Barbershop Killing Escalates Trauma for Boston Neighborhood Riven by Gun Violence

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1,200 Extra Police to Be Deployed in Chicago - Black News Channel

By DON BABWIN Associated Press/ BNC Contributor CHICAGO (AP) — Chicagos police superintendent said Monday that he plans to flood the citys streets with additional officers during the long July 4 weekend in an effort to avoid a repeat of particularly bloody recent weekends and despite pressure to

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The Malveaux Report: The enemy within | New Pittsburgh Courier

by Julianne Malveaux (TriceEdneyWire.com)—At least six Black children were killed during the Fourth of You Lie weekend. They weren’t doing anything wrong, just attending a community picnic, or going to visit a grandmother, or riding in a car with her mom. One of the children, Secoriea

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The CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS MOURNS THE LOSS OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The Congressional Black Caucus released the following statement on the passing of House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman and Congressional Black Caucus Member, Congressman John R. Lewis (GA-05): The world has lost a legend; the civil rights movement has lost an icon, the City of

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Black officers hurt when our community hurts

The members of the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers (MAMLEO) understand that those actions are not isolated in nature but reflect the long history of people of color being mistreated and killed by members of our

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The Blackout Playlist: These Songs Passionately Illustrate What its Like Being Black in America and the World

This year the Fourth of July falls in between a global pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. Over the past several months the nation has witnessed

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What's Going On | New York Carib News

SUMMERTIME IN AMERICA The July 4th gun violence afflicting Black America from coast to coast continues in NYC. During the July 11/12, fifteen people were shot. On Monday, July 13, seventeen people were shot in the city, ten of them in Brooklyn where there were seven fatalities, including

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Chicago Family looks for help in catching a Gary Killer | The Crusader Newspaper Group

A family begs for answers after an ambush on the streets of Gary leaves a 12-year-old Chicago boy

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House passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

Bill creates grants to fund community-based strategies proven to be successful at improving public safety, reducing violence

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D. C. Grandfather Criticizes Black Lives Matter Movement After Shooting

The grandfather of an 11-year-old boy who was shot and killed on the Fourth of July in Washington, D.C., criticized the Black Lives Matter movement.

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George Floyd cop demands charges against him be dropped

A white cop charged over Floyd’s death said he should be allowed to walk away scot-free while a black birdwatcher falsely accused of threatening a white woman has shocked America by refusing to help police prosecute her.

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Rickey Smiley Rips Black On Black Gun Violence After His Daughter Is Shot In Houston

Rickey Smiley ripped Black on Black gun violence after his daughter, Aaryn, was shot three times in Houston.

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Former Parcel P-3 developers sued for breach of contract

By the time Elma Lewis Partners was given tentative designation over Parcel P-3, the largest swath of vacant land in Roxbury, real estate developer Thomas Welch and attorney Dennis Tourse had already put 10 years into the

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The are no 'riots' in Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd

There are no riots in Minneapolis in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder by the

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TikTok Loosens Grip On Political Speech For Black Lives Matter – Free Press of Jacksonville

Last year, a Bytedance spokesman told Bloomberg that TikTok didn’t remove videos from the Hong Kong protests for political reasons, saying they may have instead been taken down for violating guidelines around violent, graphic, shocking or sensational

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‘Its Time for Change: Chicago Leaders Condemn Violence, Plead for Communitys Help | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Leaders are calling for the communitys help after two children were killed on Saturday in Chicago By Trina Orlando, NBC 5 News On Saturday, 10-year-old Lina Nunez was shot and killed while sitting on her family’s couch in the Logan Square neighborhood. Nunez was struck in the head by a stray bullet

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What I learned about grief on my first Father's Day as an angel parent

As I process my own grief, I’m aware that there is also inescapable collective grief happening around me, and that reality is further complicated by being Black in

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DNC on the Passing of Congressman and Civil Rights Icon John Lewis | Atlanta Daily World

DNC Chair Tom Perez and DNC Black Caucus Chair Virgie M. Rollins released the following statement after the passing of U.S. Congressman and legendary civil rights leader John Lewis: John Lewis is everything we aspire to be as people, as leaders, and as a party. He taught us how to dream, how to

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Where were the 1,200 officers last weekend? | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Tough questions after deadly Fourth of July in Black neighborhoods By Keith Chambers and Chinta Strausberg The deadly Fourth of July weekend in Chicago’s Black neighborhoods had residents questioning the city’s failed strategy of putting 1,200 additional officers on the street. As the city

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Black Fatherhood Advocate Pens Children's Books That Help Parents Discuss Ahmaud Arbery Case

Author CEO Kenneth Braswell wrote these books understanding that cases like Ahmaud Arbery highlight racial trauma for Black parents and

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Can Charles Booker unseat Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky?

Democratic candidate for Kentucky Senate, Charles Booker, left, and Senator Mitch

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Black Leaders Call On NYPD To Bring Back Anti-Crime Unit

Black politicians and community leaders are calling on the NYPD to bring back the plainclothes Anti-Crime Unit that was eliminated last month.

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Oakland Police See Spike in Homicides

Oakland, CA — The City has seen a recent spike in homicides, between June 24 to July 2nd, seven lives have been lost to violence. The Oakland Police Department asks our community to join us as we voice a call to action to “Put the guns down”. As a community, we must come together to reduce []

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Why There's A Push To Get Police Out Of Schools

At least two-thirds of American high school students attend a school with a police officer, according to the Urban Institute, and that proportion is higher for students of

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What's Going On | New York Carib News

The July 4 Independence Day weekend was a carnival of gun violence that rocked the nation from coast to coast, from San Francisco to Washington, DC. Some of the stats: Chicago, 79 shot and 13 dead; Philadelphia, 21 shot, 5 dead. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called for an end to Black on

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Lauren London Is Already Educating Her Sons About How To Deal With Police [VIDEO]

Lauren London joined Jada Pinkett-Smith for a “Red Table Talk” conversation about how gun violence affects

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'Hey, Karen': Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Claps Back At Trump's White House Press Secretary

Responding to the White House press secretary's disrespectful words about crime and leadership in the Windy City, the mayor of Chicago had a few words to spare.

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Trump's school reopening push a gamble aimed at White suburban voters - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Reopening them could allow parents to return to work, Trump's advisers reasoned. Without kids in classrooms, no other area of the economy could really bounce back. Anecdotally, many aides knew parents -- and especially moms -- who felt stretched by home-schooling and child

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Beloved civil rights icon John Lewis dies at age 80

Congressman and iconic civil rights champion John Lewis died at the age of 80. Source

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Robeson principal named top principal in the state - The New York Beacon

A West Philadelphia high school principal has received two prestigious awards. Paul Robeson High School for Human Services principal Richard Gordon IV received the 2020 Distinguished Service to Education Award from the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). As a state

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