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Lady Parts Justice League Gets ‘InFormation’ for Reproductive Rights
The Lady Parts Justice League, an organization dedicated to raising awareness of legislative attempts to block reproductive freedom, has tapped into its inner Yoncé with the new video “InFormation.” The video displays the women of the organization dressed in attire similar to that of Beyoncé and her dancers in the “Formation” video. The scenes are also familiar,…
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University of Tenn. Law Professor Urged Drivers to Hit Charlotte, NC, Protesters
Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee, urged motorists to run over demonstrators blocking traffic in Charlotte, N.C., as they protested the death of Keith Lamont Scott, who was fatally shot by police, The Tennessean reports. Reynolds tweeted, “Run them down” in response to a tweet from a news station in Charlotte…
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Joseph Mann's Family Upset at Release of Videos Showing Fatal Shooting by Calif. Police
Joseph Mann’s family wants justice after the Sacramento, Calif., Police Department released videos showing exactly how the fatal shooting of Mann occurred. Now they are saying that it’s clear police acted too soon, CBS Sacramento reports. The four different videos released by police appear to confirm that Joseph Mann, 50, was on the ground shortly after…
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Mass. Supreme Judicial Court: Black Men May Have Good Reason to Run From Police
Jimmy Warren was arrested Dec. 18, 2011, in Roxbury, Mass., after being approached by police who thought that he met a vague suspect description. He was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, but on Tuesday, the state’s highest court threw out the gun conviction, WBUR News reports. Warren was originally stopped because he, along…
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Carla Hayden Becomes 1st Black Librarian of Congress
On Sept. 14, the Library of Congress made history as Carla Hayden became the first black—and first female—librarian of the world’s largest library, the GED Section reports. Hayden was sworn in by Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts. “To be the first female librarian of Congress speaks to what Melvil Dewey said when…
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Loretta Lynch Addresses Shooting Deaths of Terence Crutcher, Keith Lamont Scott
At the International Bar Association’s 2016 Annual Conference on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch commented on the police-shooting deaths of two black men in Tulsa, Okla., and Charlotte, N.C., according to a Department of Justice press release. “On Monday the Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma,”…
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No Officers Charged in Korryn Gaines' Case
There will be no criminal charges filed against any of the officers who were involved in the fatal shooting of Korryn Gaines, in an incident that also left her 5-year-old son injured, according to WBAL-TV. Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger is expected to “advise the family that he completed his monitoring of the police investigation into…
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Family of Minn. Mall Stabber Shocked
Dahir Ahmed Adan, 20, stabbed 10 people at a mall in Minnesota on Saturday before getting shot and killed by an off-duty police officer, CBS News reports. Adan, who worked part time as a private security guard for an Electrolux factory, put on a uniform and went into the Crossroads Center shopping mall in St. Cloud,…
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Pregnant Woman Killed in Chicago; Baby Survives
Parasha Beard, 19, was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Chicago on Sunday, CBS News reports. According to CBS News, Beard and a man were sitting in a parked car when another vehicle drove up next to them and opened fire. The man with Beard was also shot and critically wounded. They were both…
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Steve Jobs’ Widow Gives 2 Los Angeles Teachers $10,000,000 to Start School for Homeless and Foster Kids
Two teachers in Los Angeles—Kari Croft, 29, and Erin Whalen, 26—have won $10 million in XQ: The Super School Project, a high-school-redesign competition funded by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs, according to the Los Angeles Times. The school will be geared to homeless and foster children. RISE, the name of the project, stands for Revolutionary…
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