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...shots were fired between blacks and whites. Al-Amin was wounded in the forehead by a shotgun pellet, and a white police officer was wounded. The next morning, a school and two city blocks burned. Al-Amin went to Atlanta in 1976 after...
...appealed for calm. The rioting was sparked by the killing of Timothy Thomas, 19, who was shot while fleeing a white police officer. Thomas, 19, wanted on 14 misdemeanor warrants, was the fourth black man killed by police since November...
...Monday, which allowed youths to air grievances following the death of Timothy Thomas, 19, who was killed by a white police officer. The teen-agers, speaking to about 300 people, blamed last week's racial tension on police, the media and...
SEATTLE -- When a black man was shot to death by a white police officer, a Seattle community leader called for a boycott of Starbucks, even though the coffee chain had nothing to do with the shooting...
...no estimate when it might be contained. Verdict in officer's trial expected Wednesday CINCINNATI (AP) -- A white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man, sparking riots, was just doing his job when he pursued the man down a...
...The push for a boycott came after three days of rioting over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer last April. The officer was acquitted of charges of negligent homicide and obstruction of official business...
...protesters rallied against the treatment of a black teenager who was slammed against a patrol car and punched by a white police officer. Chanting "No justice, no peace," they demanded criminal charges be filed against Officer Jeremy Morse, who...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two white police officers have been cleared by a grand jury in the death of a black off-duty officer whom they mistook for a suspect. The shooting sparked...
...Grammy-winning singer Mary J. Blige is offering support to the families of two black men fatally shot by two white police officers during a drug raid. Blige briefly attended a rally Friday night at the restaurant where Earl Murray and Ronald...
CINCINNATI -- Misdemeanor charges filed against a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man brought outrage from the victim's mother but mostly peaceful protests in a city scarred...