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Black Children in Tennessee Town Jailed for Nonexistent Crimes
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October 12, 2021
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10:16Now Playing“Black News Tonight” host Marc Lamont Hill brings news of a pill to combat COVID-19 and a report that found Black children in Tennessee are being jailed on charges that never existed.
Pharmaceutical company Merck asked the Federal Drug Administration for emergency approval for its new pill that allegedly reduces the risk of hospitalization or death from COVID-19 by 50%.
In Ohio, police are investigating after a paraplegic man was pulled from his vehicle. A ProPublica report found that officials in Rutherford County, Tennessee are being paid to jail Black children for crimes that never existed, including silly charges such as watching a fight and failing to break it up.
A New Jersey teacher’s actions of ripping off a Muslim student’s hijab caught the attention of Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first Muslim American woman to wear a hijab while competing for the U.S. in the Olympics.
The Indigenous Environmental Network is also calling out President Joe Biden for designating Oct. 11 as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
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