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In this image from video provided by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, Chinedu Okobi lies on the ground in Millbrae, California, on Oct. 3, 2018, during a police encounter where officers used a stun gun, chemical spray, baton strikes and prone restraint in a sequence of rapid escalation. San Mateo County deputies told the district attorney they were reacting to what they perceived as Okobi's "superhuman strength." Photo credit: San Mateo County Sheriff's Office via The Associated Press

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Myth of ‘superhuman strength’ in Black people persists in deadly encounters with police

April 26, 2024
By Shahid Meighan, Nathan Collins & Elena Santa Cruz
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism

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The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, left, greets the Rev. Jesse Jackson before speaking in Dallas, late Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Haynes is stepping down less than three months after assuming the leadership role of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the civil rights group founded by Jackson in the 1970s. Photo credit: LM Otero, The Associated Press

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Rainbow PUSH leader’s quick exit underscores challenge of following Jesse Jackson: ‘It’s the most difficult job in Black America’

April 19, 2024
By The Chicago Sun-Times
NABJ Black News & Views

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Florida teen suffers fatal medical emergency, saves dad’s life with kidney

April 17, 2024
By USA Today
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Victims of gun violence in Philadelphia find support

April 16, 2024
By WHYY Radio
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Late attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. holds onto O.J. Simpson as a not guilty verdict is read in a Los Angeles courtroom on Oct. 3, 1995. Left is F. Lee Bailey and second from left is Robert Kardashian. Photo credit: Myung J. Chun, The Associated Press/pool

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PERSPECTIVE: My conflicted view of O.J. Simpson

April 12, 2024
By Chris Murray
NABJ Black News & Views

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This combination of photos shows, from top left, former Rankin County sheriff's deputies Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton, Daniel Opdyke and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield appearing at the Rankin County Circuit Court in Brandon, Mississippi, on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. The six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men were sentenced by a state judge Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Photo credit: Rogelio V. Solis, The Associated Press

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6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men

April 10, 2024
By The Associated Press
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