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Head of Minneapolis Police Union: ‘Black Lives Matter Is a Terrorist Organization’
Moments after it was announced that police officers involved in the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark would not face federal charges, the president of the Minneapolis police union spoke out against the Black Lives Matter movement, calling it a “terrorist organization.” Speaking at a press conference Wednesday, Lt. Bob Kroll criticized Minneapolis Mayor Betsy…
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Poet Elizabeth Alexander Named to Pulitzer Prize Board
Acclaimed poet, author and professor Elizabeth Alexander has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize board. Alexander wrote and delivered her poem “Praise Song for the Day” for President Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009 and was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry American Sublime and a 2016 Pulitzer finalist…
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Ala. Teacher Gives Test to 8th-Graders Asking How Many Tricks Would a ‘Ho’ Have to Turn to Support Pimp’s Crack Habit
An Alabama middle school teacher has been placed on administrative leave for the remainder of the school year after reportedly passing out a test that included such questions as how many tricks would a prostitute have to “turn” to support her pimp’s crack addiction. According to Fox 10, the racist test, various versions of which…
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Okla. ‘Play’ Cop Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Fatally Shooting Unarmed Man
Tulsa County, Okla., Reserve Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Bates, who fatally shot an unarmed black suspect, was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday. The 73-year-old volunteer sheriff’s deputy maintained that he had been reaching for his Taser during an April 2015 undercover sting operation when he accidentally grabbed his gun and shot Eric Harris as…
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An Ill. Woman Fired Warning Shots to Scare Off Man Who Had Just Killed Her Fiance. Now She Sits in Jail. How’s That Justice?
Here is what the law tells us: You have a right to protect yourself. Here is how the law is applied: If you are black and attempt to protect yourself, it’s highly likely that you will be arrested for protecting yourself. There is nothing new here. We all know that the application of the law…
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Ill. Woman Charged for Firing Warning Shots After Gunman Fatally Shot Fiance
Ashley Harrison, 26, and her fiance and father of her two children, Garvin Whitmore, 27, were stopped at a light on an Aurora, Ill., street when a gunman walked up to the car and shot Whitmore in the head. Frantic, Harrison grabbed a .357 Magnum inside the car and fired several times in the air,…
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Body of Ariz. Woman Who Went Missing After Date Found; Suspect in Custody
The body of a missing Arizona woman who was last seen April 19 while on a date with a man has been found in a shallow grave. According to CBS 5, 25-year-old Angela Russo’s body was found in a desert area in Maricopa County last week. Police announced that Lashawn Johnson, who was already in…
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Move Over, Jeremy Meeks; the Internet Has Found a New #PrisonBae
Social media is a fickle place. One day you’re the hottest convicted felon in the history of ever; the next, you’re learning that some fresh new photo has eclipsed your reign as #PrisonBae. Sarah Seawright of Arkansas has earned newfound fandom for being social media’s newest mug shot darling. According to CW33, Seawright, who sports…
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Tenn. Mom Who Was Set to Testify Against Suspect in Shooting That Left Her Daughter, 2, Paralyzed Is Found Dead
A Tennessee mother whose baby girl was paralyzed in a gang-related drive-by shooting was fatally shot just months before she was to testify against her daughter’s alleged shooter. Bianca Horton, 26, was found shot dead on a Chattanooga street early Wednesday morning. Police are investigating whether Horton, a mother of four, was the target of…
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Watch: Bernie Sanders Enters Rally to DMX’s ‘Where the Hood At?’
Is Bernie Sanders trying to secure the hood vote? On Thursday the Democratic presidential hopeful entered a California rally to DMX’s “Where the Hood At?” Well, the hood is definitely behind that preposition, and, in any case, the crowd seemed to eat it up. Watch below:
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