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22-Year-Old Black Woman Dies in Custody

Symone Nicole Marshall, a 22-year-old mother of a 3-year-old girl, died in custody on Tuesday, May 10.

According to Marshall’s family she was in a serious car accident on April, where her car rolled over multiple times.

However, she wasn’t taken to the hospital. Instead the police took her to the Walker County Jail in Huntsville, Texas.

Symone’s sister, Honey, said:

“When I talked to her from jail, she complained that her head was hurting and she kept blacking out. I called the jail several times and requested for them to take her to a real hospital and they wouldn’t do so. If they would have this, her death could have been prevented and my sister would still be here. My heart hurts so bad. She was my best friend. I am so angry that they did this to her. She moved to Texas for a fresh start in life a few months ago. She was doing good down there, had a job and was about to buy a house. She’s a beautiful person, never been in trouble before and didn’t deserve this.”

Texas police and Walker County jail officials refused to comment or release information about the accident.

Marshall’s family hasn’t been able to get details from officials either.

Natasha McKenna, Sandra Bland, Gynnya McMillen and now Symone Marshall. We can’t take this anymore…We want justice!

#JusticeForSymoneMarshall   #SayHerName

#BlackLivesMatter   #StopPoliceBrutality

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studio shenanigans snapchat: lloydtheabstrac

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Go bold in gold eyeshadow and matching brows.

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Janet had them legendary adlibs booooy.

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Gabi Fresh, Jazmine Sullivan, Danielle Brooks & Chrisette Michele | Ebony Magazine

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@hardheadheavyhand if this isnt us i really dont know what is.

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When she smell like coconut oil & cocoa butter

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Womanism is for all black women. Not just the ones who went to college and know bell hooks and Audre Lorde by heart. It’s not just for the college educated black women that know big words and know everything about intersectionality. It’s for the black girls who braid hair on the porch. The young black girls who go to the “candy lady’s” house in the hood. The black girl with ADHD and the black girl who’s into cosplay. The black trans girl. The black girl who didn’t graduate from college. The black girl that’s Pagan. The black girl in prison. It’s for the black girls double dutching and for the black girl that is 16 and just found out she’s pregnant. The black woman in a nursing home. The black actress and the black girl that serves you coffee every morning at your favorite diner. It’s for the little black girl that comes home crying saying “Why don’t I have good hair?” I could go on but you get the point. It’s for all of us.

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Black Teen Fatally Shot By Austin Police Was Naked And Unarmed

A black teenager who was naked and acting erratically in an Austin, Texas, neighborhood Monday was unarmed when he was fatally shot by police, the Austin Police Department says.

Police say that on Monday morning they received multiple calls from residents of the neighborhood in the northeast of the city reporting the teen, now identified as 17-year-old David Joseph, was “acting erratically” and “chasing” another male in a nearby apartment complex.

The 911 dispatcher told The officer the teen had no weapons that were reported and that he was unarmed before the officer arrived at the scene at about 10 a.m.  Freeman told police that Joseph did not listen to his commands before shooting.

“Mr. Joseph ultimately charged at the officer and that’s when shots were fired,” Manley said, noting Freeman fired just seconds after the confrontation began.

Police are reporting that although the dashboard camera recorded audio, it didn’t record video of the incident because most of the incident just happened to occur “outside of the frame.” The audio recording has not yet been made public.

Manley wouldn’t say if a stun gun was deployed by the officer during the incident, but seeing as the teen was obviously unarmed, There were other non-lethal forms of restraint that could have been used.

The teen died Monday at Round Rock Medical Center.

#StayWoke

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i can't hang. all the feels.

Damn this hit me hard , I needed this talk as a little girl. s/o to her mom for destroying the self hate in such a great way

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Asia Newson Is Detroit’s Youngest Entrepreneur

“I teach at-risk youth how to become entrepreneurs, empower themselves, and become self-sufficient. My mission is to recognize the true potential in every child and to develop intrinsic security that makes optimum use of their individualized talent.”

Born and raised in Detroit’s Brightmoor neighborhood, Asia started her business, Super Business Girl, at the age of five years old after learning how to make candles from her father Michael Newson. Now at age 13, Asia hopes to open up shop in Downtown Detroit and become the city’s “Youth Mayor,” but also finish school so she can attend Michigan State University.

She works with mentors at a co-working space called, Bamboo Detroit. When she gets older, she wants to study politics and become the president of the United States.

Check out one of her interviews from 2014:

Here’s her online store.