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Four Years After He Was Killed By Police, DJ Henry’s Memory Is Helping Kids
It’s been four years since a college student from Easton was shot to death by a New York police officer. Since then, Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer and Michael Brown was...
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NYC Awards $3.9M In 2012 Police Killing Of Unarmed Bronx Teen Ramarley Graham
New York City agreed Friday to pay $3.9 million to the family of a Bronx teenager shot to death by a white police officer in 2012. The deal settled a federal lawsuit brought by the family of...
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New York City Agrees to Pay Family of Eric Garner $5.9 Million
New York City reached a settlement with the family of Eric Garner on Monday, agreeing to pay $5.9 million to resolve a wrongful death claim over his killing by the police on Staten Island last July,...
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Street Sandra Bland Stopped On Renamed in Her Honor
Prairie View City Council members in Texas are hoping a road renamed after activist Sandra Bland will serve as a constant reminder of the injustices they say she suffered in Waller County, USA Today...
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Chicago Mayor to Release Footage of Ronald Johnson Police Shooting
A year after backlash from the family and supporters of Ronald Johnson III, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced dash cam footage of the Chicago man’s fatal encounter with police in 2014 will be released...
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University of Cincinnati to Pay $4.85 Million to Family of Samuel DuBose, Who...
(CNN) The University of Cincinnati will pay $4.85 million to the family of Samuel DuBose, a man fatally shot by a school police officer, the family announced Monday at a press conference. The school...
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Family Of Eric Garner Gets $1 Million Settlement from Staten Island Hospital
article by D.L. Chandler via newsone.com The family of slain Staten Island man Eric Garner received a $1 million settlement from the area hospital that dispatched paramedics to the scene of his fatal...
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It’s Something: U.S. Department of Justice Launches Investigation into Alton...
article by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (follow @lakinhutcherson) By now, most have heard about the latest in the incredibly disturbing string of homicides of black citizens at the hands of local police....
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Issa Rae’s GoFundMe for Alton Sterling’s Children Reaches Over $660,000
article by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) According to theurbandaily.com, Issa Rae, star and creator of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and the upcoming HBO series Insecure, in an...
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Family of Avonte Oquendo Settles Wrongful Death Suit against NYC, Receives...
article by Breanna Edwards via theroot.com The city of New York is paying out $2.7 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Avonte Oquendo, the 14 year-old autistic child whose...
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New York City to Pay $4.1 Million to Family of Akai Gurley
article by Niraj Chokshi via nytimes.com New York City has agreed to pay more than $4 million to the family of Akai Gurley, the unarmed man killed in a Brooklyn housing project in 2014 by a police...
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Officer Who Shot and Killed Philando Castile Charged With Manslaughter
article by Victoria Uwumarogie via madamenoire.com Prosecutor John J. Choi of Ramsey County, Minnesota announced today that Officer Jeronimo Yanez will face three criminal charges for shooting and...
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Philando Castile Family Reaches $3M Settlement with City of St. Anthony, MN
by Amy Forliti via thegrio.com MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mother of Philando Castile, the black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last July, has reached a nearly $3 million settlement with the...
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Chicago Mayor to Release Footage of Ronald Johnson Police Shooting
Ronald Johnson’s mother Dorothy Holmes fights to have police video of her son’s shooting released. (photo via CNN.com) A year after backlash from the family and supporters of Ronald Johnson III, Mayor...
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University of Cincinnati to Pay $4.85 Million to Family of Samuel DuBose, Who...
(Photo via cbs19.tv) (CNN) The University of Cincinnati will pay $4.85 million to the family of Samuel DuBose, a man fatally shot by a school police officer, the family announced Monday at a press...
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Family Of Eric Garner Gets $1 Million Settlement from Staten Island Hospital
A protester holds up Garner’s photo while walking on the West Side Highway December 3, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images) article by D.L. Chandler via newsone.com The family of...
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It's Something: U.S. Department of Justice Launches Investigation into Alton...
Police shooting victim Alton Sterling (photo via nydailynews.com) article by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (follow @lakinhutcherson) By now, most have heard about the latest in the incredibly disturbing string...
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Issa Rae's GoFundMe for Alton Sterling's Children Reaches Over $660,000
Issa Rae (photo via Facebook.com) article by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) According to theurbandaily.com, Issa Rae, star and creator of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and the...
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Family of Avonte Oquendo Settles Wrongful Death Suit against NYC, Receives...
Avonte Oquendo (photo via FACEBOOK) article by Breanna Edwards via theroot.com The city of New York is paying out $2.7 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Avonte Oquendo,...
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New York City to Pay $4.1 Million to Family of Akai Gurley
Akai Gurley’s family, including his mother, Sylvia Palmer, center, after Officer Peter Liang was found guilty of manslaughter in February. (BRYAN R. SMITH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES) article by Niraj...
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