Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is facing mounting criticism from activists and allies of the black community who say he should be held accountable for delaying justice in the case of Laquan McDonald, a teenager who died 13 months ago after being shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer. A court order forced Chicago city officials to release squad car ...
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The shocking police dashcam video that shows a Chicago teen gunned down by a city cop came to light because a couple of dogged independent journalists and a lawyer pried open government records. Chicago’s mainstream media barely flinched when police and union officials claimed Laquan McDonald, 17, was shot after lunging at officers with a knife. But journalists Jamie Kalven and ...
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Gunshots tore through a predominantly black crowd that was gathered in Minneapolis Monday night to demand justice for the death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark. Five black people were shot. “Tonight, white supremacists attacked the #4thPrecinctShutDown in an act of domestic terrorism,” Black Lives Matter Minneapolis wrote on Facebook. “We wont be intimidated.” While their bravery is certainly admirable, the shooting exposed a fundamental burden ...
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The sight of a cop emptying 16 bullets into the body of a black teenager was one Chicago police likely hoped the public would never see. But after a year-long battle to get dashcam footage released, viewers around the world on Tuesday night watched video of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald take his last steps before officer Jason Van Dyke buried him ...
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Born under water with three dollars and six dimes, Ms. Badu’s melodies and rhymes are as unique and irresistible as her style. Since she debuted “Baduizm” in 1997, she’s pushed the envelope and created art in its purest form. The best part: Her nearly two-decade long run isn’t over yet. Her last studio album, “New Amerykah Part Two (Return of ...
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Since black students at the University of Missouri began protesting the lack of administrative responses to racial tensions on campus, Facebook pages touting “white student unions” have appeared in affiliation with over 30 campuses, including New York University; the University of California, Berkeley; the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and the University of Illinois. Unlike the White Student Union that formed at ...
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A few hours after five protesters were shot at a Black Lives Matter rally on Monday, the group’s Minneapolis chapter decided to move ahead with calls for justice in the death of Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old black man shot by police this month. The shooting, which police on Tuesday blamed on two white supremacists, comes at a pivotal moment, days after Dallas ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama recognized 17 Americans with the nation’s highest civilian award Tuesday, including giants of the entertainment industry such as Barbra Streisand and Steven Spielberg, baseball legends Willie Mays and Yogi Berra, and politicians, activists and government innovators. In addition to filmmaker Spielberg and singer and Oscar-winner Streisand, Obama presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protesters demanding justice for a black man fatally shot by Minneapolis police were settling in for their ninth night of demonstrations when something just didn’t seem right. Lingering in the crowd were four people who seemed out of place. They were asked to leave. Moments later, shots rang out about a block away. “I really did think ...
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SEATTLE (AP) — After a racist threat on social media sparked outrage on a quiet Washington state campus, college officials sent students home a day early for the Thanksgiving holiday. Western Washington University sent out an alert cancelling classes and an email to students just after 6 a.m. Tuesday from President Bruce Shepard. It is unknown if the people who ...
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