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A Young Black Man Is Dead—So Why Are They Talking About the Maserati He’s Driving?
Father. Son. Unarmed. Employee. The press could have chosen to use any of those descriptors in detailing how police shot a 25-year-old Georgia man outside his job at Goodyear Tire. Instead, countless headlines included the fact that a young black man was in a Maserati at the time of his death. Here’s what we know:…
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Why Does This Texas Man Owe $21,000 in Child Support if the Child Isn’t His?
Willie Carson has been paying child support for 13 years—or, rather, because he has been behind in his child support payments, his wages have been garnished for 13 years. There are days when the Houston resident has been unable to eat and has had to go without electricity. And here is the kicker: The 13-year-old…
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Bodies of 2 Detroit Children Found in Freezer; Mother Arrested
Wayne County, Mich., sheriff’s bailiffs made a grisly discovery Tuesday morning while executing an eviction notice at the Martin Luther King Apartments in Detroit. According to the Detroit News, authorities found the bodies of two of the homeowner’s children—identified as a boy who would have been 11 now and a girl who would be 14—stuffed…
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Ga. Police Fatally Shoot 25-Year-Old Man Outside His Job
A Georgia family is left wondering what happened Tuesday when police shot and killed a 25-year-old man outside his job in Cobb County. Channel 2 News reports that the victim was Nicolas Thomas, but police have not confirmed his identity. “I guess now I just want to understand what happened, because I hear so often,…
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Ga. Twins Confessed to Grisly Murder of Their Mother
Editor’s note: Every now and again a story finds new life on social media, and this is one of those times. The story of the Georgia twins who murdered their mother in 2010 started appearing as the anniversary of their confession approached. Turns out the confession took place more than a year ago, but since…
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Mo’Ne Davis Takes High Road, Asks That Player Who Called Her Awful Name Be Reinstated
Over the weekend a Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania baseball player took to Twitter to call 13-year-old Mo’ne Davis, the star pitcher who shook up the Little League tournament, a derogatory name. “Disney is making a movie about Mo’ne Davis? WHAT A JOKE. That [s—t] got rocked by Nevada,” Joey Casselberry tweeted. It didn’t take long…
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Houston Woman Shot in the Head in Road Rage Incident
Houston resident Kay Hafford, 28, was driving to work Friday when a driver cut her off. Hafford honked her horn, and that’s when the driver of a white SUV reportedly pulled up next to her and shot Hafford in the head and drove off. According to ABC News, Hafford wasn’t aware that she had been…
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NYC Subway Worker Stops Knife Attack
Two men were arguing inside a New York subway station early Sunday morning when one of them pulled a knife, but thanks to a shift change and a heroic subway clerk, police apprehended the man accused of being the knife-wielding attacker. According to the New York Daily News, a 27-year-old man and a 30-year-old man,…
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Ky. Officer Finishes Race With Woman Who Refused to Quit
Asia Ford’s weight-loss journey, in which she has already lost some 200 pounds, led her Saturday to the Rodes City Run, a 10K race in Louisville, Ky. Having gone from weighing 474 pounds at her heaviest, Ford, who had changed her diet and begun working out daily, was ready for the 6-mile trek. According to…
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Eric Garner Grand Jury Testimony Won’t Be Released
The public will not know exactly what was said during the grand jury hearings that ended with a decision not to indict New York City Police Department officers in the choke hold death of Eric Garner. A judge on Thursday refused to release the testimony, the Associated Press reports. According to AP, “The New York…
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