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Police To Seek Manslaughter Charge Against Dallas Cop Who Shot and Killed Man After Mistaking Victim’s Apartment for Her Own [Update]
Earlier: A Dallas police officer shot and killed a 26-year-old on Thursday night after the officer allegedly entered the victim’s apartment and mistook it for her own, according to police. The Dallas Morning News reports that the incident occurred at around 10 p.m. at the South Side Flats on S. Lamar St., just blocks away…
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Chicago Police Officer Who Killed Laquan McDonald Violated Bail Conditions, Judge Rules
Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke had his bail increased by $2,000 on Thursday after a judge determined that he violated the conditions of his bail by giving interviews. Van Dyke is facing murder charges for the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, and has been out on bond, but could’ve been sent to…
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An Ohio School Resource Officer Really Thought It Was a Good Idea to Activate a Taser to Wake a Sleeping Student
A Smithville, Ohio, school resource officer was put on unpaid leave after allegedly using her Taser to wake up a student who was sleeping during class. Seriously. But let’s start at the beginning: On Aug. 30, at Liberty Preparatory School, a community charter school, the following incident occurred. According to News5 Cleveland, neither the teacher…
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Man Convicted of Punching 'Unite the Right's' Jason Kessler Ordered to Pay a Whopping $1 Fine
You read that right. A Charlottesville, Va. jury did agree with a judge’s ruling that a local man was guilty of assault and battery after punching Unite the Right organizer Jason Kessler in the head. That same jury also recommended that the man in question, 50-year-old Jeffrey Matthew Winder, serve zero jail time and shell…
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Woman Who Took Photo of Geoffrey Owens Working at Trader Joe's Apologizes After Backlash: 'It Wasn't Malicious'
Hindsight is 20/20 and Karma Lawrence (I’ll leave the jokes to you) is learning that the hard way after receiving backlash for taking photos of former The Cosby Show actor Geoffrey Owens as he worked his shift at an N.J. Trader Joe’s. Lawrence submitted the photos that she took to a few celebrity websites, and…
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Woman Who Lost 9 Family Members in Duck Boat Crash Demands They Be Redesigned in New Lawsuit: 'These Boats Can Never Kill Again'
The Indiana woman who lost nine of her family members — including her husband and their three children — after the duck boat they were riding in capsized and sank in Missouri last month has now filed a lawsuit against the tour boat operators and manufacturers. The suit demands the end of the manufacturing and…
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A Black Man Was Accused of Shooting at a Cop. Now the District Attorney Is Saying There's No Evidence That He Even Had a Gun
A Louisana man who was facing charges of attempted murder after being accused of firing a weapon at a Baton Rouge, La., police officer will no longer be prosecuted on those charges after East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore III acknowledged on Tuesday that there was no solid evidence that he even had a…
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Hero Siblings Flip Over Car That Crashed in Retention Pond, Save Couple, 11-Day Old Baby
Not all heroes wear capes, but Aaron Allen and Jolisa Jones, two siblings, sure deserve them after jumping into action to save a couple and a baby from their overturned vehicle that had landed in a retention pond over the weekend. According to Fox 13, Allen and Jones, who both work for Ashley Furniture, were…
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Geoffrey Owens Just Wants to Remind Y'all Basement-Dwellers That 'Every Job Is Worthwhile and Valuable' [Updated]
Earlier: By now it’s probably no news that The Cosby Show’s Geoffrey Owens works at Trader Joe’s to make some extra cash. The star was met with some mocking and scrutiny after the Daily Mail and Fox News published photos of him bagging groceries at a N.J. Trader Joe’s last week. Those two news sites…
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It's Bey Day and Miss Tina Just Shared the Most Adorable Baby Photo of Baby Beyoncé
On this day 37 years ago, Ms. Tina Lawson did the world a solid favor that can never be repaid when she gave birth to star, icon, and queen, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter. Mama Tina shared an adorable photo of 4-month-old Bey (looking just like baby Blue Ivy), expressing her pride and joy in her eldest…
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