Sentences with phrase «of black teenager»

(The latter painting was a response to the murder in London of a black teenager; it was subsequently found that the haphazard way in which the crime was investigated was a result of institutional racism on the part of the Metropolitan Police.)
Schutz, who is white, employs expressionistic brushstrokes to depict the disfigured face of black teenager Emmett Till, whose 1955 lynching was a pivotal precursor to the Civil Rights Movement.
Open Casket, an abstract work, refers to the funeral of black teenager Emmett Till, who was murdered by a lynch mob in Mississippi in 1955.
One of the standout titles is «3 1/2 Minutes,» a documentary about the 2012 killing of a black teenager by a white man over loud music at a Jacksonville gas station.
Director Marc Silver's documentary «3 1/2 Minutes» examines the 2012 killing of a black teenager by a white man over loud music at a Jacksonville gas station.
Democratic 2016 frontrunner Hillary Clinton supports a federal review of the Chicago Police Department following the shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer.
I think it really will take something like 80 % for gun control, and tragically, I'm convinced it will take a lot more senseless deaths — and not just the death of black teenagers, but the deaths of children of powerful people through gun violence.
Only When I Dance (Unrated) Inspirational documentary examines the exploits of a couple of black teenagers, Irlan Santos da Silva and Isabela Coracy Alves Nascimento Santos, whose dedication to ballet enables them to enter international competitions and thereby escape the barrio of Rio de Janeiro.
On one occasion, she saw a burly white male teacher telling a group of black teenagers that they were stupid and that they had better realize it.
The prominent New York artist is displaying a series of oversize word paintings that touch on the story of the Harlem Six (a group of black teenagers who were wrongly accused of murdering a shopkeeper in 1964) as well as a set of neon installations that play with the word «America,» among other works.

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The verdict comes about three years after rioting broke out in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson when an unarmed black teenager was shot dead by a white police officer.
The killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri has catapulted the quiet, yet steady, militarization of police forces across the U.S. to global attention.
This year, other academics have cited homophily in elucidating everything from why teenagers choose friends who smoke and drink the same amount that they do to «the strong isolation of lower - class blacks from the interracial - marriage market.»
After releasing a documentary on Kalief Browder, who spent three years awaiting trial on Rikers Island and committed suicide two years after he was finally released, the two are now prepping a series of projects about Trayvon Martin — the 17 - year - old black teenager who was stalked and fatally shot by George Zimmerman in Florida in 2012.
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Two of the group of up to six thugs who attacked the teenager and his friend Duwayne Brooks, simply because they were black, have been convicted of murder, but the rest have evaded justice.
In the last month or so, more than a dozen black and Latinx teenagers — most of them girls — have gone missing in Washington, D.C. and very little media attention has been to...
From that address in 2006 a narrative was sent with the subject heading «How My Little Brother Learned to Be a Whore,» in the body of which was a story about how one black teenager sodomizes and pimps his younger brother.
Regardless of where people stand on the issue, the fact remained — an unarmed black teenager that reminded many black people of our cousins, brothers and nephews was killed and wouldn't be coming back (and it wasn't the first time).
Chris Duffett was on a street evangelism team with 12 bored teenagers who mostly didn't believe that God could do anything supernatural — but one got a clear picture of a woman in a red jacket with a fur collar, wearing black boots, and with severe stomach pain.
In more recent years, teenagers have taken the lead in Ferguson, New York City and Cleveland as the public face of Black Lives Matter, and were promptly dismissed as angry black yoBlack Lives Matter, and were promptly dismissed as angry black yoblack youths.
That, report John Donohue of Stanford and Steven Levitt of the University of Chicago, is because the women who have most abortions — teenagers, the unmarried, and blacks — are more likely to have children who turn out to be criminals.
In the last month or so, more than a dozen black and Latinx teenagers — most of them girls — have gone missing in Washington, D.C. and very little media attention has been to their cases.
The moment I placed these brownies in the oven, I started whining like a disgruntled teenager because Luise had persuaded me to only sweeten them with dates and mix a whole can of black beans into the batter.
Black teenagers hardly ever heard the word unless it was spoken by one of them.
Mychal Bell, who along with five other black teenagers in the «Jena Six» case is accused of beating a white classmate, was sentenced to 18 months in jail on two counts of simple battery and two counts of criminal destruction of property.
Jena 6 teen jailed again A judge in Jena, La., ordered a black teenager back to jail, deciding the fight that put him in the national spotlight violated terms of his probation for a previous conviction, his attorney said.
His self - conscious strut from No 11 to his ministerial car this morning, brandishing the famous red briefcase, looked like a teenager trying to act cool in black tie at the end - of - year ball.
He brought early black entertainers into the world of the white, suburban teenagers and their parents.Some, like me, would also say that he promoted people that lacked significant talent... the Phil.
