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"The report found blacks accounted for nearly 22 percent of drivers stopped in Omaha, even though they represent a little more than 12 percent of the population."

It's a good thing that I don't live in Omaha. It's pretty sad the way our society is in 2013.

"The protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, want justice for the unarmed black teenager shot and killed there by a police officer. But the protests also reflect broader patterns of racial injustice across the country, from chronic police violence and abuse against black men to the persistent economic and social exclusion of communities of color."

"The Los Angeles Police Department says it is investigating after an officer fatally shot a black man following a foot chase."

"In the case of Baltimore, the consent decree comes months after a scathing DOJ report in August that said the unconstitutional practices of some of the city's 2,600 officers led to disproportionate rates of stops, searches and arrests of black residents, and excessive use of force against juveniles and those with mental health disabilities."

"Black shooters 95 percent less likely to be called mentally ill"

"The fate of Curtis Flowers may well hinge on how the U.S. Supreme Court views the removal of a handful of African-Americans from jury selection at his 2010 trial. The key issue is whether the prosecutor in the case, Doug Evans, violated Flowers' rights by dismissing black jurors because of their race, which is unconstitutional. IN THE DARK   Episode 12: Before the Court"

El Paso County, Colorado (CNN) -- Colorado investigators are in Decatur, Texas, Friday morning eager to examine evidence found in a black Cadillac whose driver might have been involved in Tuesday's slaying of Colorado's prison system chief. The driver, shot at the end of a high-speed chase that followed the wounding of a deputy, died Thursday evening.

Stringer/REUTERS A cat in New Zealand who survived by living off McDonald's for a year was recently rescued and put on a diet. Nicknamed "Frankie," the black-and-white tabby started hanging out in the parking lot of the McDonald's after being abandoned by his owners as a kitten, according to the New Zealand news website Stuff.co.nz.

"Delivered like a well-placed baton blow, the report states that the Chicago Police Department's "own data gives validity to the widely held belief the police have no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color.""

Omaha police are investigating an overnight robbery at Kum & Go, 82nd & Maple. The clerk hit the panic alarm about 1 a.m. Friday, and police were called. The worker told officers a man, wearing all black clothing, had entered the store and showed a note, demanding money.

Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Michael Graham determined last week that Ball-Bey's spinal cord was severed after police shot him in the back, though that information was not released to the media at the time. Then, this week, Graham decided to reexamine part of the black teenager's body after seeing the police evidence in the case.

The separation payments include $112,935.98 in back pay and unused vacation days, $50,630.80 in attorney's fees and other legally required Social Security and retirement contributions, according to the agreement. "This agreement, which contains no admission of fault or liability, includes a release of all potential legal claims," it states.