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NYPD Officer Sold Out Police For Gang Leader, Facing Decades In Prison

 Mestre was booked into federal custody on Thursday, Aug. 17. By Stacy M. Brown,       Former New York Police Officer Gina Mestre is accused of giving the Shooting Boys Gang confidential information about a federal grand jury investigation, leaking the name of a witness to gang members, and helping a gang leader flee the U.S. Read More…

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When Mississippi Once Banned “Sesame Street”

  Credit: Children’s Television Workshop / Courtesy of Getty Images. Since it began airing in the fall of 1969, Sesame Street has become an indelible part of millions of children’s formative years. Using a cast of colorful characters like Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, and Oscar the Grouch, along with a curriculum vetted by Sesame Workshop’s Read More…

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An Interview On The Montgomery Melee With Black Ancestors

(South Central Heaven, Paradise) — On Sunday morning, theGrio began receiving preliminary reports that the secret naval unit of Black America had been dispatched to  Riverfront Park in Montgomery, Ala. The unit was responding to a skirmish that the Montgomery Advertiser would later describe as “racially divided,” after a dockworker asked pontoon boaters to move Read More…

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My Daughter Is Getting Bullied In High School

My daughter is getting bullied in high school and her life was threatened. The school says they will handle it, but she’s still getting harassed. The police say it’s the school’s responsibility. What can I do? I was harassed from grade school through high school. Though “harassed” is far too mild a word. For example: Read More…