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Staten Island woman celebrating birthday died in Dominican Republic

“I am overwhelmed and confused and in shock,” he told the Advance on Thursday. “My family wanted her to not go on this vacation. I truly believe if my mother was not in the Dominican Republic, she would have been alive right now.”

Janet and Janine Africa of Move 9 Finally Released After Forty Years

Janet and Janine Africa of Move 9 Finally Released After Forty Years Media Release: Janet and Janine Africa are paroled after forty years of incarceration!!! Posted on May 25, 2019 by abolitionist — Courtesy of Abolitionist Law Center The Abolitionist Law Center and the People’s Law Office are proud to share that Janet Holloway Africa and Janine Phillips Africa of …

Florida Woman Dies After Medics Allegedly Assumed She Couldn’t Afford an Ambulance

Florida Woman Dies After Medics Allegedly Assumed She Couldn’t Afford an Ambulance BY TEDDY GRANT, JULY 27, 2018 | Courtesy of Ebony Screenshot from ABC Action News The mother of a Tampa, Florida woman who died says she had to rush her daughter to the hospital after paramedics allegedly told …

Baltimore County police officer’s death ignites a racial firestorm

Baltimore County police officer’s death ignites a racial firestorm Jean MarbellaContact Reporter | Courtesy of The Baltimore Sun   Stories like these will not have many so-called Black leaders weighing in — primarily due to the fact that the situation is not as clean as they would prefer it to be. …

Black activist jailed for his Facebook posts speaks out about secret FBI surveillance

Black activist jailed for his Facebook posts speaks out about secret FBI surveillance by Sam Levin | Courtesy of The Guardian | Friday, May 11, 2018 Exclusive: Rakem Balogun spoke out against police brutality. Now he is believed to be the first prosecuted under a secretive US effort to track so-called …

Police Officer Alleges Cover-up in Sandra Bland Case

Police Officer Alleges Cover-up in Sandra Bland Case He claims that facts in her favor were omitted from the final report. 07/26/2016 08:38 pm ET | Michael McLaughlin, Reporter | Courtesy of the Huffington Post Police Officer Alleges Cover-up in Sandra Bland Case TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HANDOUT/REUTERSFootage from a …

Young Mother Held Captive by Husband, Brutally Beaten

Family: Young Mother Held Captive by Husband, Brutally Beaten Police: Young mother beaten, husband arrested Young Mother Held Captive by Husband, Brutally Beaten By: Deidra Dukes POSTED: JUL 04 2016 01:35PM EDT UPDATED: JUL 04 2016 | 04:47PM | EDT | Courtesy of Fox 5 News *Note: See editorial comments at the …

Fraternity Rapist Get One Year… Probation

Fraternity Rapist Get One Year… Probation Indiana University frat house rapist avoids prison, sentenced instead to one-year probation John Enochs, a former Indiana University student charged with raping two women, has reached a plea deal to serve one year probation. (MONROE COUNTY JAIL) Fraternity Rapist Get One Year… Probation BY …

Judge Olu Stevens Finds His Career Threatened

KING: Black Kentucky judge’s career has been assaulted since he spoke out against racism Courtesy of NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | Updated: Friday, April 1, 2016, 1:08 PM | By Sean King   Olu Stevens via Facebook Judge Olu Stevens Finds His Career Threatened Jefferson Circuit Judge Olu Stevens has found …

Cherelle Baldwin Found Not Guilty in Death of Abusive Ex

Breaking: Cherelle Baldwin Found Not Guilty in Death of Abusive Ex, Freed After 3 Years in Jail March 31, 2016 | Web Exclusive | 9,969 Shares | Courtesy of DemocracyNow.org Other Topics Domestic Violence Racism Prison Women’s Rights The Mis-education of Black Youth Racial Trauma & African Americans This is viewer …