stories you probably won't hear in white-owned media...
13-Year-old 8th Grader Shot Dead by LAPD
In Los Angeles, a 13-year-old African-American boy has died after being shot 10 times by police. The unarmed eighth-grader was shot dead while driving a stolen car. Police initially claimed Devon Brown was a gang member but it later emerged that he attended a magnet school for gifted children. Following the shooting, the Los Angeles mayor called on the police department to quickly adopt a new policy on shooting at moving vehicles. The shooting has increased tension between the city's African-American community and the police. Danny Bakewell, president of the Brotherhood Crusade said, "They have killed women, they have killed black men wholesale and now they are killing our children."
Jury Selection Begins in NYC Police Shooting Trial
And in related news in New York -- jury selection is expected to begin today in the trial of a New York Police Officer Bryan Conroy. In May 2003 Conroy shot dead Ousmane Zongo, an unarmed African immigrant. Conroy is being charged with second-degree manslaughter.
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