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Wife of Chicago Cop Charged in Death of Laquan McDonald Says Job Offer Pulled Because of Case
The wife of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke says that a job offer for her to become a Cook County sheriff’s deputy was abruptly pulled because of her husband’s controversial case. According to the Chicago Tribune, Tiffany Van Dyke was set to begin training last week as a deputy after finishing a year of…
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White Supremacist Who Stabbed Black Man to Death Regrets Victim Wasn’t ‘Young Thug’ or ‘Successful Older Black Man’
The self-proclaimed white supremacist charged with fatally stabbing a New York City man to death last week voiced regret that the victim was not a young black man, or else a more successful older black man. The New York Daily News secured an exclusive Rikers Island jail interview with 28-year-old James Harris Jackson, who is accused of…
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Tomi Lahren Permanently Banned From TheBlaze: Report
Well, in a stunning twist of irony, it turns out that conservatives won’t stand for Tomi Lahren being pro-choice or calling them out for being hypocrites on abortion laws. Just who exactly are the real snowflakes? According to the New York Post’s Page Six, the former conservative sweetheart is now permanently banned from Glenn Beck’s…
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Killing of Black Man by Self-Proclaimed White Supremacist in NYC ‘Most Likely an Act of Terrorism’: Prosecutor
Prosecutors in New York City are saying that the targeted killing of a black man in midtown Manhattan was most likely an act of terrorism after, they charge, self-proclaimed white supremacist James Harris Jackson, 28, stabbed 66-year-old Timothy Caughman to death. WABC reports that Jackson, from Maryland, was arraigned in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday and…
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Chicago Cop Faces New Charges in Shooting Death of Laquan McDonald
Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer who is facing first-degree murder charges in the 2014 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, will face an additional 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, a special prosecutor announced Thursday. According to USA Today, the new indictment racks up the number of felony charges against Van…
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Md. Man Accused of Murder Traveled to NYC to Target Black People: Police
A white man from Baltimore, who allegedly stabbed a 66-year-old black man to death in New York City, reportedly traveled all the way to New York to commit the crime in the “media capital of the world” and make the biggest statement he could, police said. The Associated Press reports that James Harris Jackson, 28,…
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Mich. Mom Fears for Jailed Son’s Life, Says He’s Not Being Treated for Deadly Disease While Awaiting Trial
Demitrius Manderfield, 20, is currently sitting behind bars in Michigan, awaiting trial, after being charged with a very serious crime: sex trafficking. However, his mother, Tia Sumner, is faced with the bigger concern that her son—innocent or guilty—might not even live to see his trial through because of the inadequate care that she says he…
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Anonymous Donor Pays Off Pa. Historic Black Church’s $4,000,000 Mortgage
One Delaware County, Pa., church congregation has just one more thing to be thankful about after an anonymous donor completely cleared up their $4 million mortgage. According to WTXF, the First African Baptist Church in Sharon Hill has been in the community, offering Sunday services, since 1903. The historic landmark church has grown—in numbers as…
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Friend of Dylann Roof Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Failing to Report Crime, Lying to FBI
The friend of white supremacist Dylann Roof who admitted to lying to the FBI and hiding knowledge of the massacre carried out against a historically black church in Charleston, S.C., was sentenced Tuesday to 27 months in federal prison. According to Reuters, Joey Meek confessed to authorities that Roof, his childhood friend, had spoken about…
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Md. Med Student Is 1st Black Woman to Become Neurosurgery Resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Every month is black-history month, and Nancy Abu-Bonsrah, a young med student from Maryland, is proving just that: She has marked her spot in history as the first black woman to become a neurosurgery resident at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. As WJZ notes, last Friday was “Match Day” for thousands of medical…
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