Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

COPS KILL BLACK MAN, THEN SHOW UP AT FUNERAL HOME TO TRY TO UNLOCK HIS PHONE WITH HIS FINGER Two Florida police detectives showed up at a funeral home and tried to use a dead man’s finger to unlock his cellphone after he was killed by police last month,  The Root  reports. Linus Phillip, 30, was killed by a Largo police officer after he attempted to drive away at a gas station before an officer could arrest him after smelling marijuana in his car, according to authorities.

Jury awards more than $37M to family of Korryn Gaines in civil case against Baltimore County A Baltimore County jury on Friday awarded more than $37 million in damages in the civil lawsuit brought by the family of Korryn Gaines, the 23-year-old Randallstown woman who was shot and killed by county police after a six-hour standoff in 2016. The jury of six women said the first shot fired by Cpl. Royce Ruby at Gaines, killing her and injuring her then-5-year-old son, Kodi, was not reasonable and therefore violated their civil rights under state and federal statutes.

Diamond and Silk deny they were paid by Trump campaign despite evidence to the contrary Viral Trump-supporting sisters Diamond and Silk on Thursday repeatedly denied they were paid by the Trump campaign despite records from the Federal Election Commission that suggest the opposite is true. According to a November 2016 receipt filed with the FEC, the Trump campaign paid them $1,274.94 for “field consulting.” “We are familiar with that particular lie, we can see that you do look at fake news,” Silk said, claiming the funds were instead a reimbursement for airline tickets. “We’ve never been paid by the Trump campaign,” Diamond repeated.

Bill Cosby guilty on all three counts in indecent assault trial, jury decides The jury in Bill Cosby's retrial found the TV icon guilty of all three counts of aggravated indecent assault on Thursday   for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in a Philadelphia suburb in 2004. The 80-year-old comedian faces up to 10 years in prison on each count, but would likely serve them concurrently. After the trial concluded, Constand left through a side door in the courtroom, walking into a hallway with her arms around two women and a huge smile on her face. Cosby shouted at the prosecutor in court when his bail was discussed, observers said.

How Insurance Companies Can Force Bad Cops Off the Job In exchange for coverage, insurers can demand that police departments implement new policies and training, and dismiss problem officers.

'Black Cowboys' Sheds Light On Overlooked Music Of African-Americans Who Went West " Black Cowboys " is the new album from multi-instrumentalist and songwriter  Dom Flemons , a co-founding member of the Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops. But it's more than a collection of songs from the Wild West — the record sheds light on the prominent but often-overlooked role African-American pioneers played in westward expansion. Here & Now 's Eric Westervelt ( @Ericnpr ) talks with Flemons ( @domflemons ) about the music's origins and evolution.