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This Is What Happened When a Texas Officer and a Man He Arrested Saw Each Other 8 Years Later
The last time Edward “Doc” Amey saw Texas City, Texas, Police Officer Salvador Chapa, Amey was being arrested on a gun charge. That was eight years ago, back when Amey used to be a gangster, but recently he found God, and since then he’s been living a righteous life. He used to sell drugs; today…
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Seattle Cop Who Arrested an Elderly Man Using Golf Club as a Cane Is Fired for Racial Bias
On Tuesday the Seattle Police Department fired an officer who claimed that a 69-year-old man had swung a golf club at her that he was using as his walking stick. According to the Seattle Times, Officer Cynthia Whitlatch, 48, who is white, was adamant that William Wingate, who is African American, had taken a swing…
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Richard Sherman Uses Press Conference to Clear Up His Position on Black Lives Matter
Never one to shy away from the spotlight, a big moment or a microphone, the Seattle Seahawks’ outspoken cornerback, Richard Sherman, was supposed to be talking about the upcoming game against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, but he took the moment to address the Black Lives Matter movement. According to ESPN, Sherman started…
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Family: Carey Gabay, Aide to NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Dies
Carey Gabay, an attorney for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration who was shot in the head last week as he ducked for cover during a gang shootout at an early-morning West Indian American Day Parade celebration, died Wednesday evening. Gabay, 43, had been in critical condition since being hit by a stray bullet in…
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Muslim Teen Arrested After Texas School Believes Homemade Clock Is a Bomb
The photo of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed is jarring. The slender Muslim teen is wearing a NASA T-shirt, glasses and a confused look on his face. He is also wearing handcuffs; a police officer stands in the background. Ahmed’s charge: being smarter than the small-mindedness displayed by those at an Irving, Texas, high school who saw…
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University of Mo. Student Posts Epic Facebook Response After Being Called ‘N–ger’
It wasn’t the first time that Payton Head had been called “n—ger” on the University of Missouri campus, but this time he figured he was going to do something about it. So the senior and president of the Missouri Students Association took to his Facebook page to vent about the most recent event during which…
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‘Oh My God, I Just Shot Vista’: Wis. Teen Charged as Adult in Shooting Death of Teen Girlfriend
On Thursday, Wisconsin teens Keller McQuay and his girlfriend, Vista Jackson, were inside Keller’s Racine home when a sawed-off shotgun discharged. Keller reportedly ran from the home saying, “Oh my God, I just shot Vista.” On Monday, Keller, 14, was charged as an adult in the shooting death of Vista, also 14. According to WMTV,…
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Report: Jailed St. Louis Man Denied ER Visit, Found Unconscious in Cell
The Bernard Scott story is a convoluted tale of traffic fines, a stay in a holding cell, an emergency room visit reportedly canceled by police officials and a reported hanging. Let’s start at the beginning. Scott, 44, was arrested in September 2014 and taken to the Pine Lawn, Mo., jail in St. Louis County, where…
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This Is What Happened When a Cop in NC and the Man Who Tried to Stab Him Saw Each Other a Year Later
When Raleigh, N.C., Police Officer J.D. Boyd and Cory Sanders first met Oct. 25, 2014, it wasn’t pleasant. The officer was trying to stop a domestic disturbance between Sanders and his girlfriend. Sanders reportedly tried to stab Boyd during an altercation, and the officer said he came close to shooting Sanders. Luckily for both of…
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Serena Williams Upset at US Open, Falls Short of Grand Slam
A stunned Serena Williams quickly ran off the court after her dreams of pulling off a calendar-year grand slam—a feat that hasn’t been accomplished since Steffi Graf in 1988—were dashed when Williams was bounced from the U.S. Open Friday by a 300-1 underdog. According to NBC News, little-known Roberta Vinci, 32, an unseeded Italian ranked No.…
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