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Twitter remarks: Are we seriously discussing whether it might sometimes be okay for an adult to throw a child across a room? Teen Girl Slammed by Cop While Sitting In Her Desk How can an older Black man stand idly by while one of his young, Black female students is treated like an animal? The #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh is a sobering reminder of how differently black people are treated by police.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the still-hazy circumstances surrounding the shooting of a black homeowner by a white sheriff's deputy, and planned to meet with community leaders Friday to discuss what happened. Two Charleston County Sheriff's deputies encountered the homeowner at the rear of his mobile home in Hollywood, South Carolina, on Thursday as they were responding to a 911 call about a home invasion, Charleston County Sheriff's Maj. Eric Watson said. The man was either leaving or standing at the back door of the house and was armed. One of the two deputies shot him after he...

On 18 October, black 29-year-old Jermaine Jones was standing with a few friends on a street in Berkeley, next to Ferguson, Missouri, when he was shot dead. Three witnesses - his black friends, also wounded - told the police that an unknown black male fired shots at them. JonesÂ’s sister, Margaree Dixson, was also fatally shot a half-mile away a few hours earlier, and the police suspect another unidentified black man for her murder too. Why aren't Ferguson protesters who are holding banners saying "Black deaths matter" protesting these African-American siblings' deaths? Because they were caused by fellow blacks...