Bring That Week Back: Shopping While Black Vine Goes Viral
Florida father beats down molester, plus more national news.
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Young Man's 'Shopping While Black’ Vine Goes Viral - Prison changes orange uniform to black and white after popularity of Orange Is the New Black Netflix show, plus more national news. —Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_) Vine user ‘rashid polo’ became Internet-famous after his vine showing a store clerk following him around a convenience store received 11,000,000 plays. “She’s been following me around the store, the whole time…there she go. She think I’m stealing!” he yells into camera phone as she notices him filming. The boy succeeds in making light in a serious “shopping while Black” moment. (Photo: Rashid Polo via Vine)
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Prairie View Professor Dies at 81 - The Prairie View A&M University community is mourning the loss of Evelyn Thornton, a veteran mathematics professor. Thornton died Tuesday at the age of 81. She was employed at the university when she passed. Thornton was the first African-American to earn a doctorate in mathematics at the University of Houston and mentored thousands of women in the science, technology, engineering and math-related fields. (Photo: Prairie View A&M University)
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Father Beats Down Man Who Molested His Son - A 34-year-old unnamed father of Daytona Beach, Florida, came home to find his 11-year-old son being sexually battered by Raymond Frolander, 18. The father beat Frolander and left him with a swollen face and black eye. Frolander was a neighbor to the victim and considered a close family friend. The molester admitted he was guilty and that he had been assaulting the boy since he was 8. (Photo: Daytona Beach Police Department)
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Prison Changes Orange Inmate Uniform to Black and White - A Michigan prison changed their orange uniforms to black and white after they noticed civilians wearing orange suits with Saginaw County Jail written on the back. The County sheriff believes it is influenced by the popularity of the Netflix show Orange Is the New Black. (Photo: WEYI-TV NBC 25 News)
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Black Men Seek to Join Class-Action Suit Against Milwaukee Police - Twelve African-Americans are looking to join a class-action lawsuit that says Milwaukee police illegally stripped and searched them. A motion filed by the men Thursday says police in the District 5 area violated their civil rights. This brings the number of racially motivated complaints filed to 47. (Photo: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
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Former Black Panther Receives 20 Years for Hijacking Plane - Williams Potts Jr. forced a commercial plane to travel U.S. plane to go to Cuba in 1984. He served 13 years in Cuban prison for the crime and now has returned to the U.S., where he was given a 20-year prison sentence by a Florida judge. Potts says the U.S. government should consider his time spent in Cuban prison. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)