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Here We Go Again: San Francisco Cops Shoot Black Teenager Over A $2 Unpaid MUNI Bus Fare, BUT…

• July 18, 2011 • 8 Comments

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: BART Cops, BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, Bayview-Hunters Point San Francisco, Black Males, Black Men, Black Teens, Black Youth, Buena Vista Park, Bus Fare, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Death by Cops, KTVU, MUNI, Police, Pregnant, Racism, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco Police Department, Seattle WA, Tanaya Gilbert, Washington, YouTube

Mitrice Richardson: Okay, So Explain It to Me Again; Why Did The L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies Need Her Skull So Badly That They Got “Authorization” to Move Her Body?

• October 26, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Latice Sutton, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "The Malibu Surfside News", Agoura Hills California, Anne Soble, Assistant Chief Ed Winter, Body, Coroner, Death by Cop, Death by Cops, Decomposition, Guilt, Guilty, Haste, Innocence, L.A. County, L.A. County Coroner's Office, Las Vegas Nevada, Latice Sutton, Law, Lee Baca, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Lt. Mike Rosson, Malibu, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Michael Richardson, Mitrice Richardson, NCIS, Sheriff, Sheriff Lee Baca, Sheriff's Deputies, Skeleton, Steve Whitmore

Johannes Mehserle Sentencing Delayed to Find Grounds for Appeal

• July 17, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Appealing, Barbara Rodgers, BART, BART Police, Beating, Blacks, California, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Death by Cops, Excuse, Fruitvale Station, Grounds for Appeal, Guilty, Indefinite Delay, Innocent, Johannes Mehserle, John Burris, Justice Delayed, Latinos, Michael Rains, MSM, Murder, New America Media, Oakland, Oakland CA, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Police Officers, Racism, Reckless, Sentence, Sentencing Delay, Shooting, Stalling, Tasering, The Grio, The Media, White Supremacy

Oscar Grant’s Family and Supporters Respond…

• July 8, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Dateline", "Nightline, African Americans, BART, BART Cop, BART Train, Black Women, California, Cephus Johnson, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Death by Cops, Google News, Johannes Mehserle, Latinas, Latinos, LeBron James, Los Angeles CA, Murder, New Year's Day, Oakland CA, Oakland City Hall, Oakland Police Department, Oscar Grant, Racism, Verdict

Sean Bell’s Killers Are Not Going to Face Trial

• February 17, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Attorney General Eric Holder, Constables on Patrol, Death by Cops, Exoneration, F.B.I., Flight Risk, Johannes Mehserle, Justice Department, L.A. County, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, Michael Oliver, Mitrice Richardson, Nicole Paultre-Bell, Obama Administration, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Police Commissioner Kelly, Politics, Queens N.Y., Sean Bell, Steve Gilliard, The News Blog, Undercover Cops, William Shatner

Mitrice is Not Found

• January 10, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", Cops, Death by Cops, Death by Misadventure, Detective Chuck Knolls, Detective Steven Eguchi, Diahann Carroll, Disappearance, Divers, Hiker, Inyo National Forest, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies, L.A. Police Department, L.A.P.D., Latice Sutton, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Michael Richardson, Mitrice Richardson, Posses, Searchers, Steve Fossett, Steve Whitmore, Unexplained Disappearance

Meanwhile, Back in Madison (WI): Daddy Murders Two Baby Mamas and Their Daughters (w/Update)

• December 6, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Domestic Violence, Education, Health, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Love, Mass Shootings, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, New Orleans, Race, Sexuality, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Activist Mother, Amber Weigel, Angry Men, Baby Girls, Damien Sundby, Dane County, Daughters, Death by Cops, DeForest WI, Deja Adair, Employment, First Degree Murder, Foreclosures, GMC Acadia, Gulf War Vets, Harold Ferguson, Housing, Hurricane Katrina, Iraq War Vets, Laborer, Laid Off, Madison WI, Mentally Ill, Middleton WI, Neveah Weigel-Adair, New Orleans LA, Suicide, Survivors, The Black Middle Class, Toddlers, Tracy Graser, Tracy Judd, Tyrone Adair, Tyrone M. Adair, Unemployed

