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Takeoff, one-third of the massively influential rap group Migos, was fatally shot at a Houston bowling alley early Tuesday, an all-too familiar occurrence in hip-hop, where the lives of several of its brightest stars have been tragically cut short. While

A former Michigan police officer who shot a Black motorist in the back of the head will stand trial for second-degree murder, a judge said Monday. Judge Nicholas Ayoub announced his decision after hearing testimony last week and seeing video about the death of Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A jury will decide whether […]

HOUSTON, United States A Black man who spent nearly four decades in prison for a murder he did not commit was released in the state of California on Friday after DNA tests showed he was not the killer. Maurice Hastings, 69, had his murder conviction overturned by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office after […]

How a Black man’s 1970 murder spurred change in rural North Carolina  NPR Source link

A California judge vacated the murder convictions of two Black men on Monday after ruling that prosecutors “more likely than not” injected racial bias into the proceedings by presenting the men’s rap lyrics as part of the alleged evidence. Judge Clare Maier of the Contra Costa County Superior Court ordered a new trial for Gary […]

Los Angeles CNN  —  The murder convictions of two Black men in northern California were vacated Monday after a judge ruled the introduction of rap lyrics and racialized rhetoric violated the Racial Justice Act, a law designed . . .

Black people are about 7½ times more likely to be wrongfully convicted of murder in the U.S. than are whites, and about 80% more likely to be innocent than others convicted of murder, according to a new report by the National Registry of Exonerations. The already disproportionate risk of wrongful conviction, the Registry found, was […]

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — A former suburban Chicago police officer who was fired after he shot into a car two years ago, killing a Black man and seriously wounding the man’s girlfriend, has been charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, authorities announced on Thursday. Marcellis Stinnette.change.org In a news release, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s […]

GREENVILLE, Texas — A former police officer in a small Texas town was found not guilty of murder Thursday in the slaying of a Black man who offered a handshake as the officer arrived to respond to a call about a fight at a convenience store. The Hunt County jury deliberated for more than five […]

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Slain Georgia woman Debbie Collier posted a series of selfies after she said she “face planted” on a sidewalk in December 2020 — long before she went missing under mysterious circumstances and was found dead in the woods 60 miles from her Athens home. “Look what I […]


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