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  • Milwaukee Man Arrested After Reportedly Drowning 3-Month-Old Son in Pond

    Sean A. Flowers Jr. of Milwaukee allegedly drowned his 3-month-old son in a pond. He was taken into custody Saturday after he reportedly held his son underwater until the infant fell unconscious, according to the New York Daily News. Robert Amstadt, who witnessed the incident, said that the “baby cried all the way out into the…

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  • Attorneys Argue Against 'Unconstitutional' Death Penalty for Accused Charleston, SC, Church Shooter 

    Federal prosecutors are trying to obtain the death penalty against Dylann Roof, 22, who is charged with opening fire in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 17, 2015, killing nine black worshippers during their Bible-study session. Roof’s attorneys, however, are arguing that the death penalty is unconstitutional and that he therefore…

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  • Ga. Police Sergeant Terminated for Having Confederate Flag

    In Roswell, Ga., a police officer was fired in July after a complaint was filed against her but is planning to contest the firing, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Former Sgt. Silvia Cotriss had a Confederate flag on display underneath the American flag outside her home. She had apparently been flying the flag for about a…

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  • #ShutDownCityHallNYC: Protesters Demand That NYPD Commissioner Is Fired

    On Monday, about 100 Black Lives Matter activists gathered at City Hall in New York City before noon to hold protests all day, demanding that Mayor Bill de Blasio fire Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, according to the New York Daily News. Nicholas Heyward Sr. held a sign that read, “What can we expect from a cop who considers youth a…

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  • Hillary Clinton to Address 2016 NABJ-NAHJ Convention

    Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton will go to Washington, D.C., to address the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists at the largest joint convention of black and Latino journalists since 2008, as reported by BuzzFeed News. The convention will be held at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park. “It is notable that Democratic presidential nominee…

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  • Special Attorney Joins Team in Philando Castile Case

    John Choi, who is the county attorney for Ramsey County, Minn., overseeing the case of Philando Castile’s death, said that Don Lewis, a black defense lawyer, would be joining his team to help weigh possible charges emerging from the death of Castile earlier this month. According to Choi, Lewis will “provide an independent perspective bolstered…

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  • Noodles & Co. Employees Fired Over Refusal to Serve Police Officer

    On Wednesday it was reported that Noodles & Co. agreed to post signs on its doors indicating that it supports blue lives after an altercation during which one of the restaurant’s cooks and cashiers refused to serve a female police officer in Alexandria, Va. The Washington Post has since reported that both employees have been fired because…

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  • 16-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Black Pilot to Fly Across Country

    On July 18, 16-year-old Isaiah Cooper made history by becoming the youngest black pilot to fly around the country. His journey was 8,000 miles, starting in California, then on to Washington state, Maine and Florida, before heading back to the California city of Compton, according to the Huffington Post. And this is just the beginning for…

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  • Almost 70 Arrested Protesting the Death of Philando Castile

    Police officers arrested 46 people outside the governor’s mansion in St. Paul, Minn., where a demonstration was being held Tuesday in response to the recent fatal police shooting of Philando Castile. Then, early Wednesday morning, another 23 protesters were arrested on charges of public nuisance and unlawful assembly, CBS News reports. Since July 7, the day…

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  • Trump Supporter Yells Racist Slurs at Black Woman on Subway

    “Put them back in the f—king fields where they belong!” On Saturday, a video emerged on YouTube of a white Donald Trump fan shouting out racist, sexist comments at a black woman who apparently had taken the last seat on the L train in Brooklyn, N.Y., according to the New York Daily News. In the video, you…

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