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  • Illinois family outraged at no murder charge in teen’s death due to ‘mutual combat’

    10/01/2021 5:36:17 PM PDT · by Libloather · 33 replies
    The Grio via Yahoo ^ | 10/01/21 | Biba Adams
    “How is it mutual combat when my son didn’t have anything to combat with?” asks Manuel Porties of the state’s attorney’s office decision. An Illinois family mourning the death of their 18-year-old son is outraged that no murder charges will be filed in conjunction with his death due to what prosecutors are calling “mutual combat.” Manuel Porties, Jr. was killed Tuesday after being stabbed to death during a recorded, planned fight in Schaumburg, a town located 30 miles east of Chicago. According to WGN 9, video of the fight shows Porties Jr. being punched in the face by a 17-year-old,...
  • In Tulsa, race riot's legacy at center of lawsuit (reparations)

    02/15/2004 3:33:26 PM PST · by schaketo · 15 replies · 171+ views
    Baltimore Sun, MD ^ | February 16, 2004 | Staff Writer at LA Times
    <p>TULSA, Okla. - A dwindling number of race-riot survivors - some more than 100 years old - will finally have a chance to make their case for reparations, eight decades after a white mob tore into a thriving black neighborhood, leaving as many as 300 people dead.</p>