By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities on Sept. 1 released bodycam video showing a police officer fatally shooting Ta’Kiya Young in her car in what her family denounced as a “gross misuse of power and authority” against the pregnant Black mother. Sean Walton, an attorney representing Young’s family, […]
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As Ralph Yarl begins his senior year of high school, the man who shot him faces a court hearing
By staff of the Associated Press Four months after he was shot in the head after ringing the doorbell at the wrong house to pick up his brothers, Ralph Yarl has begun his senior year in high school. Next week, the man accused of shooting him will be in court. Yarl’s first day of school […]
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Sheriff provides first details of how a White man fatally shot 3 Black people at a Florida store
By Russ Bynum and Aaron MorrisonThe Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 21-year-old White man fatally shot three Black people in Florida with guns he bought legally despite once being involuntarily committed for a mental health exam, the local sheriff said Aug. 27. Ryan Palmeter shot one of his victims as she sat in […]
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White man fatally shot 3 Black people at a Florida store in a hate crime
By John Raoux, Terry Spencer and Trisha Ahmed, The Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A masked White man fatally shot three people inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store in a predominantly Black neighborhood on Aug. 26 in a deliberate attack after leaving behind racist writings, officials said. The shooter then killed himself. “He […]
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Shooting kills 2 men and a woman and wounds two others in Washington, DC, police chief says
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A shooting on a street in the nation’s capital left three people dead and two others hospitalized late Aug. 5, police said. Officers responded to the sounds of gunshots around 8 p.m. in the 1600 block of Good Hope Road Southeast and found five victims who had been shot. […]
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Justice Department investigating Memphis policing methods, months after Tyre Nichols’ death
By Adrian Sainz and Jonathan MattiseThe Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice said July 27 it is investigating how Memphis Police Department officers use force and conduct arrests, nearly seven months after the violent beating of Tyre Nichols by five officers after a traffic stop strengthened nationwide calls for police […]
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Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre say their fight is not over
by Bria Overs, Word In Black The fight for reparations and justice isn’t over. The legal counsel and living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre plan to appeal after an Oklahoma judge threw out the lawsuit on July 7. Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108, Viola Fletcher, 109, and Hughes Van Ellis, 102, filed their suit […]
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Texas Walmart shooter gets 90 consecutive life sentences and may still face death penalty
By Morgan Lee and Paul J. Weber, The Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A White gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in a Texas border city was sentenced July 7 to 90 consecutive life sentences but could still face more punishment, including the death […]
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Public outrage sparks in France after Black teen killed by law enforcement
By DaQuan Lawrence, AFRO International Writer, DLawrence@afro.com Several nights of protest and public outrage have followed the police-involved shooting of teen driver Nahel M. in France. Anti-riot officers dispersed tear gas to break up protests being held in Nanterre, France, in the slain 17-year old’s honor. Marchers rushed from the Nelson Mandela square, where a […]
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Arrest made in killing of Ajike Owens, Florida woman shot by her neighbor through closed door
By AFRO Staff An arrest has been made in the killing of a Florida Black woman, allegedly shot dead as she attempted to address an altercation that occurred between her children and a neighbor. “We have arrested 58-year-old Susan Lorincz for the killing of Ms. Ajike Owens,” announced Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods. “My detectives […]
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Killing of South Carolina teen spotlights America’s ‘criminalization of Black men and boys’
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 […]