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Video: police attack 12-year-old child as witnesses plead for them to stop

Petition calls for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to pardon Assata Shakur

FBI investigates lynching of black teen

How white entitlement marred my trip to a Ferguson teach-in

Pennsylvania restaurant calls customer the n-word, says it’s a ‘joke’

Key witness in Ferguson caught lying multiple times

Supreme court to hear juvenile cases involving sentencing without parole

Authorities push for Assata Shakur to finish life sentence in U.S.

Autopsy: Tamir Rice death ruled a homicide

Proposed bill would allow doctors, EMTs to refuse to treat gay patients

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Michel du Cille dead at 58

Lawmakers, staff stage Capitol walk-out in solidarity with protesters

KKK leaflets found on front lawns of residents for second time

Georgetown’s Men’s basketball team dons ‘I Can’t Breathe’ t-shirts

Medical school students hold ‘die-in’ to shed light on biases in health care

Bar slammed for ‘six shot Mike Brown’ drink special

White reporter disses Kobe Bryant for wearing ‘I can’t breathe’ shirt, say he’s not ‘hood enough’

Lawsuit: Central Park Five want $52 million from state

Florida deputy shoots unarmed black man

Illinois passes bill making it illegal to record police

Relatives of Tamir Rice demand conviction of cop who murdered him

Report: Floyd Mayweather Jr., witnesses murder-suicide of friend, girlfriend

Survey: deep racial divide revealed through Brown, Garner cases

Black sorority urges members not to wear Greek apparel during protests

Justice Department issues new rules to curb racial profiling by law enforcement

Key Ferguson protester facing assault charge

Derrick Rose wears ‘I can’t breathe’ t-shirt in solidarity with Eric Garner protesters

Petition calls for firing of NYPD cop who fatally wounded Eric Garner

Protests continue in response to Eric Garner decision

Bill de Blasio announces retraining of NYPD officers

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