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Black Twitter growing into online force
When a U.S. jury convicted Michael Dunn of attempted murder, but not actual murder, in the shooting death of a black teenager, the hashtag #dangerousblackchildren popped up on Twitter.
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Troy Davis executed in Georgia after last-minute plea fails
Proclaiming his innocence, Troy Davis was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday night, his life -- and the hopes of supporters worldwide -- prolonged by several hours while the Supreme Court reviewed but then declined to act on a petition from his lawyers to stay the execution. Mr. Davis, 42, who was convicted of murdering a Savannah police...
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Black Twitter growing into online force
When a U.S. jury convicted Michael Dunn of attempted murder, but not actual murder, in the shooting death of a black teenager, the hashtag #dangerousblackchildren popped up on Twitter.
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Troy Davis executed in Georgia after last-minute plea fails
Proclaiming his innocence, Troy Davis was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday night, his life -- and the hopes of supporters worldwide -- prolonged by several hours while the Supreme Court reviewed but then declined to act on a petition from his lawyers to stay the execution. Mr. Davis, 42, who was convicted of murdering a Savannah police...
