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How A Small-Time Drug Dealer Rescued Dozens During Katrina
NEW ORLEANS — As Hurricane Katrina barreled toward the coast, small-time drug dealer Jabbar Gibson and a friend decided to hunker down in a motel down the street from his home in the dilapidated...
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"You're The Mayor Of Nothing Now": Katrina And The Destruction Of Pass...
PASS CHRISTIAN, Mississippi — Mayor Billy McDonald and his wife rode out Hurricane Katrina in their one-story, ranch-style home about a mile north of the coast.They paced around their house for hours,...
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The Battle For The #SoulOfOakland
OAKLAND — On the night of Sept. 3, sisters Zoe and Julia Marks were waiting in line to buy coffee and ice cream at the Whole Foods Market a few blocks away from home. This was supposed to be a quick...
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How One Black College Survived The Leap From Division II To Division I And...
During his first press conference as a head coach in December 2009, Connell Maynor talked about something that was unheard of for Winston-Salem State University — let alone black college football...
View ArticleVandals Spray Paint Black Culture Center Sign At University Of Missouri
University police said it was investigating reports that a suspect had spray painted over the “Black” portion of the Black Culture Center sign. The Legion of Black Collegians (LBC), an advocacy group...
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The University Of Missouri's Football's Long, Tense History With Racism On...
Soon after Gary Pinkel arrived at the University of Missouri in late November 2000, Pinkel and his boss, Athletic Director Mike Alden, reached out to many of its former black players. Alden told the...
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First Trial In Freddie Gray Death Begins
A protester holds a sign in front of the courthouse where jury selection began in the trial of William Porter. Rob Carr / Via Getty Images BALTIMORE — Monday marks the first day of the trial for the...
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Opening Arguments Begin In First Freddie Gray Trial
Porter walks to a courthouse for jury selection in his trial. Pool / Via Getty Images William Porter grew up in West Baltimore, just like Freddie Gray. But Porter was drawn to sports instead of the...
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Baltimore Cop Charged In Freddie Gray Case: “Take The Video To Media”
A small and peaceful group of demonstrators gather to protest in front of the Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse East where pre-trial hearings will be held for six police officers charged in the death...
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Freddie Gray Told Officer: "Help Me. Help Me Up."
Baltimore City police form a line to hold protesters back during a demonstration at the Inner Harbor September 2, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Chip Somodevilla / Via Getty Images Baltimore police...
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On Trial, Baltimore Officer Says He Tried To Help Freddie Gray
Protesters gather outside of the courthouse in Baltimore, Nov. 30, during the trial of William Porter. Bryan Woolston / Via Reuters The medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Freddie Gray said...
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Prosecution Rests In Trial Of Cop Charged In Freddie Gray’s Death
Baltimore Police officer William Porter approaches the court House in Baltimore, Maryland, November 30, 2015. Patrick Samansky / Via Reuters Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday morning in the first...
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Baltimore Police Officer Takes Stand In Freddie Gray Case
A Baltimore City Sheriff's officer asks protesters in front of the courthouse where William Porter is on trial to move. Rob Carr / Via Getty Images BALTIMORE — One of six Baltimore police officers...
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Defense Rests In Baltimore Officer's Trial For Death Of Freddie Gray
William Porter, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray earlier in the year. Rob Carr / Via Getty Images BALTIMORE — Defense attorneys for the...
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Jury Begins Deliberations Over Officer Charged In Freddie Gray’s Death
In closing arguments on Monday, prosecutors called Baltimore police Officer William Porter “callous” and “indifferent” to Gray’s suffering. Porter is the first of six officers charged in Gray’s death....
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Jury Deadlocked In Case Of Baltimore Officer Charged In Freddie Gray's Death
The judge sent the panel back to deliberate. Rob Carr / Getty Images The jury deliberating charges against Baltimore police officer William Porter in the death of Freddie Gray said Tuesday they are...
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First Freddie Gray Case Ends In Mistrial
Patrick Semansky / AP BALTIMORE — The first trial of a Baltimore police officer charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray, a young black man who died in April after suffering injuries in...
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"I'd Have To Have Two Souls"
Like many of the boys in his neighborhood, Leonard Hamm learned early to be wary of the police officers — many of them black like him — who patrolled the streets of South Baltimore in the 1950s and...
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Jury Says San Francisco Police Didn't Use Excessive Force In Fatal Shooting
Joel Anderson The four San Francisco Police Department officers who fatally shot a 28-year-old Latino man in March 2014 did not use excessive force, a civil jury found Thursday, denying his family...
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San Francisco Police Looking Into Facebook Post By Cop Cleared In Shooting
The San Francisco Police Department said Monday it was "looking into" a comment allegedly left on a Facebook post by one of four officers exonerated last week in the shooting death of a young Latino...
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