Rochester, NY — Brendan Carter was on his way to see his sick uncle last week when he was detained by multiple security officers in the public RTS bus station in Rochester, subsequently assaulted by police and arrested — all over his dancing.
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Chris Rock pulls no punches, Stacey Dash has an awkward moment and a company confuses Whoopi Goldberg for Oprah Winfrey.
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“Police fired 48 bullets at Nieto, who died in minutes. The autopsy shows he was wounded 14 times; five of those bullets hit his head and torso at an angle that suggests they struck Nieto after he hit the ground.”
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#AlexNieto had just completed his Associates degree in criminology.
There was no evidence that he fired his tazer at the scene. None. A bystander said Nieto had his hands in his pockets.
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Three students were charged in a high-profile 2013 hate crime case at San Jose State University. They were also charged with battery for putting a bike lock around the neck Donald Williams Jr. a Black freshman. All three were found guilty of misdemeanor battery. They can serve up to six months in jail. One has escaped conviction on the hate crime charge, and the jury hung on deciding the fate of the two others. A fourth student has been charged as a juvenile in the case. There is no available information on that case.
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Three Muslim American young men were found dead in Fort Wayne, the victims of multiple “execution style” gun shots at a local hangout spots.
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Only 6 cases where police were indicted for killing a black person on-duty in 2015. Black chief prosecutors secured 3 of those indictments.
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) February 24, 2016
Athens police release Taser footage of man who later died https://t.co/um3J6I9roo
— The Decatur Daily (@decaturdaily) February 25, 2016
#BlackLivesMatter activist Ashley Williams: Hillary Clinton has "had 20 years to answer these questions" pic.twitter.com/RTTvwjOHY7
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) February 26, 2016
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg tells employees to stop scratching out #BlackLivesMatter on wall https://t.co/hTkb7aeD5m pic.twitter.com/D1sU2T0i3Y
— The Root (@TheRoot) February 27, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg blasted his own staff for defacing #BlackLivesMatter notes at Facebook's headquarters https://t.co/femaE0egh5
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) February 27, 2016
#Blackish summed up every black parent's fears in one scene. https://t.co/rlodJs0wyp pic.twitter.com/VyKV3xdhl3
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Remembering Trayvon Martin: A death that brought a movement to life #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/ift1psrpAz
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Employees: Black Lives Matter
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A 50-year-old woman arrested for failure to pay court fines died in police custody after Charleston, South Carolina, officials failed to provide “reasonable medical care,” lawyers representing her family said this week.
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#WhichHillary? The one who advised us to "listen" or told us to "let her talk"? 😒 pic.twitter.com/mzTQgD5fRv
— Kaydee King (@KaydeeKing) February 25, 2016
Michelle Alexander chimes in on Hillary's response to the "super predator" protest. https://t.co/r1o7HhRaJ4 pic.twitter.com/cXvla6BZgs
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) February 25, 2016
Shout out to @colbertlateshow for nailing this one weeks ago. #WhichHillary pic.twitter.com/vaSMQqPK0x
— Alex Becker (@_AlexJBecker) February 25, 2016
#WhichHillary? One calling you "super predators" & "bring them to heel" or one telling you to know your place?#BLMpic.twitter.com/xAt7oAcmMa
— BernieCantBeBought (@QuinnDaGhost) February 25, 2016
#WhichHillary One who sends msg by deporting child migrants https://t.co/MiXpuho36l or who consoles them in her ad? pic.twitter.com/matNb61L8Z
— Dr. Victoria Dooley (@DrDooleyMD) February 25, 2016
By Nick Grube
January 11, 2016
A state law enforcement officer charged with five counts of sexual assault of a minor on the Big Island is a former Honolulu policeman who was fired in 2012 after falsifying reports and lying to investigators about his whereabouts when he was transporting an underage runaway.
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