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The family of a 19-year-old killed in Michigan are calling for justice after the gunman who shot her claimed self defense. Police believe Renisha McBride was shot because the shooter thought she was an intruder. Her family, however, is saying that the shooting was no accident — McBride was not trying to break into his home. In fact, McBride knocked on the door of a home, hoping for assistance after she got in a car accident. Instead, she got a gunshot to the head. Sound familiar?

From Gawker,

Renisha McBride, a 19-year-old from Detroit, is presumed to have been asking for help when she knocked on the door of a Dearborn Heights home at 2:30 A.M. on Saturday. McBride had been in a car accident and her cellphone was dead. Rather than offering shelter to McBride, however, the homeowner came out and shot her in the head with a shotgun. The buckshot entered McBride’s head from the back, according to statements from her aunt, as the girl had already turned to walk or run away from the home. Police reports say the teenager was found dead on the home’s front porch.

[Gawker]

An 86-year-old woman running in the 2013 ING New York City Marathon died just hours after completing the race. Joy Johnson, who was the oldest female contestant in the marathon, finished her 25th consecutive appearance at the race in just under eight hours. The California resident’s daughter, Donna Graffis, told CNN her mother was resting after the marathon and never woke up. It is unclear what the cause of death was. [CNN]

Here’s some good news for residents in Illinois. On Tuesday, lawmakers voted to make their state the largest in the heartland to allow gay marriage. Mazel Tov! Read about it, here…[AP]

 

A man pulled over by police in New Mexico for failing to make a complete stop at a stop sign is alleging that he was unlawfully hauled to a hospital and forced to undergo anal probes in a search for drugs. Read his story, here…[ThinkProgress]

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