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  • Trump Supporter Who Punched Black Man at NC Rally: ‘Next Time We Might Have to Kill Him’

    John McGraw, the Donald Trump supporter who was caught on video sucker punching a black man during a rally Wednesday in Fayetteville, N.C., was not only unrepentant but also told Inside Edition, “Next time we might have to kill him.” Multiple videos posted to social media show several angles of McGraw’s assault of 26-year-old Rakeem…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 11, 2016
  • Trump Watch: St. Louis Rally Turns Ugly as Protesters and Supporters Face Off

    Editor’s note: This post contains social media messages that some may find offensive. Donald Trump supporters lined up outside the Peabody Opera House in in St. Louis on Friday, hoping for a chance to hear him speak. Instead, many supporters began confronting protesters who had also gathered outside the rally. Below are several images and…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 11, 2016
  • Ala. Honor Roll Student, 7, Faced Suspension Over Part in Haircut 

    A 7-year-old Birmingham, Ala., boy was facing suspension over a part in his hair. “He was, like, upset, and he said I had to come get him out of school because he was being suspended,” Keisha Rembert told WBRC about when she got the call from her son Rashaad Hunter. “He was pulled out of…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 11, 2016
  • GOP Donors Pushing for an Independent Candidate to Stop Trump, and You Won’t Believe Who It Is

    With Donald Trump looking as if he’ll be the Republican nominee for president, a group of Republican donors asked a Florida-based GOP firm to look for a possible candidate who could make an independent push to unseat both Trump and the eventual Democratic nominee. Data Targeting, the firm hired to research a potential independent solution,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 11, 2016
  • Trump Watch: Video Catches Donald Trump Supporter Sucker Punching Black Protester at NC Rally

    During a Donald Trump rally Wednesday night in Fayetteville, N.C., several black protesters were being escorted out of the building to boos and racial slurs when one Trump supporter walked into the path of one of the men and punched him in the face. Plot twist: The victim—that’s right, the one who has been assaulted—was…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 10, 2016
  • Video: Brawl Breaks Out After 2 Women Reportedly Tried to Turn Spirit Airlines Flight Into Soul Plane

    Two passengers who “appeared to be intoxicated” aboard a cross-country Spirit Airlines fight took out a boom box and began playing music loudly, according to a Spirit Airlines statement. When passengers asked the women to lower the music, an all-out brawl broke out. According to NBC News, the incident took place on the Baltimore-to-Los Angeles…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 10, 2016
  • Wis. Woman Sought in Shooting Death of Pregnant Woman and Unborn Child in Dispute Over Loud Music

    Wisconsin police are looking for a 24-year-old woman who is alleged to have shot and killed a pregnant woman after an argument over loud music. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, early Sunday morning, Shanika S. Minor confronted Tamecca A. Perry, 23, who was 39-40 weeks pregnant, over music coming from her apartment. The two argued,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 10, 2016
  • Photo of Baltimore Teen Praying Over Homeless Man Goes Viral

    Eric Gaines, a police officer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, was waiting for a bus when he spotted a teen standing near a sleeping homeless man. Many people had passed the homeless man, who, Gaines said, is familiar to the area. But the teenager “walked over to him and just knelt down and put…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 10, 2016
  • 2 Baltimore Officers Charged After 1 Caught on Video Smacking Teen

    Two Baltimore school police officers, one of whom was reportedly recorded slapping and kicking a teen, have been charged with second-degree child abuse by a custodian and misconduct in office, NBC News reports. Anthony Spence, 44, and Saverna Bias, 53, were both charged Tuesday and posted bail Wednesday morning. In the video, which was reportedly…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 9, 2016
  • President Obama Headed to South by Southwest; Will Skip Nancy Reagan’s Funeral

    President Barack Obama will not be attending former first lady Nancy Reagan’s funeral on Friday because he was already scheduled to appear at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Texas. According to the New York Post, first lady Michelle Obama is expected to attend the funeral on behalf of the Obamas and will also…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 9, 2016
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