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FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2018, file frame from video, April Pipkins holds a photograph of her deceased son, Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr., during an interview in Birmingham, Ala. Bradford, who was licensed to carry a gun, was killed Thanksgiving night by an officer responding to a report of gunfire at a shopping mall in Hoover, Ala. The recent shootings of Bradford Jr. and Jemel Roberson amplified long-held worries that bad things can happen when a black man is seen with a gun. (AP Photo/Jay...

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2 deadly shootings send a chill through black gun owners

by Jesse J. Holland Associated PressDecember 6, 2018

ODENTON, Md. — Gun-rights advocates like to say, “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.” Some black gun owners, though, are not so sure it’s a wise idea for them to try to be the good guy and pull out a weapon in…

Protestors holding banners gather after a march opposed to the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump in Trafalgar Square in London, Friday, July 13, 2018. Trump’s pomp-filled welcome to Britain was overshadowed Friday by an explosive interview in which he blasted Prime Minister Theresa May, blamed London’s mayor for terror attacks against the city and argued that Europe was “losing its culture” because of immigration. In rear is the The National Gallery.

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Trump’s remarks about changing European culture draw ire

by Jesse J. Holland Associated Press, and Russell Contreras Associated PressJuly 14, 2018

This undated photo provided by the Willey family shows Jaelynn Willey. A teenager armed with a handgun shot and critically wounded Willey inside a Maryland school on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, and the shooter was killed when a school resource officer confronted him moments after the gunfire erupted. A third student was in good condition after he was shot.

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Officer’s response praised as school shooting ends quickly

by Matthew Barakat Associated Press, and Jesse J. Holland Associated PressMarch 21, 2018

Teachers and school employees depart Great Mills High School, the scene of a shooting, Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Great Mills, Md. A teenager wounded a girl and a boy inside his Maryland high school Tuesday before an armed school resource officer was able to intervene, and each of them fired one more round as the shooter was fatally wounded, a sheriff said. St. Mary's County Sheriff Tim Cameron said the student with the handgun was declared dead at a hospital, and the other two students...

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Teen shoots girl in Md. school

by Matthew Barakat Associated Press, and Jesse J. Holland Associated PressMarch 20, 2018

Hazel N. Dukes, president of the NAACP's New York State conference, speaks to people gathered in support of unsigned NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick on Wednesday, Aug 23, 2017, in front of NFL headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Colin Kaepernick’s supporters demonstrate at NFL offices

by Jesse J. Holland Associated Press, and Karen Matthews Associated PressAugust 23, 2017

FILE - In this June 13, 2017, file photo, Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett walks off the field following NFL football practice in Renton, Wash. Bennett said he will sit during the national anthem this season to protest social injustice and segregation. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

America still in turmoil a year after Kaepernick’s protest

by Janie Har Associated Press, and Jesse J. Holland Associated PressAugust 20, 2017

Workers begin removing a Confederate statue in Gainesville, Florida, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. The statue is being returned to the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which erected the bronze statue in 1904.

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Deadly rally accelerates removal of Confederate statues

by Jesse J. Holland Associated PressAugust 15, 2017

Hundreds march from the site of Justine Damond's shooting to Beard's Plaissance Park during a march in honor of Damond Thursday, July 20, 2017, in Minneapolis. Damond, of Australia, was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer on Saturday, July 15 after calling 911 to report what she believed was a possible assault. (Aaron Lavinsky /Star Tribune via AP)

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Minnesota police shooting isn’t only death of 911 caller

by Jesse J. Holland Associated PressJuly 21, 2017

President Barack Obama, with first lady Michelle Obama and Ruth Odom Bonner, center, ring the bell opening the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Smithsonian museum chronicling black history opens

by Jesse J. Holland Associated Press, and Darlene Superville Associated PressSeptember 24, 2016

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Americans get 1st raise since 2007

by Christopher S. Rugaber Associated Press, and Jesse J. Holland Associated PressSeptember 13, 2016