Donald Trump says a replacement for Obamacare may not come until 2018. “Maybe it’ll take till sometime into next year, but we’re certainly going to be in the process,” said President Trump during a sit-down with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly that aired on Sunday. “It statutorily takes a while to get. We’re going to be putting it in fairly soon, I think that, yes, I would like to say by the end of the year at least the rudiments but we should have something within the year and the following year.” In January, he signed an executive order to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. Read more.
Social Media Tributes Pour In On Trayvon Martin’s Birthday
Sunday marked what would have been Trayvon Martin’s 22nd birthday. Social media tributes poured in from around the globe for the teen who was fatally shot in 2012 by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. Many thanked Martin for sparking a movement of resistance in the fight against racism. “Here is your friendly reminder that today is Trayvon Martin’s birthday. He would have been 22 today. His life still matters,” tweeted one person. “Happy Birthday Trayvon Martin, RIP brother… Promise to God, your death won’t go in vain,” tweeted another. Read more.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Responds To Melissa McCarthy’s ‘SNL’ Skit
After actress and comedian Melissa McCarthy delivered an epic impersonation of White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday night’s episode of SNL, he hit back. Spicer called the impersonation “over exaggerated,” and reportedly didn’t know about the sketch until he was flooded with messages early Sunday. When asked about actor Alec Baldwin’s impersonation of President Trump on Saturday night’s episode, he called it “mean.” “Alec has gone from funny to mean, and that’s unfortunate. ‘SNL’ used to be really funny. There’s a streak of meanness now that they’ve crossed over to mean,” Spicer said. Read more.
California High School Student Wears KKK-Style Hood During Lunch
A Bakersfield, California, high school student is in hot water after wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood at lunch, prompting classmates to snap images and record videos to share on the Internet. “I started Snapchatting it because that was terrible. I did not like that one bit,” one student posted. “I had hoped that it would blow up…I think that people should realize it’s not a joke.” According to the Kern High School District, a probe was launched surrounding the incident but the student’s name was not released.This isn’t the first time that the school district has made headlines. Last year its board of trustees ratified a policy that allowed educators with concealed-carry weapon permits to bring firearms to school. Read more.
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71 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
71 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
1. Samuel David Mallard, 19
1 of 712. Kwame "KK" Jones, 17
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3. De’von Bailey, 19
3 of 714. Christopher Whitfield, 31
4 of 715. Anthony Hill, 26
5 of 716. De'Von Bailey, 19
6 of 717. Eric Logan, 54
7 of 718. Jamarion Robinson, 26
8 of 719. Gregory Hill Jr., 30
9 of 7110. JaQuavion Slaton, 20
10 of 7111. Ryan Twyman, 24
11 of 7112. Brandon Webber, 20
12 of 7113. Jimmy Atchison, 21
13 of 7114. Willie McCoy, 20
14 of 7115. Emantic "EJ" Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., 21
15 of 7116. D’ettrick Griffin, 18
16 of 7117. Jemel Roberson, 26
Source:false 17 of 7118. DeAndre Ballard, 23
Source:false 18 of 7119. Botham Shem Jean, 26
Source:false 19 of 7120. Robert Lawrence White, 41
Source:false 20 of 7121. Anthony Lamar Smith, 24
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22. Ramarley Graham, 18
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23. Manuel Loggins Jr., 31
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24. Trayvon Martin, 17
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25. Wendell Allen, 20
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26. Kendrec McDade, 19
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27. Larry Jackson Jr., 32
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28. Jonathan Ferrell, 24
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29. Jordan Baker, 26
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30. Victor White lll, 22
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31. Dontre Hamilton, 31
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32. Eric Garner, 43
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33. John Crawford lll, 22
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34. Michael Brown, 18
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35. Ezell Ford, 25
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36. Dante Parker, 36
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37. Kajieme Powell, 25
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38. Laquan McDonald, 17
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39. Akai Gurley, 28
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40. Tamir Rice, 12
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41. Rumain Brisbon, 34
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42. Jerame Reid, 36
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43. Charly Keunang, 43
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44. Tony Robinson, 19
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45. Walter Scott, 50
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46. Freddie Gray, 25
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47. Brendon Glenn, 29
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48. Samuel DuBose, 43
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49. Christian Taylor, 19
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50. Jamar Clark, 24
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51. Mario Woods, 26
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52. Quintonio LeGrier, 19
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53. Gregory Gunn, 58
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54. Akiel Denkins, 24
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55. Alton Sterling, 37
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56. Philando Castile, 32
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57. Terrence Sterling, 31
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58. Terence Crutcher, 40
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59. Keith Lamont Scott, 43
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60. Alfred Olango, 38
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61. Jordan Edwards, 15
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62. Stephon Clark, 22
Source:false 62 of 7163. Danny Ray Thomas, 34
Source:false 63 of 7164. DeJuan Guillory, 27
Source:false 64 of 7165. Patrick Harmon, 50
65 of 7166. Jonathan Hart, 21
66 of 7167. Maurice Granton, 24
67 of 7168. Julius Johnson, 23
68 of 7169. Jamee Johnson, 22
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70. Michael Dean, 28
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71 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
UPDATED: 2:39 p.m. ET, Jan. 7, 2020 -- Police shooting and killing Black males is all but a centuries-old American tradition among law enforcement in the U.S. But the fact that this apparent rite of police passage is still thriving in 2019 and only seems to be gaining momentum and not slowing should give any American citizen pause as an increasing number of Black people -- especially males both young and old -- continue to be added to a growing list of victims with what seems like a new shooting every week. MORE: Police Shootings And The Public Execution Of Black People Most recently, police in Cobb County, Georgia shot and killed a teenager who they said was identified as a "murder suspect." When cops went to serve a warrant to Samuel David Mallard at his home, the 19-year-old reportedly fled before officers stopped he vehicle and "Issued verbal command," according to a press release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). What came next, though, was unclear -- except for the part where four police officers all fired shots at Mallard, who local news outlets said vaguely "did not cooperate" with law enforcement. Conveniently, the GBI also announced that "a gun was found in Mallard’s vehicle," although there were no reports that alleged gun ever posed a threat to the lives of the officers involved. Some of the other victims' names include, but certainly aren't limited to, Tamir Rice; Botham Shem Jean; E.J. Bradford; and Michael Brown. But two of the most recent names that can tragically be included in this deadly equation are Michael Dean, a 28-year-old father who police shot in the head on Dec. 3, 2019, and Jamee Johnson, a 22-year-old HBCU student who police shot to death after a questionable traffic stop on Dec. 14, 2019. One of the most distressing parts of this seemingly nonstop string of police killings of Black people is the fact that more times than not, the officer involved in the shooting can hide behind the claim that they feared for their lives -- even if the victim was shot in the back, as has become the case for so many deadly episodes involving law enforcement. In a handful of those cases -- such as Antwon Rose, a 13-year-old boy killed in Pittsburgh, and Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old killed in Sacramento, both of whom were unarmed -- the officers either avoided being criminally charged altogether or were acquitted despite damning evidence that the cops' lives were not threatened and there was no cause for them to resort to lethal force or any violence for that matter. Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who has been retained in so many of these cases, described the above scenarios in his new book, "Open Season," as the "genocide" of Black people. As NewsOne continues covering these shootings that so often go ignored by mainstream media, the below running list (in no certain order) of Black men and boys who have been shot and killed by police under suspicious circumstances can serve as a tragic reminder of the dangers Black and brown citizens face upon being born into a world of hate that has branded them as suspects since birth.
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