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Family of Terence Crutcher Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit, Seeks Police Reform
The family of Terence Crutcher is still seeking justice and filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday seeking damages and widespread reform of the Tulsa, Okla., Police Department. Crutcher was shot and killed in September by Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby, who was later acquitted of first-degree manslaughter in the case before returning to a cushy…
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Bill Cosby Jury Enters 5th Day of Deliberations; Jurors Ask for Definition of ‘Reasonable Doubt’
As the jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial enters its fifth day of deliberations, the jurors—who before signaled that they were deadlocked and could not come to agreement on any of the counts—have asked the judge for the definition of reasonable doubt. According to the Associated Press, the jurors made the request a few…
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Detroit Man, Convicted Based on a Single Hair, Released After 41 Years in Prison
Ledura Watkins has spent his entire adult life in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. On Thursday, after some 41 years behind bars, Watkins, now 61, walked out of Michigan’s Wayne County Jail after his conviction was overturned. According to the Washington Post, Watkins was freed after prosecutors agreed that his murder conviction in…
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‘It Was Very, Very Scary’: Bus Drops 5-Year-Old Off at the Wrong School, Terrifying Her Family
A mom in the Natomas area of Sacramento, Calif., was left terrified after her 5-year-old daughter was dropped off at the wrong school in a school bus mix-up. Thankfully, little Myah Fisher was safely located and reunited with her family, but her mom remains frustrated that her little girl could have gone missing while in…
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Noose Found Hanging From Tree in Montgomery County, Md.
Yet another noose has been found in the Washington, D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area, with police responding to reports of a noose seen hanging from a tree in a Montgomery County, Md., condominium community Thursday. Authorities say that they responded to a call in the Heron’s Cove Condominium neighborhood at 9:09 a.m. The synthetic rope noose found in…
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Dr. Dre Donates $10,000,000 to Build Performing Arts Center for Compton, Calif., High School
Hip-hop icon Dr. Dre has shelled out a cool $10 million to help develop a performing arts center for one of the high schools in his native Compton, Calif., the Compton Unified School District announced Thursday. The center—which will be part of the new Compton High School—will include several creative resources, as well as a…
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Actress Elizabeth Banks Calls Out Steven Spielberg for Never Making a Movie With a Female Lead, Because I Guess The Color Purple Doesn’t Exist
While accepting an award from the nonprofit group Women in Film, actress Elizabeth Banks took some time out to talk about the issues that women face in Hollywood. Her message, however, was overridden with peak white-womanness when she took a shot at director and producer Steven Spielberg, who she claimed had never made a movie…
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Jury in Bill Cosby Trial Says It’s Deadlocked; Judge Denies Motion for Mistrial, Tells It to Keep Trying
The jury seated for Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial apparently cannot reach a unanimous decision on any of the counts that the famed comedian is accused of, and has announced that it is deadlocked. Nonetheless, Judge Steven O’Neill, who is presiding over the case, is insisting that the jurors keep trying and has denied a…
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Defense Calls for but Doesn’t Get Mistrial After Bodycam Footage of Sylville Smith’s Fatal Shooting Is Shown in Court
During the Wednesday-afternoon session of former Milwaukee Police Officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown’s reckless homicide trial in the death of Sylville Smith, the public was able to see for the first time the shooting that sparked two nights of unrest in the city in August 2016. The video clip is short and shows then-Milwaukee Police Officer Ndvia…
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NC High School Withholds Diploma From Senior Because He Refuses to Read Speech Written by Administrators
A graduating high school senior had his diploma withheld for about two days because he refused to read a speech given to him by administrators and instead read the speech he had taken the time and care to write himself. According to the Washington Post, Marvin Wright, president of the Southwest Edgecombe High School senior…
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