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  Dec 7, 2014

  Christian Rapper Lecrae Says He Harassed People With Pellet Gun as 13-Y-O But Cops Spared His Life, Directed Him to Bible

  Christian rapper Lecrae Moore, popularly known as Lecrae, suggested Thursday that the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by Cleveland police officer Timothy Loehmann for playing around with a pellet gun on Nov. 22 was a "foolish" decision.

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  Dec 5, 2014

  White Ex Police Chief Indicted for Murder of Unarmed Black Man in South Carolina; Lawyer Calls It 'Completely Wrong'

  The small town of Eutawville, South Carolina, got a decision that many residents in New York City and Ferguson, Missouri, sought when a grand jury there announced the criminal indictment of the town's white former police chief for the murder of an unarmed black man.

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  Dec 5, 2014

  'Jesus Would Be Right Here,' Declares Seminary VP in NYC's Massive Protest Over Eric Garner's Death

  Thousands of New Yorkers moved by the tragic chokehold death of 43-year-old Staten Island father of six, Eric Garner, at the hands of NYPD police officer Daniel Pantaleo, and the failure of a grand jury to bring criminal charges against him, flocked to the streets for the second night in a row Thursday to call for change in a justice system they believe is rife with racial bias.

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  Dec 4, 2014

  Conservatives, Politicians Join Condemnation of Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision as Protests Continue

  In a powerful show of solidarity conservatives joined a growing chorus of Americans in condemning the surprising decision of a grand jury Wednesday to not hold a New York City police officer criminally responsible for the chokehold death of 43-year-old Staten Island father of six, Eric Garner.

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  Dec 4, 2014

  Southern Baptist Pastor Randy White Chides Evangelicals for Promoting Racial Justice as 'Gospel Demand'

  As racial tension nationwide intensifies, triggered by the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown by officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, and compounded by the case of Eric Garner in New York City, the issue of whether racial justice should be promoted as a "Gospel demand" among Christians has become a divisive topic for some Evangelicals seeking solutions to racial conflict.

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  Dec 3, 2014

  'This Is an American Problem:' Obama Reacts to No Indictment in Eric Garner Case

  As news came Wednesday that a grand jury has decided not to indict a New York City police officer in the choking death of 43-year-old Eric Garner this summer, President Barack Obama, the nation's first African-American president, argued that there's bias in the way law enforcement engages communities of color and asserted that it "is an American problem."

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  Dec 3, 2014

  No Indictment Against NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Chokehold Death of Eric Garner

  Family and supporters of Eric Garner, 43, the 400-pound asthmatic father who died after he was locked in a chokehold by a New York City police officer in Staten Island this summer, expressed collective shock at the decision of a grand jury not to bring criminal charges against the officer on Wednesday.

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  Dec 3, 2014

  Creflo Dollar Joins Bahamas in Honoring Myles Munroe and Wife in National Tribute on Eve of Funeral

  Popular televangelist and founder of World Changers Church International Creflo Dollar is expected to join the nation of Bahamas Wednesday in a national tribute to honor the lives of renowned pastor Myles Munroe and his wife, Ruth, who died in a fiery jet crash along with seven others in that country last month.

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  Dec 2, 2014

  Christian Woman Prayed 6 Months for Dead Husband's Resurrection Until His Corpse Had Rotted Beyond Recognition

  A Christian woman from Canada who prayed with her children for her dead husband's resurrection for six months after he died was dealt a hard blow when she learned that he failed to rise and his body had rotted beyond recognition inside a bedroom she locked and left behind for Jesus.

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  Dec 2, 2014

  Man Gets Life for Killing Christian Teenager Who Refused to Get Abortion; 'I Don't Think God Should Forgive Him,' Says Sister

  A 22-year-old Maine man who hoped to get community service after he suffocated, burned, then dumped the body of his 14-year-old Christian girlfriend at a Brooklyn beach last year because she refused to get an abortion, received a 25 years to life prison sentence in New York City on Monday.