virginia
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Man Who Landed Fatal Punch After Victim Called Him the N-Word Is Found Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder
A Virginia man who says he punched a woman because she called him the n-word has been convicted of second-degree murder. On Monday an Arlington, Va., jury recommended that Robert Coleman, 27, serve 10 years behind bars for the death of Fedelia Montiel-Benitez, who died in July. But the circumstances of Montiel-Benitez’s death were hotly…
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UMBC’s NCAA Tournament Upset Shines Light on Academic Black Excellence
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, pulled off the biggest upset in NCAA basketball tournament history when it defeated top-seeded Virginia 74-54 Friday night. But as the New York Times points out, the school is known for producing the most black students who go on to complete combined M.D.-Ph.D. programs. “When I think about who…
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What It Feels Like to Receive a Call From Your Child After Cops Draw Their Guns on Him
I’ve had the same headache since 2 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 4. My son has had the same nightmares every night since then as well. Most people will say, “Be lucky he wasn’t shot or killed,” but when you send your child to college, the last thing you expect to happen is for him to call…
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Mom Says Ex-Boyfriend Is Person of Interest in 16-Year-old Virginia Girl’s Death
Authorities say they have identified a 17-year-old young man as a person of interest in the death of 16-year-old Jholie Moussa. According to NBC News, a Tuesday press release from the Fairfax County, Va., Police Department noted that the teen, who remains unidentified because of his age, “was arrested on Jan. 18 for a previous…
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16-Year-Old Virginia Girl’s Body Found 2 Weeks After She Went Missing. Her Parents Say Police Treated Her Like a ‘Runaway’
The body of a 16-year-old from Alexandria, Va., was found Friday less than a mile from her home. Jholie Moussa had been missing for about two weeks when police found her body covered in leaves in Woodlawn Park in Fairfax County, the second time police say they searched the park. On the day Jholie went…
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4th Arrest Made in Brutal Attack on Deandre Harris
A fourth suspect has been arrested in the brutal attack of Deandre Harris, who was seriously injured while protesting the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., in August. Tyler Watkins Davis, 49, is facing charges of malicious wounding in the incident last year. Officers with the Clay County, Fla., Sheriff’s Department arrested Davis in…
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Sorry, Virginia: Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Doesn’t Want to Hear You Wax Poetic About Confederate ‘Heroes’
Southern white men love to memorialize other white men who fought for years to keep African Americans enslaved. It’s the Southern-white-man thing to do to champion the losers of the Confederacy. So, on Monday, when Virginia state Sen. Emmett W. Hanger Jr. (R-Augusta) stood up to lionize the birthday of Confederate Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall”…
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Virginia Lawmakers Want to Dismantle Their ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’
One of Virginia’s newest state delegates is working on a series of bills that would disrupt the “school-to-prison pipeline” in a state that recently led the country in referring students to the legal system. The Washington Post used the example of Ryan Turk, an eighth-grader from Prince William County, to illustrate the severity of Virginia’s problems.…
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Virginia Man Says Law Banning Use of Nooses to Intimidate People Violates His Rights
A Virginia man hopes to convince the state’s Supreme Court that he should legally be allowed to hang a noose to intimidate black people—if it’s on his own private property. Jack Turner of Rocky Mount, Va., is in court this week hoping to overturn a conviction for breaking a Virginia state law that prohibits hanging…