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  • Texas Man Who Raped Girls and Infected Them With HIV Sentenced to Life in Prison

    A 34-year-old Texas man who raped a 14-year-old girl and a 24-month-old toddler, infecting both of them with HIV, chlamydia and herpes, has been sentenced to life in prison, KHOU reports. David Wilson, a registered sex offender who served four years in prison for a previous rape of a teen, claimed that he and the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 18, 2016
  • FBI Investigating Death of Va. Man Who Died While Handcuffed in Police Custody

    On May 4, 2013, South Boston, Va., police were called to a hotel where a man was reportedly causing a disturbance. They found Linwood Lambert Jr., 46, and believed him to be suffering from hallucinations. They cuffed him, put him in a police car and drove him to the Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital for medical…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 18, 2016
  • Pa. High School Football Coach Resigns Amid ‘No Gay Thursday’ Hazing 

    A suburban Philadelphia high school football coach has resigned after three senior football players reportedly sexually assaulted a freshman during a hazing the team called “No Gay Thursday.” Longtime Conestoga High School head football coach John Vogan issued his resignation Thursday and made it effective immediately after three 17-year-old students faced charges stemming from an…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 18, 2016
  • Boston English Teacher Asks Black Student, ‘What’s Up, My N–ger?’ During Lesson on Huckleberry Finn

    During a lesson about Huckleberry Finn, a Boston high school English teacher walked over to Destinee Wornum’s desk and said, “What’s up, my [n—ger]?” “I didn’t know what to say,” Destinee, a black 16-year-old, told the Boston Globe about the October 2015 incident at Boston Latin School. “I was uncomfortable and embarrassed.” It was an…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 17, 2016
  • Toronto Dad With Albinism Forced Off Bus After Someone Told Police He Abducted His Son

    Jason Thompson and his 4-year-old son, Xavier, were on their way to see the movie Zootopia when they were forced off a Toronto bus by police who were called because Thompson didn’t look like he could be Xavier’s father. “A white guy with a brown kid doesn’t mean that anything is going on,” Thompson, who…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 17, 2016
  • 5 NC Deputies Suspended After Assault at Trump Rally 

    Five North Carolina sheriff’s deputies have been suspended after they failed to arrest a Donald Trump supporter who was caught on video punching a black man as he was being escorted out of a Trump rally in Fayetteville, N.C. According to the Associated Press, three deputies were demoted and suspended without pay for five days.…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 17, 2016
  • Toronto Server Sent Home Because Her Natural Hair Wouldn’t Lie Down

    Akua Agyemfra wore extensions during her job interview and first two training shifts to be a server at Jack Astor’s Bar & Grill in Toronto. On her third training day, Agyemfra lost the extensions and wore her hair in a natural bun, and that is when she says the problems began. Agyemfra says that her manager…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 17, 2016
  • GOP Debate Cancellation Triggered By Trump Pullout

    Donald Trump announced on Fox & Friends Wednesday morning that he had no plans to attend the Republican presidential debate in Salt Lake City on Monday, according to the Washington Post. He noted that there have been enough debates and therefore he was planning on attending a pro-Israel group’s event that night. On Wednesday, Fox…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 16, 2016
  • Ga. Teacher Who Told Student Her Purpose Was to Have Sex and Babies ‘Because You Ain’t Never Gonna Be Smart’ Resigns

    The Georgia teacher who reportedly called a student “the dumbest girl I have ever met” and added, “You know what your purpose is going to be? To have sex and have children because you ain’t never gonna be smart,” resigned Monday night, the Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports. Cory Hunter is the Greene County High School teacher…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 16, 2016
  • Mich. High School Students Suspended for Posting Racist Photos Online

    Six Michigan high school students have been suspended after school officials were alerted to photos posted on social media that showed some of them with the n-word written across their stomachs, Fox 2 Detroit reports. According to the news station, students at Grosse Pointe South High School who reportedly told school officials about the photos…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 16, 2016
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