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Spray Paint Marks Howard University as ‘Trump Plantation’
This probably won’t end well. Twitter user @Italia_calino shared the image above on Tuesday morning, depicting sidewalks in Howard University’s Yard with the spray-painted message “Welcome to the Trump Plantation. Overseer: Wayne A. I. Frederick.” That message was not the only one marked on school premises, with others claiming that Frederick, the university’s president, doesn’t…
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La. House Candidate Caught in Blackface in Racist Tiger Woods Costume
It’s almost March, but the ghosts of Halloweens past still haunt us. Every year, without fail, particularly on Halloween, there is that one (usually more, let’s be honest) white person who seems incapable of coming up with a creative costume of a black individual without resorting to blackface. By now we shouldn’t be ignorant of…
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Ga. Couple Get Prison for Confederate Racist Terror at Black Child’s Birthday Party
Because there is still a little justice left in this world, a Georgia couple reportedly broke down in tears Monday after being sentenced to prison for their involvement in a 2015 racist incident in which a group they were a part of waved Confederate flags, shouted racial slurs, and made armed threats at adults and…
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Trump’s DOJ to Drop Charge Texas Voter-ID Law Is Intentionally Discriminatory
I would say this current administration is looking funny in the light, but truth be told, it was looking funny in the dark to begin with. And now, on Monday, in a huge reversal, the Justice Department under the Trump administration has decided to drop the department’s position that Republican state lawmakers pushed Texas’ strict…
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Minn. Cop Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Shooting of Philando Castile
St. Anthony, Minn., Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and other charges in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile on Monday, signaling that the case will head to trial. According to the Associated Press, Ramsey County District Judge William Leary III has set a trial date for May 30. Yanez shot Castile,…
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Va. Man Facing Hate Crime Charges in Use of Anti-Muslim Slurs, Biting of Man’s Face
Honestly, is it really that hard to just see people and leave them alone? The answer is apparently a “yes” for 35-year-old Robin McGreer of McLean, Va., who, according to authorities, is facing hate crime charges after allegedly biting another man’s face during a November confrontation in which he allegedly used anti-Muslim slurs. According to…
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CNN, NY Times, Politico Among News Organizations Blocked From White House Briefing With Sean Spicer
Apparently, President Donald Trump’s regime White House barred several news organizations from attending an off-camera, informal press briefing today. CNN, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, BuzzFeed and most of the attending foreign press were reportedly blocked from attending the gaggle with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. The Associated Press and…
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Swastika Made of Excrement Found in Gender-Neutral Bathroom at RI College
The Rhode Island School of Design is reportedly investigating after anti-Semitic graffiti made from human excrement (??) was found in a gender-neutral bathroom. (Y’all people with your “isms” and phobias are gross … but we knew that.) According to WJAR, students at the school were shocked and disgusted by the graffiti, which was confirmed to…
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Mich. Judge Qiana Lillard Has No Time for ‘Clowns’ Who Allegedly Laughed During DUI Sentencing
It’s safe to say that generally, if you’re in court (whether to support a family member or because of your own actions), it’s not a wise idea to be grinning and/or laughing. People don’t generally end up in court for laughing matters. The family of 26-year-old Amanda Kosal learned that the hard way Thursday after…
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Adam Purinton, Suspect in Kan. Bar Shooting, Allegedly Screamed ‘Get Out of My Country’
The suspect in a Wednesday-night triple shooting that left one person dead has been identified as 51-year-old Adam Purinton of Olathe, Kan. Purinton allegedly told a bartender in Clinton, Mo., that he had killed two Middle Eastern men before he was arrested about five hours after the shooting, authorities said. According to the Kansas City…
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