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Justice Department to Seek Death Penalty Against Alleged Charleston, SC, Church Shooter
The Justice Department will seek the death penalty against Dylann Roof, ABC News reports. Roof, 22, faces 33 counts of federal hate crime and firearm charges in the 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. “Following the department’s rigorous review process to thoroughly consider all relevant factual…
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Gun Used to Kill Trayvon Martin Sells for $250,000
The gun used to kill Trayvon Martin has been sold for $250,000, according to the shooter, George Zimmerman, who notes that he reneged on an initial deal when a higher offer was received. Speaking for the first time since listing the weapon for sale, Zimmerman continued his attack against the Black Lives Matter movement, presidential…
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Va. Student Handcuffed, Charged With Larceny for ‘Stealing’ Carton of Milk That Came Free With Lunch: Report
A Virginia middle school student has been suspended from school, charged with larceny and ordered to appear in juvenile court for “stealing” a 65-cent carton of milk that his mother says was free. Shamise Turk told WTVR that she is angry, frustrated and mad that her son Ryan was handcuffed and charged with stealing a milk carton…
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La. Set to Pass ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bill; Would Classify Cop Attacks as Hate Crime
Louisiana is set to approve a bill that would consider any attack of violence against police officers, firefighters or emergency medical services personnel a hate crime. Gov. John Bel Edwards is expected to sign the “Blue Lives Matter” bill soon. The first-of-its-kind bill has already passed both chambers of the Louisiana Legislature, CNN reports. The ambush…
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Okla. Mom Stops Burglar With Crutch and Vacuum
An Oklahoma City mother was shocked Tuesday morning when a burglar forced his way through a locked window and threw his backpack inside her house. “I was afraid. I was freaked out about the whole situation because I had this guy I don’t know hanging from my window trying to get in,” Natalie Williamson told Fox…
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Baltimore Officer Found Not Guilty in Death of Freddie Gray
Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero was found not guilty Monday on all four charges in connection with his alleged part in the April 2015 death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. Nero, 30, had pleaded not guilty to all charges he faced following the arrest and subsequent death of Gray, who suffered a spinal injury while in…
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Fight Breaks Out at Ga. High School Graduation After Parents Told They Won’t Be Able to See Their Children Graduate
A fight broke out and police used a Taser on one person after parents and family members of students graduating from an East Point, Ga., high school were not allowed into the ceremony. According to WSB-TV, Tri-Cities High School’s graduation was originally scheduled to take place in the school’s stadium Friday night, but rain moved…
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Trial Set to Begin for Pittsburgh Man Who Was Sued by Target After He Stopped a Stabbing Inside the Store
In 2013, Leon Walls stabbed Michael Turner’s friend on a Pittsburgh street. Turner and three other men went looking for Walls shortly after the stabbing, planning to hold him for police. Turner heard that the man had gone inside a nearby Target, in East Liberty, so Turner and the men followed. Once inside, they found…
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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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