NY1.com--A woman seen on cell phone video being arrested is now speaking out about the incident. She says police were in the wrong. NY1's Dean Meminger filed the following exclusive report.
Repeatedly breaking down in tears, Denise Stewart tells ...
Posted Tuesday, August 5th 2014 at 10:30AM
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MINNESOTA--Activist Al Flowers says he was visited by Minneapolis police on July 26 and then viciously beaten, all because he asked to see an officer’s warrant.
Flowers, 55, is a critic of the Minneapolis Police Department and said, speaking thr ...
Posted Friday, August 1st 2014 at 12:59PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - New thinking and new strategies patterned after the mind of God are required in order to bring in a new world and a new level of consciousness, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan told those gathered in Chicago for the an ...
Posted Thursday, July 31st 2014 at 10:28AM
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DETROIT - A suburban Detroit man who killed an unarmed woman on his porch immediately suggested to police it was an accident and that he didn’t know his shotgun was loaded, according to recorded remarks played in court on July 24.
Theodore Wafer ...
Posted Thursday, July 31st 2014 at 10:24AM
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ALBUQUERQUE--Donovan Smith is an expert at crafting donuts, pies, popsicles and cupcakes. But be warned: His seemingly mouth-watering creations should stay clear of any hungry mouths -- they're made out of soap.
Donovan, 11, is the youngest vendor ...
Posted Monday, July 21st 2014 at 11:16AM
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NEW ORLEANS —Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, the businessman-turned-politician who became the worldwide face of the city after Hurricane Katrina, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday.
Nagin, 58, was found guilty Feb. 12 of fraud, br ...
Posted Wednesday, July 9th 2014 at 11:37AM
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NEW YORK--A video has recorded a violent altercation erupting between a man on a New York City subway and police officers, who apparently arrested him for the crime of nodding off while commuting home for work.
The incident occurs at the 57th stre ...
Posted Sunday, July 6th 2014 at 7:01PM
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BENTON COUNTY, Miss. – Instead of celebrating America’s birth, a family in Benton County is mourning the death of a loved one.
“You shouldn’t take something you can’t give back,” said Betty Thomas, the victim’s cousin.
Someone bru ...
Posted Friday, July 4th 2014 at 6:23PM
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Peace,
This is not an Islamic-based post per se or limited to any one school of thought. However, there are some people on this very forum that this post very much applies to.
In the Qur'an, God tells the story of the creation of Adam. When the ...
Posted Friday, July 4th 2014 at 6:15PM
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NEW ORLEANS--Ever since the release of her debut album in 2000, neo-soul singer Jill Scott has elaborated on the question posed by its title: "Who Is Jill Scott?" In brief, she's a singer, songwriter, actress, poet and businesswoman, someone who both ...
Posted Thursday, July 3rd 2014 at 12:23PM
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"What To The American Slave Is Your '4th of July?'"
FREDERICK DOUGLASS SPEECH
July 5, 1852
Independence Day Speech at Rochester, NY
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Fellow citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here today? What ha ...
Posted Thursday, July 3rd 2014 at 11:31AM
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