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Pennsylvania man arrested after killing Black teen Bianca Roberson during road rage incident

Boston cop Officer Joseph DeAngelo, Jr. suspended without pay for six months because of racially charged video

Two women, 41 and 32, shot and killed in Chicago’s Washington Park

Settlement keeps Mississippi from jailing people who can’t afford bail

Tommy Le shot by sheriff’s deputy hours before high school graduation

Ava Le’Ray Barrin, 17, is the youngest transgender murder victim of 2017

Only cop charged in connection to Sandra Bland’s death cuts a deal

Motion Picture Academy welcomes record-breaking, diverse class

Texas police chief resigns amid controversy tied to arrest of Carmen Ponder, Miss Black Texas Ambassador

Teens arrested for selling water bottles offered jobs in IT

Three Chicago cops charged with conspiracy in coverup of Laquan McDonald shooting

Black man Devonte Shipman threatened with jail time for jaywalking

Off-duty Illinois cop threatens teen’s life because he sat on his porch

Supreme Court lets parts of travel ban through

Black man in Georgia denied ‘stand your ground’ defense in murder trial

Second mistrial declared in Ray Tensing murder trial for killing Sam Dubose

D.C. councilman calls out police for handcuffing Black teens who sold water

Bill Cosby wants to lecture people on sexual-assault, seriously

Ohio State football recruit Tyreke Smith wore the most pro-Black shirt ever on his visit

43 arrested, most of them disabled, during GOP healthcare bill protest

Trinity College closed after professor receives death threats

Airman Mario Manago fired and convicted of federal crime after being 6 minutes late to meeting

How Trump’s anti-Black, anti-poor, and anti-LGBTQ administration affects marginalized people

Cuba says “Nah” to Trump’s request to terminate Assata Shakur’s asylum

Michael Brown’s family reaches undisclosed settlement

Footage of Philando Castile’s fatal traffic stop released

How I am managing toxic relationships with Bill Cosby rape apologists

Valerie Castile, Philando Castile’s mother, on Instagram: “F*ck the police!”

The system isn’t failing us because it isn’t ours

Charleena Lyles, mother of four, killed by police after reporting burglary

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