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‘I’m About to Bat the Living Crap Out of You!’: Baton Rouge Cops Brutalize Black People in Custody in ‘Torture Warehouse,’ Lawsuits Say
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‘I’m About to Bat the Living Crap Out of You!’: Baton Rouge Cops Brutalize Black People in Custody in ‘Torture Warehouse,’ Lawsuits Say

A set of lawsuits has been filed against the Baton Rouge Police Department, some of its officers, and the city. These lawsuits reveal shocking allegations of physical abuse, torture, and sexual humiliation by police officers against Black individuals in custody. These lawsuits, obtained by Atlanta Black Star, were filed by Ternell Brown and Jeremy Lee...

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Laphonza Butler, HBCU-grad senator from California, sworn in

Laphonza Butler, 44 and a Jackson State University graduate, became the newest senator from California during a swearing-in ceremony officiated Tuesday afternoon by Vice President Kamala Harris, whom she once served as a trusted adviser. Wearing a bluish-gray suit, Butler presented herself before Harris and was flanked by California’s other senator, Alex Padilla, to her...

‘Completely Outrageous’: Biker Stomps Back Window of Car with Two Children In the Backseat, Flashes Gun in Woman’s Face When She Approaches Him
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‘Completely Outrageous’: Biker Stomps Back Window of Car with Two Children In the Backseat, Flashes Gun in Woman’s Face When She Approaches Him

The Philadelphia Police Department is looking for a biker who stomped on the back window of a car after getting into an argument with its female driver. Video captured the moment when the man broke the window, shattering glass into the backseat where her two young children were strapped in. A tourist on a bus...

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Laphonza Butler becomes the only Black woman in the U.S. Senate

Laphonza Butler, a prominent Democratic strategist who served as an adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris, will fill the seat vacated by  longtime U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who passed Friday at the age of 90. California Gov. Gavin Newsom made the pick in fulfillment of a promise he’d made three years ago, when he...

Laphonza Butler to become the only Black woman in the Senate
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Laphonza Butler to become the only Black woman in the Senate

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, to fill the U.S. Senate seat made vacant by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein. In choosing Butler on Sunday, Newsom fulfilled his pledge to appoint a Black woman if Feinstein’s seat became...

‘I Fight Kids. I’ll Fight You!’: LAPD Arrest Woman Weeks After Video Surfaces of Unprovoked Attack of Defenseless 13-Year-Old Girl In a McDonald’s
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‘I Fight Kids. I’ll Fight You!’: LAPD Arrest Woman Weeks After Video Surfaces of Unprovoked Attack of Defenseless 13-Year-Old Girl In a McDonald’s

An arrest has been made in the McDonald’s assault case of a minor that made headlines in early September. The Los Angeles Police Department received numerous tips from the outraged public after the video of a grown woman brutally attacking a California teen went viral. Kassidy Jones was attacked by an adult stranger in a...