, police received a 911 call from a child who […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A family that gained attention for an emotional photograph of an African-American boy hugging a white police officer at a 2014 protest was killed when their SUV plunged off a scenic California highway, authorities said Wednesday as they asked for help figuring out what happened. “We have every indication to […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Family, friends and strangers, some expressing anger and frustration, gathered in Sacramento on Wednesday for a public wake for 22-year-old Stephon Clark, an unarmed man shot by police in his grandparents’ backyard. Some attendees wore black shirts calling for justice, while one woman held up a clenched fist as she exited […]
As if HBCU’s didn’t have enough issues finding funds, six Howard University employees were fired last year for stealing $1 million in student financial aid. This revelation comes at particularly difficult time for the university, whose students have demanded changes at the historically Black institution. The university’s president, Wayne Frederick has been under fire for […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A young law student’s story of being racially profiled by campus police at the University of Virginia in 2011 drew outrage in Charlottesville, a liberal college enclave that boasts of its inclusiveness. When he recanted weeks later, he was branded a liar and an example of what’s wrong with affirmative action. […]
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man whose murder conviction was thrown out after he spent 45 years in prison will not face a second trial. Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Wednesday that she’s dropping the case against Richard Phillips. She says he was the victim of false testimony by a key witness. Worthy says what happened […]
A South Carolina volunteer officer has raised concerns about his duty after shooting at a Black motorist during a traffic stop. According to Post And Courier, volunteer officer Lt. Mike Brandt fired his gun on Saturday night March 24 during a ride along with an officer of the Florence police department. In firing his gun he […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Omarosa Manigault Newman once predicted that “every critic, every detractor will have to bow down to President Trump.” Now the question for the former White House aide and “Apprentice” contestant is whether that counts for her, too. Starring in another reality TV show after resigning from the West Wing, Manigault Newman unleashed […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A blinding national spotlight is shining on the family of Stephon Clark, the 22-year-old unarmed black man killed by Sacramento police last week. “You don’t know what it’s like until you experience it,” Clark’s uncle, Curtis Gordon, told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday. “You can see it on TV, […]