Bring That Week Back: Darrien Hunt Shot 6 Times While Running

Plus, newspaper apologizes for slave ship cartoon.

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Frederick Douglass's Portrait Unveiled at Maryland Governor's Mansion  - A portrait of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass was unveiled at the Maryland's Governor's mansion on Monday (Sept. 17) night, CBS reports. Hundreds of guests including Susan Taylor, the former editor-in-chief of Essence, were in attendance for the ceremony. The artwork was painted by artist Simmie Knox. Douglass’s portrait, which is the first African-American portrait to hang in the governor's residence, hangs in the entryway. (Photo: via CBS)
Newspaper Apologizes for Slave Ship Cartoon - Lancaster New Era, a Pennsylvania newspaper, was in hot water for publishing an insensitive cartoon that compared traveling by air to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, commonly known as the Middle Passage. They have now deleted the cartoon from their site. “We are deeply sorry about printing this offensive cartoon. We cannot erase the error we made last week,” John A. Kirkpatrick, the president of Lancaster Newspapers, said in a statement.     (Photo: Lancaster New Era)/content/dam/betcom/images/2014/09/National-09-16-09-30/091614-national-Daniel-Holtzclaw.jpg

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Darrien Hunt Shot 6 Times While Running Away - Frederick Douglass's portrait unveiled at Maryland Governor's mansion, plus more national news. —Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_) Darrien Hunt, an African-American man who was killed by a Utah police officer, was shot six times while running away, prosecutors said Monday. Police say that his family’s claims that he was carrying a toy sword were not true. "It wasn't plastic, it wasn't wood," Utah County Chief Deputy Attorney Tim Taylor said, according to the Associated Press. "It appears to be a real samurai sword." (Photo: Courtesy of Hunt Family)

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