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  • Steak-umms or Mmm, Steak! The Dollar Tree Carries $1 Steak

    Ever found yourself hungry with barely enough loose change to make a dollar and really wanted a steak? Well, you’re in luck, my friend, because Dollar Tree discount stores sell Stampede’s $1 boneless-ribeye, preseasoned steak! Sure, some reviewers are saying that it’s tougher than long division and thinner than a whisper on a windy day.…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 5, 2015
  • David Simon Says: Show Me a Hero and I’ll Write You a Tragedy

    We didn’t know early on that David Simon was making honest television. Even the idea of it sounds like a lark. But David Simon has been teaching us all along how to watch David Simon. And maybe we weren’t ready for the truth to be shown to us in the dream box with landscapes that…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 5, 2015
  • Watch: Fla. Officer Assaults and Arrests Woman After She Calls Cop’s Son Rude

    Deidra Reid and Reginald Lane Jr. thought they were just going to visit a friend Monday, maybe hang out by the pool, but an encounter with a young boy whose father is a Orange County, Fla., deputy sheriff ended with the pair being arrested and Reid’s arm in a sling. “This is someone who used…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 4, 2015
  • Bottle of Gin Shown in Sam Dubose Traffic Stop Was Actually Air Freshener

    Turns out that the gin bottle Samuel Dubose handed to a University of Cincinnati officer, who would later kill him with a single gunshot to the head, didn’t contain gin at all but was, in fact, filled as Dubose had said: with air freshener. The July 19 exchange between Officer Ray Tensing, 33, and Dubose, 43,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 4, 2015
  • Watch: Ray Tensing, Officer Charged in Killing of Sam Dubose, Involved in Aggressive Traffic Stop 

    In May 2014, Ray Tensing, the University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murder in the death of Sam Dubose, stopped a vehicle carrying two young black men. The bumper was dragging on the car Sexton Henley was driving. Demetrius Pace was a passenger. The two believed the officer was harassing them, so Pace started…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 3, 2015
  • Police Hunt for Memphis, Tenn., Man Wanted in Fatal Shooting of Cop

    Memphis, Tenn., police are searching for Tremaine Wilbourn, 29, in the fatal shooting of Officer Sean Bolton after the officer reportedly interrupted a small-time drug deal. According to the Associated Press, Wilbourn has been identified as a suspect and faces a first-degree-murder charge in the 33-year-old officer’s death. Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong told those…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 3, 2015
  • Donald Trump: Obama Has Done Nothing for African Americans

    President Barack Obama has done nothing for African Americans and “set the bar very low,” according to Donald Trump, who also says he thinks Obama’s done such a bad job, there won’t be another black president for a long time. In an interview with ABC News Sunday, the Republican presidential candidate said that President Obama…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 3, 2015
  • Former Eagles Player Says Ex-Coach Isn’t Comfortable Around ‘Our Culture’

    Former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Brandon Boykin wants to make it clear that he doesn’t believe his ex-football coach is a racist; he just feels that he has trouble relating to men of “our culture.” Boykin explained to CSN Philly in a series of text messages that he wasn’t trying to call Chip Kelly a bigot,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 3, 2015
  • Accused SC Church Shooter Dylann Roof Pleads Not Guilty to 33 Charges

    Dylann Storm Roof, the suspect in the Charleston, S.C., church massacre, pleaded not guilty Friday to 33 federal charges. Earlier this month, Roof was indicted on 33 counts, “including federal hate crime and firearms charges,” for the June 17 shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church that left nine people dead, CNN reports. According to…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 31, 2015
  • Former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing Posts Bond, Demands His Job Back

    The former University of Cincinnati police officer who has been indicted for murder in the fatal shooting of Sam Dubose during a routine traffic stop has posted bail, and a union representative has filed a grievance demanding that he be reinstated with the school’s Police Department. Thomas Fehr, a representative of the Fraternal Order of…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 31, 2015
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