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Cook County judges forced to set affordable bonds for non-dangerous defendants

R. Kelly denies accusations of leading a “cult”

Abusive Chicago Officer George Granias owned racist websites

Police beat teenage girl they mistook for a grown male suspect

Parents accuse R. Kelly of holding daughter and other women in abusive cult

Racist Airbnb host to pay $5,000 for refusing to rent cabin to Asian American student

Teenager plays iconic ‘F–k tha Police’ song during funeral for murdered NYPD officer

Trans Woman Eyricka King Assaulted And Denied Assistance While Held In Prison

On ‘4:44’, maleness, and the performance of the public apology

Florida womens’ prison goes without water and air conditioning

Two Florida cops get schooled after pulling over first Black woman state attorney

California bill would require police to turn in body camera footage after shootings

Jeronimo Yanez, officer who shot Philando Castile, receives $48K payout to leave department

Couple adopts seven siblings to keep the family together

The cop who shot and killed John Crawford III won’t be charged

Cops in Alaska continue to arrest sex workers after having sexual contact with them

Interview sheds more light on La. police officer’s fatal shooting of Dejuan Guillory

Bakari Henderson, 22, killed during bar brawl in Greece

Judge declares third mistrial for father who killed daughter’s black boyfriend

22 arrested during Virginia Ku Klux Klan rallies, tear gas deployed

Hate crimes are on the rise in California

Black millennials are moving South in droves

Bill Cosby retrial set for November in Andrea Constand case

Governor of Minnesota suggests naming police training fund after Philando Castile

Notorious B.I.G.’s estate calls out Jenner Sisters for stealing the icons image

Florida city votes to change streets named after Confederate leaders

2 Chainz uses Pink Trap House for free HIV Testing

Father released after false accusations of raping and murdering infant daughter

NYC delivery man Victor Sheppard refuses to go to work after being given a noose as a “gift”

Sorry Mika and Joe, not much has changed about President Trump

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