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Unarmed Black Man Killed By Florida Cop For Driving Without A Seatbelt
On May 8, a Volusia County deputy in Florida tried to pull over Marlon Brown, a 38-year-old father of two, for allegedly failing to wear a seatbelt while driving. When Brown fled on foot, Deland police...
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BREAKING: Federal Judge Orders Immediate Release of Cancer Stricken ‘Angola...
Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana ordered the state to “immediately release” Herman Wallace from custody, according to his legal...
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Georgia Police Kill Diabetic Black Man After Family Calls 911 Requesting...
On Friday afternoon, 43-year-old Jack Lamar Roberson was shot to death by Waycross police officers in front of his mother, fiancé and 8-year-old daughter. Waycross Police Chief Tony Tanner said Monday...
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SC Grants ‘Stand Your Ground’ Immunity To Man Who Shot At Teen Girls And...
In 2010, Shannon Anthony Scott, then 33, was arrested for the murder of 17-year-old Darrell Andre Niles, an unarmed black teen who was found shot to death in his car around 2:30 am on April 18 of that...
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Cleveland Cops Who Fired 137 Bullets At Unarmed Black Couple Will Keep Their...
Cleveland police officers involved in last November’s deadly high speed car chase that ended in the firing of 137 bullets at an unarmed black couple, will remain on the force despite being found guilty...
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Unarmed Pittsburgh Teen Faces 20 Years In Prison After Being Paralyzed By Police
Leon Ford Jr. was unarmed when pulled over by Pittsburgh police on the night of November 11, 2012. The Root explains what followed: Almost everything that happened next — whether Ford should have been...
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Black Va. Woman Arrested After Firing Gun Into Air To Scare Off Daughter’s...
Lakisha Gaither, 35, fired a single round into the air from her lawfully owned firearm over the weekend in an effort to scare away a group of boys who were attacking her 15-year-old daughter, Brianna...
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Black Detroit Woman Shot To Death While Seeking Help In White Neighborhood...
(There have been many developments since this story initially broke. See here.) If you thought what happened to Jonathan Ferrell last month was horrific, wait until you hear about the slaying of...
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Homeowner Who Killed Renisha McBride Claims Shotgun Discharged Accidentally
According to Dearborn Heights police, the man who shot and killed Renisha McBride over the weekend is claiming that his .12-gauge shotgun discharged accidentally. McBride died on his front porch from a...
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Renisha McBride’s Killer Charged With Second-Degree Murder And Manslaughter
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced at a news conference earlier today that 54-year-old Theodore Wafer of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, will be charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter...
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Unarmed Man Shot At By NYPD Has Been Charged With Assault Because Bullets Hit...
Glenn Broadnax, a 35-year-old black man from Brooklyn, was unarmed on the night of September 14 when NYPD officers shot at him in the middle of Times Square, striking two bystanders. Instead of...
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Black Man Charged With Attempted Murder of Cops Who Nearly Killed Him Says He...
(See update at bottom.) Andre Fiorentino, 32, says he was unarmed when two Coatesville, Pennsylvania, police officers opened fire on him last month outside his home. He was struck several times and...
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Unarmed Man Shot And Killed By Houston Cop For Wearing A Hoodie While Black
Jordan Baker, a 26-year-old Houston Community College student and father, “took his last breath in a trash-strewn alley behind a Northwest Houston strip center” on Thursday, January 16, all because he...
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Michigan Authorities Collude With Tar Sands Company In Jailing Nonviolent...
In the fourth episode of our podcast (we’re working on a name, I swear), Firedoglake’s Kevin Gosztola and I speak with Chloe Gleichman from the Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands (MI CATS) about...
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LAPD Travels To Israel, Falls In Love With Drones And Mass Surveillance
The Jewish Journal has an incredible write-up on the Los Angeles Police Department’s recent visit to Israel. For nine days early this month, eight of the LAPD’s highest ranking officers toured Israel...
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Podcast: Jordan Davis, Colorblind Prosecutions And ‘Presumed Guiltiness of...
On this week’s episode of Unauthorized Disclosure, Kevin Gosztola and I speak with independent journalist and filmmaker Raven Rakia about the Michael Dunn verdict, Jordan Davis’ defiance of...
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Jury: Police Killing Of Unarmed Anaheim Man Justified Because Victim Dressed...
On July 27, 2012, 24-year-old Manuel Diaz was shot in the back of the head by Anaheim police officer Nick Bennallack. Officers then stood over Diaz, who was unarmed, for three minutes, watching him...
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Merciless Israeli mobs are hunting Palestinians
All eyes are on Gaza, where the death toll from Israel’s merciless bombing campaign has topped 1,000. But back in Jerusalem, where sixteen-year-old Muhammad Abu Khudair was burned alive by Jewish...
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Podcast: Going to the UN Committee Against Torture to Call Attention to...
On last week’s episode of Unauthorized Disclosure (sorry for posting late) Kevin Gosztola and I interviewed Page May, an organizer with We Charge Genocide, about the “shadow report” her organization...
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White supremacy and Zionism converge in deleted Times of Israel post on Ferguson
Following an uproar on social media, a viciously racist blog post was removed from The Times of Israel. Titled “Nine Parallels between Palestine and Ferguson,” the post attacked African American...
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