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If there is one person that has been forgotten in the Michael Brown case, it’s his friend Dorian Johnson, the closest witness to his shooting by former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Johnson, whose full grand jury testimony has been withheld by Ferguson authorities at the request of the Justice Department, testified that Brown had […]
Two Boynton Beach police officers, Barry Ward and Terrence Paramore, made a little girl’s dream come true for the holidays. According to the New York Daily…
The recent deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice will be the hot topic addressed by President Barack Obama today in an exclusive interview with BET Networks. BET News’ Jeff Johnson will chat with the commander-in-chief about the tragedies on “BET News Presents: A Conversation with President Barack Obama.” A portion of the […]
DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas emergency-room doctor who initially treated a Liberian man infected with Ebola said he didn’t know the man’s home country or that he had a 103-degree fever shortly before he left the hospital. Thomas Eric Duncan was released in the early hours of Sept. 26, about half an hour after his medical records […]
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Raucous demonstrations hit Berkeley’s streets for a second straight night as protesters angered by police killings in Missouri and New York clashed with officers, vandalized businesses and even fought with each other, officials said. Sunday’s protest began peacefully on the University of California, Berkeley, campus but eventually grew rowdy and spilled […]
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — A week after their “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!” show of solidarity, several St. Louis Rams players made another societal statement Sunday with the message: “I Can’t Breathe.” The slogan refers to Eric Garner, who died after a New York police officer placed him in a chokehold during an arrest for selling […]
In an effort to encourage to low-income Detroit, Mich., mothers to breastfeed, an Oregon company has teamed with the Clinton Global Initiative to buy their…
Because this is how America works: White male police officers are being granted immunity for killing unarmed Black men, but there’s a group of female…
Last night, in the midst of protests in reaction to the non-indictment of Daniel Pantaleo, the Staten Island cop responsible for choking and killing Eric…
CHICAGO (AP) — A summer jobs program that engaged mentors to help troubled kids stay on track is linked with a big reduction in youth arrests for violent crimes. The results suggest that a low-cost public program can reap big benefits. But they also support arguments that employment alone cannot resolve poverty-related ills. Study author […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — A U.S. Justice Department report released Thursday spared no one in the Cleveland police chain of command amid findings of excessive use of force and civil rights violations. It was the second time in recent years the Justice Department has taken the Cleveland police to task over the use of force. But […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after her nomination ran into trouble in the Senate, President Barack Obama’s pick to head the Social Security Administration passionately defended her integrity, her long career in government and her handling of a troubled computer project she inherited from a predecessor. “I’ve always met the highest ethical standards,” Carolyn W. […]
