Sean “Diddy” Combs stood before the court, flanked by his children’s pleas and his lawyers’ defenses, yet weighed down by a system that has never been even-handed with Black men. […]
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Thirty years after the O.J. Simpson verdict
Thirty years ago, when the verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial was announced, half the nation exhaled in relief and the other half gasped in disbelief. I was there, a […]
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Diddy’s first day in court
Jury selection began this past Monday in Manhattan for the federal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, who faces multiple charges, including sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution, and racketeering […]
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New trial ordered for Black man whose jury deliberated in room with Confederate flag
A Black man’s criminal conviction was overturned in Tennessee afteran appeals court said the jury, which deliberated in a room adornedwith a Confederate flag and a portrait of Jefferson Davis, […]
