By AFRO Staff South Carolina residents and elected officials alike are outraged by the murder of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton, shot dead by Rick Chow, 58, who suspected the teen of shoplifting water bottles on the warm spring evening of May 28. Congressman James E. Clyburn, who proudly serves South Carolina’s sixth district, weighed in on […]
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Cop shoots Black boy who called 911 for help
By AFRO Staff An 11-year-old Mississippi boy called 9-1-1 for help and, instead, was shot and wounded by the responding officer, according to his family and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, which is currently looking into the incident. The family is calling for the officer’s immediate dismissal and indictment. “We are demanding justice,” said family […]
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A year after Buffalo supermarket massacre, city’s Black youth still shaken
By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — It’s hard for Jamari Shaw, 16, to have fun at the park with his younger brothers in their East Buffalo neighborhood. He’s too busy scanning for danger, an aftereffect of a gunman’s attack that killed 10 Black people at a local grocery store. Sometimes, 17-year-old Alanna Littleton stays in […]
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Victims of racist Buffalo supermarket mass shooting remembered on anniversary
By Carolyn Thompson, The Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Standing in the same parking lot where he was shot in the neck a year ago in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket, Zaire Goodman said he was grateful to see the community come together in remembrance May 14. His family and others affected […]
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Jordan Neely’s family responds to killer Daniel Penny’s admission of guilt
By AmNews Staff Reports Jordan Neely’s family responds to killer Daniel Penny’s admission of guilt through their representatives. “Daniel Penny’s press release is not an apology nor an expression of regret. It is a character assassination, and a clear example of why he believed he was entitled to take Jordan’s life. In the first paragraph he talks about how […]
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Rumor related to photo taken of bloody Tyre Nichols proven true, Black frat expels three officers involved in deadly attack
By AFRO Staff Tennessee officials confirmed part of a devastating rumor regarding the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols to be true this week. Shortly after the Jan. 10 death, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook were set ablaze with whispers that Nichols had been romantically involved with the mother of a child belonging to one of the […]
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At Nichols’ funeral, Black America’s grief on public display
By Aaron Morrison, AP National Writer The sound of the djembe drums started as a low tremble and grew more distinct as the musicians drew closer to the hundreds gathered inside the Memphis church. “We love you, Tyre,” the drummers chanted, referring to Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man whose beating by five police officers […]
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US argues Supreme Court shouldn’t review Dylann Roof case
By Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press Dylann Roof’s death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation should be upheld and don’t merit review by the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys for the federal government wrote in a filing recently. Attorneys for the U.S. Justice Department argued […]
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Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he’ll be killed in state prison
By Russ Bynum, The Associated Press The White man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing the running Black man in a Georgia neighborhood says he fears he will be killed by fellow inmates if he’s sent to a state prison to serve a life sentence for murder. Travis McMichael, 36, faces sentencing Aug. 7 […]
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DOJ Charges Officers in Death of Breonna Taylor
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Say her name. Breonna Taylor’s family may finally get justice after the Department of Justice charged four current and former police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, who were involved in the fatal March 2020 raid on her apartment. The DOJ accused the officers of lying to […]
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Akron police release disturbing bodycam of Jayland Walker’s shooting death
By Stacy Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Authorities recently released disturbing bodycam footage of Jayland Walker’s death at the hands of Akron, Ohio police officers. Walker was an unarmed Black DoorDash delivery driver with no criminal record when he died in a hail of bullets. The lawyer for the 25-year-old’s family called it an execution, […]
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Police say parade shooting suspect contemplated second attack
By Michael Tarm, Kathleen Foody, and Stephen Groves, The Associated Press The man charged with killing seven people when he unleashed a hail of bullets on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop was expected to show up in court on July 6 as authorities faced questions about how he was allowed to buy several […]