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Judge Sharon Holmes declared the mistrial in the case of former Tulsa police officer Shannon Kepler, who was charged with first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Jeremy Lake in August 2014.

White Cop Who 'Defensively' Shot Daughter's Unarmed Black Boyfriend When He 'Reached Out to Shake His Hand' Has Third Mistrial Lisa Kepler met Jeremey Lake when her parents allegedly sent her to a homeless shelter.

Found not guilty of first-degree manslaughter

Betty Shelby found not guilty of first-degree manslaughter in fatal shooting of unarmed black man Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby killed 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on a city street where his SUV had stalled Sept. 16, 2016

"We are white power," a spokesman for the NYPD said in an email. Zatorski also shouted several other racial and xenophobic epithets at his victim.

White man beats Asian victim in New York City while shouting "We are white power" Steven Zatorski has been charged with assault as a hate crime.

“What happened in Ferguson is that a man committed a robbery, attempted to assault a police officer, and the police officer—to save his life—shot him.

Everything You Think You Know About the Death of Mike Brown Is Wrong, and the Man Who Killed Him Admits It Here is the story of Michael Brown’s murder that we all believed: One sunny day in Ferguson, Mo., a huge behemoth of a man named Michael Brown walked into a convenience store; committed a strong-arm robbery, escaping with the invaluable loot of a pack of cigarillos; and while he was walking home, Da...

The chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota told Reuters on Monday that he would like people who are not Sioux to leave the protest area near the route of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Standing Rock Leader Asks Those Who Are Not Sioux To Leave Pipeline Protest Area

We will not let Donald Trump and other Republicans tear apart our communities based on fear, bigotry and ignorance. We are stronger together. We always have been and always will be.”

DFL Chair Ken Martin statement on Donald Trump’s ignorant and bigoted remarks about Minnesota’s Somali community “Today Donald Trump attacked Minnesota’s Somali community at his rally at the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport. Minnesotans reject Donald Trump’s hateful and bigoted comments about our Somali friends a…

The great bison or buffalo of North America is a very powerful symbol to American Indians.

Givers of Courage: Thousands of wild American Bison appear from no where at Standing Rock

The geographical distance between the richest country in the Western Hemisphere and the poorest is only about 700 miles

Haiti needs help after Hurricane Matthew Making a Difference: Hurricane Matthew has devastated Haiti, a country already suffering from poverty, drought and the aftermath of the massive 2010 earthquake. 

In Tanzania, the high court imposed a landmark ruling outlawing marriage under the age of 18 for boys and girls.

Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh bans child marriage - BBC News Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh tells lawmakers to introduce legislation to ban child marriage, which will now carry a 20-year jail sentence.

The streets of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were lined with protesters early Wednesday morning, one day after 37-year-old resident Alton Sterling, a black man, was shot and killed by police.

Alton Sterling Is the 114th Black Man Killed by Police in America in 2016

Crews remain at the scene in the Karrada neighborhood where the blast occurred, trying to pull bodies from the devastation. Around 175 people were wounded

Bombing that killed more than 200 deadliest attack in Baghdad in years A su***de bombing in a busy shopping district was the deadliest single attack in Iraq's war-weary capital in years, killing at least 215 people, an official says