Source: Family of Kohen Kartier Wiley / Family of Kohen Wiley A 1-year-old Black baby is dead in Mississippi. His name was Kohen Wiley. Before he was shot, his mother lifted him up so police officers could see there was a child in the car. This mother’s desperate act was supposed to be proof of […]
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Source: Drew Anthony / facebook In May 1916, in Waco, Texas, 17-year-old Jesse Washington was convicted of murder and rape during a one-hour trial in which his feckless attorney offered no defense. The courtroom had already done its work and named him guilty after deliberating for only four minutes. But Washington’s conviction and death sentence […]
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Source: Al Seib / Getty Come, go back with me to Los Angeles, March 16, 1991. It’s barely two weeks after the videotaped beating of Rodney King. 15-year-old Latasha Harlins stops inside a convenience store with money in her hand. She tries to buy a bottle of orange juice as she is profiled by the […]
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Source: South Carolina State Rep. Todd Rutherford / South Carolina State Rep. Todd Rutherford Monday’s not guilty verdict in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton has sent shockwaves throughout South Carolina. This week, there have been several protests, a memorial, and now a peaceful vigil planned for Saturday. Post and Courier reports that the […]
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Source: South Carolina State Rep. Todd Rutherford / South Carolina State Rep. Todd Rutherford The family of Cyrus Carmack-Belton was “shocked” by the not guilty verdict handed down on June 2 as the shooting trial of Chikei Rick Chow came to a close. The former Shell gas station owner, 61, was acquitted of the 2023 […]
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Source: South Carolina State Rep. Todd Rutherford / South Carolina State Rep. Todd Rutherford The Asian convenience store owner who shot and killed 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton in Columbia, South Carolina, in 2023, has been acquitted of murder. Cyrus was accused of shoplifting, while having a pistol in his possession that authorities said he never threatened […]
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