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Va. Mother of 4, Reportedly Holding Fake Gun, Killed by Police
A 25-year-old Virginia woman was fatally shot by Norfolk police Saturday after she reportedly made a threatening move toward officers while holding what turned out to be a fake handgun. According to the Associated Press, the Norfolk Police Department’s Vice and Narcotics Division was conducting a surveillance when a fight broke out between India M.…
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Fla. Man Arrested on Charges He Stole BMW He Initially Tried to Buy Using EBT Card
A Florida man wanted a BMW, so he walked into a Pompano Beach, Fla., car dealership and found the one he wanted—a $60,000 BMW X6—and then attempted to pay for it using his Electronic Benefits Transfer card and a credit card. When the dealership explained that it didn’t take EBT as a form of payment,…
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1 Dead, 4 Injured in Fla. Spring Break Party Shooting
Three Plantation, Fla., police officers were responding to noise complaints at a house where a spring break party was being held Saturday evening when shots rang out from inside the home. “The shooting was inside the house, and as soon as gunshots went off, people came pouring out of the house,” Detective Philip Toman told…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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