UPDATE: Cotton balls scattered in front of MU's black culture center - Columbia Missourian

UPDATE: Cotton balls scattered in front of MU's black culture center - Columbia Missourian: "Before the Civil War, many enslaved African-Americans were forced to work on cotton plantations.

Outside of the center Friday afternoon, MU senior Gerald McLemore said it is sad that things of this nature are still happening in the 21st century, especially during Black History Month."

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UPDATED: Two Mizzou Students Arrested in Bizarre Hate Crime Involving Cotton Balls | News Blog | St. Louis News and Events | Riverfront Times

UPDATED: Two Mizzou Students Arrested in Bizarre Hate Crime Involving Cotton Balls | News Blog | St. Louis News and Events | Riverfront Times: "Two University of Missouri undergrads were arrested last night for allegedly dropping cotton balls outside the school's African-American cultural center last Friday. "

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University of Missouri Protests Spur a Day of Change - The New York Times

University of Missouri Protests Spur a Day of Change - The New York Times: " Months of student and faculty protests over racial tensions and other issues that all but paralyzed the University of Missouri campus culminated Monday in an extraordinary coup for the demonstrators, as the president of the university system resigned and the chancellor of the flagship campus here said he would step down to a less prominent role at the end of the year." 'via Blog this'

The Next CEO of Exxon Will Inherit a Diminished Giant - Bloomberg Business

The Next CEO of Exxon Will Inherit a Diminished Giant - Bloomberg Business: "A decade ago, when ExxonMobil Chief Executive Officer Lee Raymond was nearing retirement and looking for a successor, Rex Tillerson seemed the perfect candidate. A 53-year-old native Texan with an engineering degree and a commanding physical presence, Tillerson was an Exxon lifer who’d spent 30 years in the “upstream” side of the business, dedicated to finding and producing oil and gas. His résumé included stints in Yemen and Thailand. Tillerson’s chief rival for the job, Ed Galante, came from the “downstream” side—refining crude and natural gas into fuels and chemicals—important but not as much as the upstream division, which accounts for about 80 percent of Exxon’s profits. In January 2006, Tillerson became chairman and CEO. By the end of the month, Galante had retired." 'via Blog this'

Prosecution Of U.S. Police For Killings Surges To Highest In Decade

Prosecution Of U.S. Police For Killings Surges To Highest In Decade: "The number of U.S. police officers charged in fatal shootings has hit the highest level in a decade in 2015, new research shows, driven by greater scrutiny over use of deadly force.

Public outrage over the deaths of black men at the hands of police in New York, Missouri and elsewhere have spurred prosecutions. Police body cameras and bystanders' videos also have helped bring cases, but even with the upturn, only a small percentage of police killings result in charges, lawyers and analysts say." 'via Blog this'

The University of Missouri situation, explained

Louisiana Man Had Hands Up When Cops Shot Autistic Son - The Daily Beast

Wait, his hands were up?

Louisiana Man Had Hands Up When Cops Shot Autistic Son - The Daily Beast: "A police body camera on one of the Louisiana police officers who shot and killed a 6-year-old autistic boy allegedly shows that the boy's father had his hands up when the law enforcement officials fired on his vehicle. The two officers in question were held on $1 million bonds for second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder, respectively. Louisiania's state police chief said on Friday that the video is "the most

disturbing thing I've seen."" 'via Blog this'

2 Louisiana Officers Charged With Second-Degree Murder in Killing of Boy, 6 - The New York Times

2 Louisiana Officers Charged With Second-Degree Murder in Killing of Boy, 6 - The New York Times: "Two police officers have been arrested on charges of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy during a pursuit of his father in a sport utility vehicle in central Louisiana, the state police said Friday.

The officers, Norris Greenhouse Jr. and Lt. Derrick Stafford, who were placed on administrative leave after the chase on Tuesday, also face charges of attempted second-degree murder, Col. Michael Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, said during a news conference on Friday.

The father, Chris Few, who was driving, was critically injured in the shooting. Mr. Few’s son, Jeremy Mardis, was killed after the police opened fire on the S.U.V." 'via Blog this'

First President George Bush Swings at Son’s Aides, Rattling Clan - The New York Times

First President George Bush Swings at Son’s Aides, Rattling Clan - The New York Times: "Mr. Bush’s assertion in a new biography that Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld undercut George W. Bush’s presidency rattled the extended Bush political world, and forced the second Bush son now seeking the presidency, Jeb, to straddle an awkward line between family and politics.

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At 91 and in the twilight of a long and storied public life, the first President Bush evidently felt free to express views he had long suppressed in the interest of family harmony. Mr. Cheney, he said, was “very hard-line” and too eager to “use force to get our way”; Mr. Rumsfeld was an “arrogant fellow” full of “swagger.” He used the same phrase, “iron-ass,” to describe both men."

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Officer’s Death Stuns Illinois Town a Second Time - The New York Times

Officer’s Death Stuns Illinois Town a Second Time - The New York Times: "But on Wednesday, more than two months after Lieutenant Gliniewicz was found dead in Fox Lake, a small town northwest of Chicago, law enforcement officials said the truth was something very different: He took his own life." 'via Blog this'