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- A federal judge sentenced Raymond Bledsoe to life for beating Black jazz saxophonist Steven Harvey to death in a Kansas City park because of his race. A Missouri jury had acquitted Bledsoe of murder, and afterward, he reportedly bragged to his girlfriend about killing a “n—–” and getting away with it.
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Mar 27, 2023 · Four months have now passed since Rasheem Carter’s remains were found in a wooded area in Mississippi. Despite the Black man’s alleged fears for his life at the hands of a group of white...
Mar 13, 2023 · March 13, 2023, 2:25 PM PDT. By Melissa Chan. The family of a Black man who was found dead in Mississippi after he warned his mother that he was being chased by white men hurling racial...
Mar 15, 2023 · CNN — The family of a Black man found dead in Mississippi last year is calling for a more thorough investigation into his disappearance and death, alleging he was murdered after he told his...
Mar 16, 2023 · The family of a Black man whose remains were found a month after he went missing in Mississippi believes he was lynched and dismembered, calling on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the death and a text he sent his mother saying white men in trucks were trying to kill him.
Apr 29, 2023 · The family of a Black man who was found dead with his head severed held a protest Saturday after being notified that a third set of his remains was located. The Mississippi Crime Lab notified the family that remains found on Feb. 23 matched Rasheem Carter's DNA, according to a statement released by his family and their attorney, Ben Crump.
Aug 13, 2023 · CNN —. On the evening of January 24, three sheriff’s deputies in Rankin County, Mississippi, received a group text message from another deputy on the same shift: “Are y’all available for a ...
Mar 14, 2023 · Rasheem Carter, 25, called his mother last October and asked for help after he said a group of white men in trucks were chasing him in Laurel, Mississippi, his mother said this week. His body...
