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United Nations Slams US Over Racial Profiling of Blacks - Thirty teens escape from Tennessee detention center, plus more national news. —Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_)The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has called the United States out for the excessive use of force by police, following the shooting of Michael Brown. “Racial and ethnic discrimination remains a serious and persistent problem in all areas of life from de facto school segregation, access to health care and housing,” Noureddine Amir, CERD committee vice chairman, said. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Teens Escape From Tennessee Prison - Around 11 p.m. Monday (Sept. 2), 32 teenagers escaped from the Woodland Hills Youth Development Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The boys, ages 14 to 18, broke through a fence that had a weak spot, according to the Tennessean. Eight of the escapees are still at large as of Tuesday morning.  (Photo: Mark Humphrey/AP Photo)

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LAPD Releases Names of Officers Who Shot Ezell Ford - The LAPD has identified Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas as the officers who killed Ezell Ford, 25, an African-American man, on Aug. 11 in South Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Times. Local residents' complaints led to the department's decision to release the names. The LAPD held off on the immediate release to assure that the officers' safety would not be threatened. They are both assigned to their homes. (Photo: KTLA News)

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Footage Reveals John Crawford Was Shot From Behind - According to the attorney for John Crawford’s family, surveillance video from an Ohio Walmart where the 22-year-old died Aug. 5 shows that he was fatally shot in his back by police while talking on a cellphone. If so, then the footage undermines statements made by police and witnesses that Crawford disregarded instructions to drop the gun he was holding and “looked like he was going to go violently.” (Photo: Dayton Daily News)

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Minneapolis Man Tasered by Cops While Picking Up Kids - Charges against Christopher Lollie, a man who was tasered and arrested by Minneapolis police officers while waiting to pick up his kids after school, were dropped after a video showing alleged misconduct on the officers part surfaced. Lollie recorded the incident on his cellphone. “Why do I have to let you know who I am?” he says. “I don't have to let you know who I am if I haven't broken any laws.” St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman says the case is being reviewed by the city’s Police-Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission.  (Photo: St Paul Police Department)

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Teacher Suspended for Mental Health, Not Content of Books - Last week there were reports that Patrick McLaw, a middle school teacher in Dorchester County, Maryland, was placed on administrative leave because he wrote two fictional books about mass school shootings set in the future. That report was false, the State’s Attorney for Vicomico Country told the Los Angeles Times. McLaw is currently receiving treatment after a mental health evaluation. (Photo: WBOC 16 News, Delmarva)

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Buffett Heirs Buy Rosa Parks Artifacts - A foundation run by Warren Buffett’s son, Howard G. Buffett, has purchased the belongings of civil rights icon Rosa Parks that have been sitting unseen in a New York warehouse for years. One of the items included the Presidential Medal of Freedom. "I'm only trying to do one thing: preserve what's there for the public's benefit," he said, according to AP. "I thought about doing what Rosa Parks would want. I doubt that she would want to have her stuff sitting in a box with people fighting over them." (Photo: Richard Drew, File/AP Photo)

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