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A black man was looking for parking. A white woman felt threatened and called the cops
Michigan police to investigate officers' encounter with black man
By Lauren Edmonds For Dailymail. A black teenager from Chicago has defended his white mentor after a picture of her cutting off his dreadlocks went viral on Twitter and sparked criticism. Kobe Richardson, 19, spoke out against what he believes is unfair criticism of Sally Hazelgrove, 56, a woman who was pictured cutting his dreadlocks in , sparking outrage on social media. When 16, Richardson was shot 14 times by a man he thought was his friend - an attack that left him in a coma. When he woke up in hospital, Hazelgrove was one of the first people he saw.
'They don't know Sally': Black teen defends white woman who cut his dreadlocks in viral video
In a world of fake news and alternative facts, fabricated fears can have serious consequences. Tyson writes that Carolyn Bryant Donham — who was married to one of the men who killed Till in — admitted in that the black teen never verbally or physically abused her. That lie led to Till being beaten beyond recognition, shot in the head, having his eyes gouged out and a pound cotton gin fan tied to his neck with barbed wire before being thrown in the nearby Tallahatchie River. The murder — and the gruesome images of his open-casket funeral published in Jet magazine — catalyzed the civil rights movement in the s. In each instance, the initial story was believable because of the troubling belief that a black man is capable of such a thing.
The daguerreotype shows a 7-year old girl. Her face is pale, her expression somber. Her elegant plaid dress, trimmed in lace, and the notebook on the cloth-covered table behind her, suggest that she comes from a prosperous family.