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Law and Government
‘Strike while the iron is hot’ Congress hopes to tackle criminal justice reform this year
A bipartisan group of 20 congressmen introduced a comprehensive criminal justice reform bill Thursday that would have huge implications for…
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New black hashtag, #WeWillShootBack, urges retaliation: What could go wrong? (Video)
The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter has given way to a new, more proactive meme promising — to paraphrase a memorable line by Sean Connery’s character…
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McKinney redux: Police called to break up fight at public pool accused of excessive force, racism (Video)
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Police are summoned to a swimming pool where emotions have spun out of control and…
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Economy
BREAKING: Rachel Dolezal saga’s final chapter? Resigns as Spokane NAACP head
Rachel Dolezal, the “black” activist who caused a national sensation when it was revealed she was actually white and faking her…
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Politics
Will Rochester, NY, be the next Baltimore following Tasering death of black man?
Richard Gregory Davis, the latest black man to die after a run-in with police, is something of a composite of…
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Law and Government
‘Got ’em’ reaction to black men gunning down police reveals a messaging problem
By now you’ve probably heard of Sierra “C-Babi” McCurdy, the former Subway sandwich shop worker who jubilantly tweeted “GOT ‘EM” (in…
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Politics
DC’s top cop backs mayor’s plan to exempt police body-cam footage from FOIA requests
The District of Columbia’s police chief told a city council panel Thursday she would support Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposal to shield all…
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Education
Dartmouth students demand gay, black student president resign for not being liberal enough (Video)
Students at Dartmouth College launched a petition drive demanding the newly-elected student body president resign after they say he was disrespectful…
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Legal experts: Charges filed against Baltimore cops unlikely to stand up (Video)
On Friday, Maryland state’s attorney Marilyn J. Mosby told angry Baltimore protesters, “I will seek justice on your behalf. This is…
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Law and Government
The sound of police smashing this woman’s face into the ground will make you sick (Video)
A newly released video obtained by ABC News shows from San Francisco-area transit cops brutally slamming a drunk woman face-first into the…
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Media
Tweet of the Day: Never letting a race riot go to waste
Baltimore is burning, more in the figurative sense today than in the literal one, although yesterday angry rioters put the…
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Social Issues
‘Ferguson,’ the play, intends to show what really happened to Michael Brown (Video)
Hands up, don’t clap. “Ferguson”— a play featuring a live, staged reenactment of the death of Michael Brown — is set…
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Unyielding
De Blasio tears NYPD a new one for editing Wikipedia pages; can you guess what mayor did the same thing?
Late last week, it was revealed that the New York Police Department edited Wikipedia pages dealing with high-profile cases where members…
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Law and Government
Edits to Wikipedia pages on cases involving police brutality traced to NYPD headquarters
Police departments across the country are now being scrutinized following the Justice Department’s report claiming evidence of widespread racial discrimination within…
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Unyielding
From baby oil to breath mints: Police reformer’s wacky ideas for a gentler, kinder NYPD
A New York City police administrator’s series of ridiculous ideas — including using breath mints and baby oil — got…
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Law and Government
Video purports to show the late Michael Brown violently beating and robbing an older man (Video)
A cellphone video that has gone viral shows a violent and — N.B.: profane — attack on an older black male…
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Law and Government
Bar owner who accused police of acting like KKK arrested for shooting unarmed black man
Hypocrisy, thy name is Glick. After video surfaced last winter at a bar in downtown Troy, N.Y., whose owners believed one…
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Unyielding
Dartmouth to offer #BlackLivesMatter course this spring
Dartmouth College will be offering a #BlackLivesMatter course in its upcoming spring term, the school’s newspaper reported Tuesday. The #BlackLivesMatter hashtag has become…
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Social Issues
Shooting death of black 12-year-old in Cleveland ruled homicide
The shooting death of a black Cleveland preadolescent by a white cop has been formally ruled a homicide, Reuters reports via…
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Unyielding
Smith College president apologizes for daring to say ‘All lives matter’
What in the world was Kathleen McCartney thinking? McCartney, president of Smith College, recently sent out a school-wide email sharing the ridiculous view that “all…
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Politics
NFL players wear ‘I can’t breathe’ message in solidarity with Eric Garner protesters
Last Sunday, the message du jour was “hands up, don’t shoot,” delivered in gesture form by five offensive (very offensive) team…
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Politics
Black U.S. rep. prefers to ignore evidence in Michael Brown case in favor of ‘big picture’ (Video)
Some people don’t see the forest for the trees, but Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) has the reverse problem. As TheBlaze notes,…
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Law and Government
Message to Ferguson protesters and their supporters: Put up or shut up
Last night, I had occasion to be traveling on New York’s FDR Drive, which runs along the East River. I’m…
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Law and Government
Gun sales ‘spike’ in Ferguson as residents fear violence
FERGUSON, Mo – In anticipation of violence following a grand jury decision on Officer Darren Wilson’s fate, gun sales in…
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Science and Technology
Tweet of the Day: Polar bear arrested at global warming rally
The oft-maligned polar bear suffered another setback at New York City’s recent global warming rally, being hauled away by police…
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Law and Government
Dem Councilwoman: Ferguson shows government going to ‘round up and execute’ blacks
A city councilwoman in upstate New York is coming under fire after posting her approval of a wild racial conspiracy…
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