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69-Year-Old Man Had Plans to Shoot Up a Florida Mosque, Police Say
A Jacksonville, Fla., man has been thwarted in his plans to murder Muslims at the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida. Bernandino Bolatete, a 69-year-old Filipino immigrant, bought a silencer from an undercover officer and was arrested on a federal weapons violation last week. As Jacksonville News 4 reports, before buying the silencer, Bolatete had divulged his…
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Number of Fatal Cocaine Overdoses Among Black People on Par With Opioid-Related Deaths Among Whites, Study Shows
The opioid crisis has dominated headlines and political conversations as the number of overdose deaths and addicts has risen dramatically in recent years. But a new study finds that the opioid epidemic, which has affected mostly white Americans, is just one part of the growing U.S. drug crisis. The report reveals that deaths from cocaine overdoses…
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Massachusetts Cop Finally Fired After Writing ‘Love This’ About Deadly Attack at Charlottesville, Va., White Supremacist Rally
The Springfield, Mass., Police Department fired one of their officers, Conrad Lariviere, for comments he made in the aftermath of the deadly Charlottesville, Va., white supremacist rally that killed one person and injured 19 others. As Vice News reports, on Aug. 13, a day after the protests, Lariviere responded to a breaking news post about…
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All These Women of Color Are Badder Than Taylor Swift
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, RIP to the fan who thought Taylor Swift was the baddest bitch of all. Last month, Twitter user @xnulz challenged the internet to “name a bitch badder” than Taylor Swift. This weekend (I don’t know why it all went down this particular weekend; social media works in mysterious ways), a…
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Joy-Ann Reid Apologizes for ‘Tone-Deaf and Dumb’ Homophobic Blog Posts
MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid has issued a statement apologizing for a series of homophobic blog posts she wrote a decade ago, calling them “insensitive, tone-deaf and dumb.” The series of blogs, which ran from 2007 to 2009, centered on former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. The posts, which Reid wrote as part of her personal blog,…
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1 in 4 Men Are Entitled Trash Who Think Exposing Themselves Doesn’t Count as Harassment
Men, we need to have a talk. Again. Do you mind if I leave the door open for this one? A survey conducted by the Barna group found that a disturbing percentage of people don’t seem to understand what behaviors count as sexual harassment. Out of 1,000 Americans who participated in the online survey, 24…
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Report Calls Out Weak Police Response to Charlottesville, Va., Protests, Alleges Obstruction
An independent investigation into the white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Va., has confirmed what was immediately obvious to many: that the Charlottesville Police Department and Virginia State Police royally fucked up in their response to the deadly protests. The report was conducted by a former federal prosecutor, Timothy J. Heaphy, and, at 200 pages (pdf),…
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Conservative Black Pastor Has Come-to-Jesus Moment, Parts Ways With GOP and Trump
The Rev. O’Neal Dozier has had enough of Donald Trump’s racism, he says. The 30-year “faithful and dedicated member” of the Republican Party wrote an op-ed for the South Florida Times on Thursday announcing that he is leaving the GOP to become an independent. “One of the main reasons I have decided to leave the…
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Woman Kills Thanksgiving Guest After He Didn’t Offer Her Crack: Report
In Minneapolis, what began as an invitation to a Thanksgiving meal ended in a bizarre death. Anenia Marie Hare, 47, is behind bars after authorities say she killed a dinner guest who had the poor manners to smoke crack at her Thanksgiving table—and not offer her any. As the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports, Hare invited over…
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NYC Teen Charged in Fatal Stabbing of Classmate Thanks Gay Community for Helping Post $250,000 Bail
A Bronx, N.Y., teen charged with fatally stabbing his 15-year-old classmate in September will be able to spend the holidays with his family. Abel Cedeno, 18, was released Wednesday on a $250,000 bond. As WABC-TV reports, a judge had lowered Cedeno’s bail from $500,000 on his manslaughter charges in the death of classmate Matthew McCree.…
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