On Monday, 57 people who were tortured by Chicago police decades ago were paid a total of $5.5 million in reparations for the abuse they suffered under former Police Cmdr. Jon Burge, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. From 1970 to the early 1990s, Burge and other officers under his command shocked, suffocated and beat some…

A Mississippi councilman who asked residents to throw rocks, bricks and bottles at police during what he considers racist car chases held a press conference Sunday to clarify his controversial statements. According to the Clarion-Ledger, Kenneth Stokes, of Ward 3 in Jackson, did not elaborate on his call to action but noted that police pursuits…

A Victoriaville, Calif., woman posted video of a confrontation she had with a Starbucks employee who she claims stole her credit card information and then spent over $200 at a local grocery store. According to the Daily Mail, Elizabeth Becerra was visiting a Starbucks store on New Year’s Day when, she claims, a worker told…

Several armed men who took over a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon continued their standoff over the weekend and vowed to remain there for years, the Washington Post reports. According to the newspaper, militants headed by “Ammon Bundy, a Montana rancher whose father Cliven Bundy led an armed standoff with federal agents in Nevada in…

A West Bloomfield, Mich., mother is upset that her daughter ordered a pizza from a local Domino’s Pizza, only to receive the pie along with a receipt with the words “[f—k] this [c—t]” printed on it.   Kenyatta Robinson says she believes that this all stems from an argument she had with the restaurant’s manager, which…

A Minnesota man lost his job after he reportedly sent racist messages to the Minneapolis chapter of Black Lives Matter last week. According to MPR News, Brad Schultz reportedly posted a message to the group’s Facebook page after learning of protests sponsored by the chapter inside the Mall of America. The message contained several expletives…

A desire for the comforts of home is apparently what led Mexican police to the doorstep of fugitive “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch and his mother: The pair reportedly used a cellphone to order from Domino’s Pizza, according to the New York Daily News. The Texas teen gained national attention after a 2013 fatal drunken-driving crash…

A New York City family was moved from a shelter in the Elmhurst section of the borough of Queens after their child was reportedly spit on, called a “n—ger” and taunted for living in a homeless facility. According to DNAinfo New York, the child, whose name was withheld by the news site, was inside a…

The father of Quintonio LeGrier, the 19-year-old who was fatally shot alongside his 55-year-old neighbor by Chicago police last week, filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that the officer shot his son without justification. According to CNN, Antonio LeGrier filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on Monday. In addition to claiming that the…