«Despite changes in stop - and - frisk policy in New York City, the system is obviously broken when an unarmed Black teenager can be shot to death in his own bathroom and no one is held to account by any part of our criminal justice system.
The Working Families Party in a statement said it was troubled by the decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to not charge police officers in the death of Ramarley Graham, an unarmed black teenager.
The US Justice Department has cleared a Ferguson, Mo., police officer of civil rights violations in the shooting of Michael Brown, a black teenager whose death set off racially charged and sometimes violent protests last year.
Norris made notes in the dock and Dobson stared straight ahead as the judge explained that they could be found guilty of murder despite there being no evidence to show they specifically wielded the knife against the black teenager.
Five people were arrested in New York City last night in connection with protests against the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo..
Mixed race suspects were more likely to be sent to court than given a police disposal; Black and mixed race defendants were more likely to be remanded in custody prior to their hearing date; Black defendants had a higher chance of being acquitted than white ones, suggesting that different standards of evidence may be applied to cases involving different groups of defendants; Mixed race teenagers were more likely than others to be given a (more serious) community sentence than a (less onerous) first tier penalty or referral order.
The family of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was fatally shot by a suburban St. Louis police officer last Saturday, may attend Sharpton's «We Will Not Go Back» march.
It also saw Doreen Lawrence, mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence, and Shami Chakrabarti of Liberty, carry the Olympic flag.
Carrying banner reading «Black Lives Matter» at the helm of the procession were the families of Ramarley Graham, an unarmed Bronx teenager shot dead by police in his home in 2012, and of Brooklyn 16 - year - old Kimani Gray — who was allegedly carrying a pistol when officers killed him in the street in 2013.
After praising the NYPD for maintaining order during New York City - based protests following the news that a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, did not indict a white police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, de Blasio said there is «a great sensitivity» to ensuring emergency vehicles are not blocked during marches.
On a typical Tuesday evening he would face a crowd of teenagers from the Youth Ballet — the boys all suave in black leotards and white T - shirts; the girls infectiously pert, their hair in tight chignons; Laws in street clothes and ballet slippers.
As a scientist who, as a teenager was enchanted with the concept of a molecule that instructed our inheritance, I am awed and astounded to be among the first to look across the billions of bases of DNA landscape of the black - footed ferret, an opportunity seemingly beyond the realm of possibility less than a human lifetime ago.
Here is what you should avoid: • Loud prints • Bold slogans • Skinny jeans • Leggings • Baggy clothing • Anything with a hood • Jeans or leggings tucked into knee length boots • Bright colours • Neon colours • Trainers • Bomber jackets Here is a list of items that are perfect if you want to look older and smarter when dressing, or if you simply don't want to be mistaken for a teenager: • Straight leg or bootleg jeans • Ankle boots • A tailored style handbag • Cardigans with delicate button detail • Pointed toe shoes • Rich, more expensive looking colours, such as burgundy, light grey, cream, black and white.
This glamorous wallpaper features chic Chinoiserie inspiration, oh - so - delicate butterflies and a bold, black and white color scheme for the ultimate dose of drama.Inspired by her own bedroom as a teenager, fashion designer Anna Sui created...
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Trying hard to play against expectations, writer - director Michael O'Shea casts a black teenager in the lead role of an urban vampire film.
Yorgos Lanthimos's freeze - dried revenge saga casts Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman as a moneyed married couple who find themselves targeted by a supernatural teenager (Barry Keoghan), while the tale slaloms from deadpan black comedy through Cape Fear - ish thrills towards a finale of such matter - of - fact horror that it can only be watched through splayed fingers.
Nothing in Footloose comes close, in this respect, to the best moments of Brewer's previous, vibrant if uneven films Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan, but this heartfelt retread of a notably thin popcorn property does come alive during an illicit dance - off at a drive - in or when a line dance devolves into sweaty gyrations — basically, when the teenagers are fulfilling the grown - ups» worst fears.
In a brand new Jumanji adventure, the tables are turned as four teenagers are sucked into Jumanji's world - pitted against rhinos, black mambas and an endless variety of jungle traps and puzzles.
While Thomas W. Kiennast's black - and - white cinematography is quite beautiful to behold (Gröning's film certainly features some excellent cinematographic moments as well), Atef's film never manages to convey why we should care, today, about this brief moment in Schneider's well - documented life, including her never - ending struggle with the German press, her inability to escape the role of Sissi that made her instantly famous as a teenager, and the various tragedies that befell her, including the suicide of her ex - husband.7 The film is not a biopic per se (and Atef declared that she did not intend to make one): thus, audiences who are not already familiar with Schneider certainly will not come away from viewing the film with much of a sense of her life's story); yet, given it is not a biopic, one wonders what the film is, or what it tries to accomplish.
The teenagers take the form of video game avatars, played by the surprisingly charismatic and charming hodgepodge of Johnson, Gillan, Hart and Black.
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