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Woman Says She Was Raped in Chris Brown’s Home in New Lawsuit
A woman filed a lawsuit against Chris Brown Wednesday for sexual battery and gender violence, alleging that the singer trapped her in the bedroom of his Los Angeles home in an encounter where she was repeatedly raped by one of Brown’s friends. According to the New York Times, high-profile women’s-rights lawyer Gloria Allred, who recently…
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Denver Mayor Responds to Leaked Video of Son Threatening Cop, Spewing Gay Slurs at Traffic Stop
Earlier this week, a police video showing a traffic stop between a cop and the son of Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock was leaked by an anonymous source to ABC 7 Denver. In the video, 22-year-old Jordan Hancock can be seen hurling epithets at the cop and threatening the officer’s job for pulling him over.…
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A Black Yale Student Took a Nap in a Dorm Common Room. A White Classmate Called the Cops on Her [Updated]
Updated: Thursday, May 10, 2018, 8:20 a.m. EDT: The Yale Daily News has identified the white grad student who called the cops on a black classmate as Sarah Braasch. The campus paper also sheds more light on an earlier incident when Braasch called campus police on the same classmate, Lolade Siyonbola, and another black grad…
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This Is Us: Jordan Peele’s New Social Thriller Boasts Killer Cast
Upon releasing his debut movie, Get Out, Jordan Peele made it clear he wanted to stay within the horror genre. As we all know, the film, which Peele classified as a “social thriller,” quickly broke the bank, becoming the most profitable movie of 2017 and a pop-culture phenomenon. Now we have the first whiffs of…
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Supermarket Employee Fired After Denying Black Couple a Money Order Over ‘Fraud’ Concerns
Schnucks, a Midwestern supermarket chain, was forced to fire one of its employees this week after a black couple tried to get a money order—twice—and were denied each time. On Monday, Kellen Hill went into a Shnucks in South St. Louis to get a $1,100 money order to pay rent. He was denied by Schnucks…
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Nordstrom Rack Calls Cops on 3 Black Teens Shopping for Prom, Wrongly Accuses Them of Stealing
With prom coming up, high school seniors Eric Rogers II and Dirone Taylor needed something to wear. So the pair hit up a Nordstrom Rack in Brentwood, Mo., along with their friend, college freshman Mekhi Lee, to lock down an outfit and accessories for the big night. But while they searched for clothes, they noticed…
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Meek Mill Discusses His High-Profile Battle With Justice System: ‘This Happens to Minorities on a Daily Basis’
In an interview with CBS This Morning, rapper Meek Mill acknowledged that without the high-profile support and endorsements he received, he’d likely still be in prison. Back in November 2017, Judge Genece Brinkley ordered Meek to serve up to four years in prison for violating his probation on a 2008 conviction on drug and weapons…
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Cynthia Nixon Catches Heat for Calling Cannabis Licenses in Black Community a ‘Form of Reparations’
In an interview with Forbes magazine Saturday, Cynthia Nixon, the former Sex and the City star and current New York gubernatorial candidate, told the outlet that communities of color most devastated by decades of the country’s war on drugs should get first priority when it comes to licenses to sell legal cannabis. “Now that cannabis…
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2 Men Wrongfully Imprisoned for Rape Exonerated After Accuser Recants Story
Two men wrongfully imprisoned for a kidnapping and rape they didn’t commit were exonerated Monday in state Supreme Court in New York City. Cumulatively, the men had served decades in prison for a crime they didn’t commit. VanDyke Perry and Gregory Counts were just 19 and 21 years old, respectively, when they were charged with…
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Is Time Finally Up for R. Kelly? 2 More Women Come Forward With Sexual Abuse Claims Against the Singer: Report
After Time’s Up, an initiative dedicated to combating sexual abuse and harassment, called for “appropriate investigations and inquiries” into repeated allegations of sexual abuse against Robert “R.” Kelly, two more women have come forward with new claims against the singer. According to BuzzFeed News, which was the first outlet to break the story about R.…
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