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Ousted From Washington, Ex-Spy Valerie Plame Asks Voters to Send Her Back January 24, 2020
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Bernie Sanders and His Internet Army January 27, 2020
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A $100 Million Bet That Vacationland Can Be a Tech Hub, Too January 27, 2020
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The Guardian, UK

China coronavirus: WHO to hold special meeting in Beijing as death toll jumps January 27, 2020
Officials have postponed the end of the lunar new year holidays as spread of virus continues and lockdowns expandChinese premier Li Keqiang visits Wuhan - latest updatesThe head of the World Health Organization will hold a special meeting with officials in Beijing on Monday to discuss how to contain the coronavirus that has killed 80 people and left more tha […]
Auschwitz survivors to return after 75 years for memorial ceremony January 27, 2020
Those making trip to former Nazi death camp fear lessons of Holocaust are being forgotten‘I see it as a chance to finally say goodbye’: Auschwitz survivors tell their storiesMore than 200 survivors are to gather at the former Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz, many probably for the final time, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its liberation.As rows […]
Kobe Bryant: NBA legend dies in helicopter crash aged 41 January 27, 2020
Star’s daughter, Gianna, also among victims of crashKobe Bryant: a life in picturesLA Lakers fans gather to pay tributeThe NBA, and much of America, was in shock on Sunday after Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest basketball players in history, died in a helicopter crash. He was 41.Bryant was on board the helicopter with eight others, including his 13-year-old […]
Grammy awards 2020: Billie Eilish wins big, Kobe Bryant tributes pour in January 27, 2020
Eighteen-year-old Billie Eilish took home the Grammys’ biggest awards on a night marked by tributes to Kobe Bryant, Nipsey Hussle and more. Billie Eilish reigned supreme at the Grammys on Sunday night, winning five awards including best new artist, album of the year and song of the year for Bad Guy – a high point for Generation Z on a night otherwise defined […]
Man behind football exposé revealed as source of Dos Santos leak January 27, 2020
Football Leaks founder passed on financial records of Africa’s richest woman, says lawyerRevealed: how Angolan ruler’s daughter used status to build $2bn empireA Portuguese man behind one of the biggest exposés in the history of football has been identified as the source of a leaked cache of financial records about the business empire of Africa’s richest wom […]
Salvini suffers setback in leftwing stronghold during Italy regional elections January 27, 2020
League’s Matteo Salvini has failed to wrest crucial Emilia-Romagna from centre-left, projections suggestMatteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s far-right League party, has failed to overturn decades of leftwing rule in the northern region of Emilia-Romagna in an election that brought relief to the embattled centre-left.With 98% of the ballots counted, the incu […]
Brexit: UK must keep fishing waters open to EU boats if it wants trade deal for banking, Irish PM implies - live news January 27, 2020
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen 9.40am GMT 9.36am GMT This week Boris Johnson is due to take a decision on whether or not to allow the Chinese firm Huawei to play a part in constructing the UK’s 5G network. He is expected to say it should be allowed to play a role, subject to certain conditions.On the Today programme this […]
NSA faces questions over security of Trump officials after alleged Bezos hack January 27, 2020
Democratic lawmaker asks agency if it is confident the Saudi government has not sought to hack US officialsSaudi crown prince ‘hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone’The US National Security Agency is facing questions about the security of top Trump administration officials’ communications following last week’s allegations that the Saudi crown prince may have had a hand […]

The BBC

Kobe Bryant: US mourns basketball legend killed in helicopter crash January 27, 2020
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The new year holiday has been extended by three days, in an attempt to contain the outbreak.
Democrats call for Bolton to testify in impeachment trial January 27, 2020
The ex-national security adviser's evidence could undermine Donald Trump's trial defence, reports say.
Passenger plane crashes in Afghanistan January 27, 2020
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The Fighter and the Pimp: Fighting for Kinshasa’s most vulnerable girls January 27, 2020
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Iranian aircraft slides onto highway after pilot 'misses' runway January 27, 2020
The Caspian Airlines plane carrying 135 passengers ended up in the middle of a public street.
Woman dies in Australia Day lamington-eating contest January 27, 2020
The woman, aged 60, suffered a seizure while speed-eating the cakes during an Australia Day event.
Rockets hit US embassy in Baghdad amid protests January 27, 2020
There are reports that three people were injured when rockets hit the embassy in the Iraqi capital.