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San Francisco Police Chief Resigns Hours After Black Woman, 27, Fatally Shot by Cop
Hours after a San Francisco police officer fatally shot a young black woman, the city’s mayor called for Police Chief Greg Suhr’s resignation. According to the Associated Press, Suhr had been under fire since December, when five officers were caught on video shooting a young black man, Mario Woods, who was wielding a knife. Then,…
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2nd Nigerian Schoolgirl Rescued, Army Says
A second schoolgirl who was among the more than 200 girls kidnapped two years ago from their school in Chibok, Nigeria, by the terrorist group Boko Haram has been rescued, a spokesman for the Nigerian army said Thursday. The Chibok schoolgirls are among thousands of women and girls Boko Haram has kidnapped over the years,…
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Los Angeles Lawyer Who Wore KKK Hood to Council Meeting Arrested
A Los Angles attorney who wore a Ku Klux Klan hood adorned with a swastika to a meeting at Los Angeles City Hall was arrested Wednesday after authorities say he called the Los Angeles Council president a racial slur and drew a picture of him hanging from a tree. “A cross that’s burning, an individual…
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Prominent Black Lives Matter Activist Arrested for Pimping 17-Year-Old Girl
Ferguson, Mo., activist Charles Wade, who has been a prominent figure in the Black Lives Matter movement and is credited with co-founding the nonprofit Operation Help or Hush, was arrested in April and charged with human trafficking and prostitution. According to the Daily Caller, Wade was arrested after an undercover officer answered a Backpage.com ad…
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NYC Woman Receives Death Threats After Wearing ‘America Was Never Great’ Hat: Report
A 22-year-old New York City woman says she received death threats after she wore a hat to work on which appeared the phrase “America was never great,” an obvious counter to Donald Trump’s slogan, which he also wears on a hat, “Make America great again.” “The point of the hat was to say America needs…
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EgyptAir Flight Carrying 66 Vanishes; ‘More Likely’ Terrorism Than Tech Failure: Report
An EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo suddenly swerved and plunged off radar while over the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday morning, and Egyptian officials are speculating that the plane’s disappearance is more likely a result of terrorism than technical error, CNN reports. EgyptAir flight MS804 made abrupt turns that generally…
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George Zimmerman Thanks ‘God’ After Gun Used to Kill Trayvon Martin Is Reported Sold for More Than $120,000
The gun George Zimmerman used to fatally shoot unarmed teen Trayvon Martin may have been sold for over $120,000, TMZ reports. The gossip site notes that some seven verified users were engaged in a bidding war for the pistol. A representative for United Gun Group, which hosted the auction, told the Orlando Sentinel that the group…
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Pregnant Mother and Son, 3, Shot in the Face; Boyfriend Arrested
On May 12, a 23-year-old pregnant woman and her 3-year-old son were found, both with gunshot wounds to the face, after a runner saw them in an Asheville, N.C., park. The woman, Candice Pickens, was pronounced dead at the scene, while her son, Zachaeus Waters, was rushed to a local hospital, where he underwent emergency…
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Symone Marshall Moved to Texas Looking for a Fresh Start. So How Did She End Up Dead in a Texas Jail?
Stop reading if any of this sounds familiar: A young woman moves to Texas seeking a fresh start, ends up in jail, and because she’s unable to post bail, stays in police custody for weeks until one day she’s found unresponsive in her cell. She’s rushed to a local hospital, where she is pronounced dead.…
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George Zimmerman on Trayvon Martin’s Parents: ‘They Didn’t Raise Their Son Right’
Because George Zimmerman won’t just go away, he’s now criticizing Trayvon Martin’s parents, the Black Lives Matter movement and Hillary Clinton. In a recent interview with the Daily Beast, Zimmerman claims that he, not Trayvon, is the real victim and questioned Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin’s parenting skills. “They didn’t raise their son right. He…

