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VA Official Allegedly Displayed Portrait of KKK Grand Wizard for Years
According to David J. Thomas Sr., a senior official at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ central office, he only hung a portrait of the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard, Nathan Bedford Forrest, because it was “beautiful.” And despite knowing that Forrest was a Southern general, Thomas claims he was unaware of the man’s sordid—and…
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Very Few Police Departments Have Rules for Undercover Cops on Facebook
This summer, we asked over 50 police departments to tell us if they have any rules for police officers who use fake accounts on Facebook to friend people of interest and monitor what they post. If our sample is indicative of national trends, very few police departments have policies for going undercover on social media,…
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Watch: New Documentary Surviving R. Kelly Highlights the Difference Between the Musician and the ‘Monster’
Cable network Lifetime has unveiled a trailer for a new documentary series that promises to tell the “untold story” of the women who endured R. Kelly’s abuse. The documentary, Surviving R. Kelly, which will run in three parts and clock in at six hours total, may be the most comprehensive and detailed look at Kelly’s…
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Martin Luther Whomst? Buffalo Petitions to Replace MLK Bust With More Accurate Portrayal of Civil Rights Icon
More than 6,000 people have signed a petition in Buffalo, N.Y., that calls for a statue honoring Martin Luther King Jr. to be replaced with a more realistic likeness of the civil rights icon. The push to replace the statue is being organized by Samuel A. Herbert, who says he has collected more than 6,000…
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NYPD Arrests First Suspect in Viral Proud Boys Brawl
New York Police arrested Geoffrey Young, a member of the alt-right group the Proud Boys, Thursday night. It is their first arrest following a viral street brawl between the group and protesters in New York City last weekend. The arrest follows widespread criticism that NYPD didn’t move quickly enough to arrest Proud Boy members at…
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3 White Women Harassed a Black Gardener for More than a Year. He Got Hit With Stalking Charges
For more than a year, three white women made Marc Peeples’ life hell—all for the sin of building a community garden in their Detroit neighborhood. As the Detroit Metro Times reports, throughout 2017 and early 2018, the women harassed Peeples, who is black, and called the police on him multiple times, alleging that he was…
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Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz Become First Caribbean Team to Make Women’s World Cup, Thanks to a Big Assist from Bob Marley’s Daughter
Twenty years ago, the Jamaican mens’ soccer team made history by qualifying for its first World Cup. Now, Jamaica’s women’s team—known affectionately as the Reggae Girlz—have next. On Wednesday night in Texas, Jamaica beat Panama 4-2 on penalties after playing their opponent to a 2-2 draw. With the win, the Reggae Girlz took third place…
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This Is the Police Interaction Video Texas Students Must Watch to Graduate High School
In an effort to repair trust between Texas citizens and law enforcement, all high school students in the state must take a class and watch a 16-minute training video that guides them on how to behave during a traffic stop. The course, which also aims to reduce tragic interactions between the police and citizens, is…
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White Woman Calls Cops on Black Youth Anti-Violence Rally: 'It's Like a Riot Out Here'
Black Charleston, S.C., residents are calling for the firing of a white gas station manager who recently called the cops on a group of anti-violence protesters for the awful crime of hanging out outside a gas station while a few of their members went inside to make purchases. In an even more bizarre—though, unfortunately, not…
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What We Really Learned from the Cop Who Taught an 11-Year-Old Black Boy With a BB Gun ‘A Lesson’
It’s a sorry state of affairs when mainstream media outlets are praising public servants for performing their jobs adequately, but that’s apparently where we are in 2018. On Wednesday, CNN published an article titled, “Instead of firing at an 11-year-old with a bb gun, an Ohio officer teaches him a lesson.” The piece focuses on…
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