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  • Fla. Man Tried to Burn Down Convenience Store to ‘Run the Arabs Out of Our Country’: Police 

    A Florida man attempted to burn down a convenience store, admitting, apparently, to local authorities that he thought the owner was Muslim and that he wanted to “run the Arabs out of our country,” the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. As it turns out, the store owners were actually Indian, making the incident the…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    March 13, 2017
  • ‘Go Back to the Fields of Ala.’: NC Middle School Students Chant ‘KKK’ in Viral Video

    Somebody’s sweet little cherub who would never say a bad thing is at it again. This time, middle school students are caught up in racist controversy after they were seen on a now-viral video chanting “KKK” and making derogatory statements against different ethnic and racial groups. The incident once again rocks the Wake County, N.C.,…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    March 10, 2017
  • Ore. Man Screams ‘Arab, You Need to Leave,’ Bashes Restaurant Employee Over the Head With Pipe

    Another day, another racist white guy attacking an innocent person for no reason other than existing. Earlier this week, officers arrested Jason Kendall, 52, for allegedly attacking a man working at a Middle Eastern restaurant with a pipe and telling his victim to “Go back to your country, terrorist,” according to court documents. KOIN reports…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    March 10, 2017
  • NC Cop Pleads Guilty to Statutory Rape After Impregnating 13-Year-Old Girl He Was Mentoring 

    A Lowell, N.C., police officer was sentenced to at least 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl who ended up pregnant because of the cop’s sick advances. According to WCNC-TV, James Blair, 51, will also register as a lifetime sex offender and is prohibited from having any…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    March 10, 2017
  • KKK Wizard Found Dead Smelled of Cat Piss; Wife Accused of Killing Him

    The imperial wizard of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, who was recently found dead near a river in Missouri, apparently smelled like cat piss and stunk to high heaven during his life. According to the River Front Times, the scent permeated from Frank Ancona’s clothes, clinging to him like a blanket,…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    March 9, 2017
  • Police Investigating After Indian Man Fatally Shot in SC

    The Lancaster County, S.C., Sheriff’s Office is investigating the killing of 43-year-old Harnish Patel, who was fatally shot in front of his yard Thursday. The motive behind Patel’s killing is unclear, although tensions are high given the current political climate and other recent high-profile cases involving people of Indian descent. “We don’t have any facts…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    March 7, 2017
  • Video Shows White Student Calling Another ‘Black Piece of Shit’ at NC High School

    A black student at Wake Forest (N.C.) High School says that he was tired of racial harassment and abuse—including threats against him and his family—and that that led him to get into a physical altercation with a white student. Video of the incident shows the black student dragging the other, white student to the ground…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    March 7, 2017
  • White Supremacist Groups Are Targeting College Students as Recruits: Report

    Well, maybe this will explain why we’ve seen a seeming uptick in racist incidents at college campuses across the nation. According to analysis by the Anti-Defamation League, groups that the organization identifies as white supremacist are really pushing their agenda on college campuses, aiming to recruit students at the institutions and plaster their messages across…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    March 6, 2017
  • Report: Kan. Bar Shooting Suspect Asked Victims if Their ‘Status Was Legal’

    An Indian national who was wounded in a racially charged shooting in an Olathe, Kan., bar that resulted in the death of his friend told detectives that the shooter asked the pair if their “status was legal” before he started shooting, an affidavit released on Monday reveals. According to CBS News, the FBI is currently…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    March 6, 2017
  • Fort Worth, Texas, Police Commanders Reassigned in Probe of Leaked Arrest Video of Jacqueline Craig

    Two Fort Worth, Texas, police commanders have been temporarily reassigned while investigators probe who leaked police video and other materials in the brutal arrest of Jacqueline Craig and her daughters by Officer William Martin. According to CBS News, the Fort Worth Police Department launched an internal investigation after Martin’s body-camera video was leaked and his…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    March 6, 2017
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