Posts Tagged with Gun Violence

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Jun 28, 2011 at 10:07 am

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Stop The Violence! 32 People Shot During 1 Weekend In Philly

Stop The Violence! 32 People Shot During 1 Weekend In Philly

Five people were fatally shot, and 27 others were wounded this past weekend in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a rash of violence that Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey described as a “blatant disregard for human life.”

There were a total of 9 incidents of gunfire, including one incident where a gunman targeted random patrons inside a bar.

“They were all patrons inside, laughing , joking , dancing just having a really good time

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Jun 28, 2011 at 8:29 am

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Chicago’s Top Cop Calls Gun Laws “Government Sponsored Racism”

Chicago’s Top Cop Calls Gun Laws “Government Sponsored Racism”

The right-wing and gun advocates are up in arms over the statement made by Chicago’s new police chief that gun laws in America are “government sponsored racism.”

Garry McCarthy, who was brought in by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, said at a Black church in a violent neighborhood in the South Side of Chicago that slavery, Jim Crow, and a lot of factors are the reason for the gun violence around the country in

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Sep 10, 2010 at 10:37 am

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Police Say Yvonne Hiller Killed Two At Oreo Cookie Plant After Being Suspended

Police Say Yvonne Hiller Killed Two At Oreo Cookie Plant After Being Suspended
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Aug 5, 2010 at 9:52 am

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Thornton To Mom: “I Shot The Racists That Were Bothering Me”

Thornton To Mom: “I Shot The Racists That Were Bothering Me”

ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) — As Omar Thornton prepared to head off to work at a beer distributorship Tuesday morning, his girlfriend sensed something was wrong.

“He just kept having this dazed, confused look on his face, and I never saw him like that before,” Kristi Hannah, his girlfriend of eight years, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “I could tell something was bothering him. I asked him what was

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Jul 30, 2010 at 2:44 pm

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Police Say 4-Year-Old Fatally Shot 3-Year-Old In Indianapolis

Police Say 4-Year-Old Fatally Shot 3-Year-Old In Indianapolis
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Jul 19, 2010 at 7:20 am

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10 Teenagers Shot At Indy Black Expo Event

10 Teenagers Shot At Indy Black Expo Event

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police say eight people were wounded in a burst of gunfire in downtown Indianapolis during the Indiana Black Expo and two more in separate shootings that followed.

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Jul 9, 2010 at 3:26 pm

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OPINION: How Much Is One Black Man Worth? LeBron vs. Oscar Grant

OPINION: How Much Is One Black Man Worth? LeBron vs. Oscar Grant

I considered this question as I watched two major announcements involving young black men unfold hours from each other in what seemed like two separate worlds.

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Tom Joyner

Nov 19, 2009 at 1:48 pm

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Man Killed Son For Molesting Baby Sister

Man Killed Son For Molesting Baby Sister

The shooting happened Monday night in a vacant lot in Highland Park, Detroit.

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Aug 17, 2009 at 4:51 pm

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Shots Fired On Set Of Queen Latifah’s New Movie

Shots Fired On Set Of Queen Latifah’s New Movie

The scene was like something out of a movie — except it wasn’t.

Workers preparing a Manhattan neighborhood for an upcoming movie shoot saw real bullets flying outside a housing project, the Daily News reported.

Feliberto Rivera was hanging “no parking” signs in the Chelsea section for Queen Latifah’s new movie, “Just Wright.” He said he saw a man lying on the street outside, yelling for help.

Police and witnesses say the victim got out

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Aug 11, 2009 at 8:15 am

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Jury Begins Deliberation In C-Murder Trial

Jury Begins Deliberation In C-Murder Trial

Jurors decided to call it a night after nine hours of deliberations Monday without reaching a verdict in the second-degree murder trial of rapper Corey “C-Murder” Miller.

The panel, which will be sequestered overnight, was to return Tuesday morning to resume their discussion.

Lawyers for Miller said in closing arguments Monday that testimony by two prosecution witnesses wasn’t strong enough to overcome the lack of physical evidence linking the entertainer to the

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