By Alan Scher Zagier, Associated Press March 20, 2015 CLAYTON, MISSOURI (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — A spokesman says allegations that St. Louis County police used excessive force when arresting a man accused of shooting two officers in Ferguson are “completely false.” Defense attorney Jerryl Christmas on Monday suggested police may have roughed up […]
Gene Gene the Dancing Machine of ‘Gong Show’ Fame Dies
(REUTERS) — Eugene Patton, the stage hand who earned fame as "Gene Gene The Dancing Machine" on the quirky talent romp "The Gong Show," has died at the age of 82 after suffering from diabetes, his family said. At what were supposed to be spontaneous moments in the show launched in the 1970s that […]
Racism, Hazing, Nude Photos & Vandalism Rock U.S. College Fraternities
March 20, 2015 The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is seen at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, in this March 9, 2015 (File photo by Reuters) (REUTERS) — Cases of racism, hazing, nude photos and vandalism rocked U.S. college fraternities this week, with one of the country's biggest groups pledging on […]
Fatal Police Shooting of Unarmed African-American Teen Sparks Protest
By Lindsey Gapin March 13, 2015 Photo: Hedi Rudd. A veteran Madison police officer shot and killed a 19-year-old African-American man around 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2015. The unarmed teenager is identified as Anthony “Tony” Robinson Jr., a 2014 graduate from Sun Prairie High School. According to police, Robinson […]
ON THE SCENE: Community Reacts to Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Man: Tony Robinson
By Aubrey Koski, Photos by Hedi Rudd March 13, 2015 Addtional ON THE SCENE photos are provided at the end of this article. MADISON, WI — In response to the tragic shooting that took place Friday, the Madison community voices a broad spectrum of opinions and concerns surrounding the death of Tony […]
Ferguson, MO Police Chief Resigns
By Jim Salter, Associated Press March 13, 2015 In this Aug. 15, 2014 file photo, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson releases the name of the officer accused of fatally shooting Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. On Friday, March 6, 2015, Jackson is still on the job, two days after a government report criticized his […]
Marcia Légère Student Play Festival Showcases Three Original Plays
By Vanessa Jenkins March 13, 2015 Students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison will present three original plays at the 24th annual Marcia Légère Student Play Festival at the Wisconsin Union Theater on Friday March 21 and Saturday March 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fredric March Play Circle downtown Madison, Wisconsin. The […]
Blacks Now Finishing High School at Record Levels
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent March 13, 2015 In this May 5, 2014 photo, Krishaun Branch, left, moves the tassel on his mortarboard to the left side after graduating from Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — After 30 years of little to no progress, Black […]
VOICES: A Relentless Crusader for Diversity is Lost
By Brent Jones March 13, 2015 Dori J. Maynard (Photo: Jane Tyska, Oakland Tribune via AP) Journalism lost a courageous soldier this week. Dori J. Maynard, 56, who died Tuesday of lung cancer, didn't report in combat zones. She had no battle scars to show. Dori's fight was of a […]
Anniversary of Selma March Rekindles Ferguson Comparisons
By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press March 13, 2015 In this March 13, 1965 file photo, a line of police officers hold back demonstrators who attempted to march to the courthouse in Selma, Ala. Police kept the demonstrators hemmed up in a square block area where they attempted several times to break through. (AP […]
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