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‘Injustice’: Cops Beat Homeless Veteran, Joke About It After. DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation a Year Later, Man’s Attorney Says
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‘Injustice’: Cops Beat Homeless Veteran, Joke About It After. DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation a Year Later, Man’s Attorney Says

The United States Department of Justice has requested the 2022 beating of Dalvin Gadson by Colorado cops to be looked into as a criminal investigation, his attorney announced on Monday.  It comes one year after several officers from the Colorado Springs Police Department pulled over Gadson, a Black veteran who was living in his car at...

‘Slap on the Wrist’: NYPD Cop Who Punched Black Man 13 Times In the Face After Being Called to Help Child in Crisis Charged with Misdemeanor
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‘Slap on the Wrist’: NYPD Cop Who Punched Black Man 13 Times In the Face After Being Called to Help Child in Crisis Charged with Misdemeanor

A New York City police officer was charged with assault after he was called to an apartment to help calm an emotionally disturbed child and repeatedly punched a man multiple times after being asked to wear a face mask inside the residence. Officer Christian Zapata was just indicted with third-degree assault after he struck a...

Two Black Women Sue West Virginia Dollar General, Claiming Manager Falsely Accused Them of Shoplifting and Tried to Ban Them from All Locations
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Two Black Women Sue West Virginia Dollar General, Claiming Manager Falsely Accused Them of Shoplifting and Tried to Ban Them from All Locations

Dollar General, the popular discount variety store, was hit with a lawsuit from two Black women who claimed they were racially discriminated against while shopping at a South Charleston, West Virginia, location. The customers, identified as Alexandria Shoffner and Kitrena Mitchell, filed separate complaints concerning their experience at the store last August, the West Virginia Record reported....

‘I Could Feel Burning’: Black Woman Claims White Woman Bit Her, Yank Out ‘Clumps’ of Her Hair on Subway and Police Officer Stood By, Let It Happen
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‘I Could Feel Burning’: Black Woman Claims White Woman Bit Her, Yank Out ‘Clumps’ of Her Hair on Subway and Police Officer Stood By, Let It Happen

A Black woman on the London Underground was racially attacked, resulting in clumps of hair being ripped from her scalp and bite marks, during a recent trip on the British subway system. She also said that despite an off-duty police officer sitting nearby, the incident was not stopped before she was injured. Selma Taha, director...

‘Deliberate and Calculated’: Man Who Carried Out Mass Shooting In Crowded New York City Subway Over Health Care System Gets 10 Life Sentences
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‘Deliberate and Calculated’: Man Who Carried Out Mass Shooting In Crowded New York City Subway Over Health Care System Gets 10 Life Sentences

The gunman who carried out a mass shooting in New York City last year was sentenced to 10 life terms in prison by a federal judge this week.  In April 2022, 64-year-old Frank James discharged his firearm during rush hour at the 36 Street subway station in Brooklyn, leaving 10 people shot and more than a dozen...