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How Did a 26-Year-Old Iraq War Veteran Die Serving a 2-Day Jail Sentence?
Twenty-six-year-old James Brown served two tours in Iraq. He didn’t make it two days in a Texas jail. In 2012, Brown was arrested in El Paso, Texas, where he was living with his family while on active duty, and sentenced to two days in the El Paso County Detention Facility for a DWI. According to…
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Wis. Man Exonerated After 10 Years in Prison Graduates From Law School
In 1996 a 17-year-old Jarrett Adams told his parents he was staying at a friend’s house. Adams and two friends ended up at a campus party at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. “I had no business being up there,” Adams told the Chicago Tribune. “It was [a] … recipe for disaster.” The three friends…
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Ga. Principal Who Went Viral After Racially Charged Comments Has Been Fired
The principal of a private, nontraditional high school in Stone Mountain, Ga., who went viral after footage showed her shouting, “Look at who’s leaving, all the black people,” during a graduation ceremony, has been fired, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. According to the newspaper, the TNT Academy board of directors voted to fire Nancy Gordeuk, who…
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White Fla. Pub Owner Held Black Couple at Gunpoint Over Drink Beef: Report
Florida couple Kayla Davis and Darien Elwin were celebrating Elwin’s 20th birthday Saturday when they decided to stop at George & Dragon British Pub in Orlando for dinner, since they had a coupon. Davis, who turned 21 a few months ago, asked the owner of the pub, Kim Bruns, for a drink recommendation. Bruns made…
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Incoming Boston University Professor Apologizes for Tweets on Race
Saida Grundy, a sociology professor headed to Boston University, caused quite the stir with a few recent tweets aimed at “white college males” who she believes make up a “problem population.” Grundy, whose Twitter account is now private, also tweeted, “White masculinity is THE problem for America’s colleges.” After some deemed her tweets racist, Grundy…
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NYC Man Who Was Beaten With a Bat Claims He Was Kept Handcuffed for 7 Hours With Broken Elbow
James Rodriguez had just left his night job stocking supermarket shelves on Feb. 26 and was heading to his home in the Bronx, N.Y., when he stopped at the Santiago Deli on East 170th Street to pick up a couple of sodas. He knew that they shouldn’t have cost more than a few bucks, so…
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Busy Few Weeks for Harriet Tubman’s Legacy
It’s been a busy few weeks for the legacy of Harriet Tubman. Earlier this month it was announced that Viola Davis would be starring in an HBO biopic about the abolitionist who led slaves to freedom. Now, if the voting from an online poll holds any sway with lawmakers, Tubman could be in contention to…
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George Zimmerman Shooting Wasn’t Random Road Rage: Report
Turns out George Zimmerman’s brush with death Monday in Florida was everything but random. According to WESH, the man who allegedly fired the shot that shattered Zimmerman’s windshield and left him with cuts on his face had reportedly been threatened by Zimmerman some eight months earlier. No arrests have been made or charges filed in the…
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Satan, a Ga. Educator and Her Son: The Racist School-Graduation Rant Continues
On Friday, Nancy Gordeuk, the founder of TNT Academy in Lilburn, Ga., went viral after she spouted racist comments at a graduation ceremony during which she forgot about the valedictorian’s speech and then became upset when students, thinking the program was done, began leaving before the speech was over. Gordeuk tried to get people to…
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Watch: Dash-Cam Footage Appears to Show Del. Cop Kicking Black Suspect in the Face
In August 2013, Dover, Del., police officers were responding to a call regarding a major fight happening outside a Hess gas station. When the first units arrived, the men involved in the melee ran. Cpl. Thomas Webster IV, 41, and another officer responded to the scene and began searching for men who may have been…
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