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Calif. Police Fatally Shoot Unarmed 73-Year-Old Man Who Suffered From Dementia
A 73-year-old man who, according to his family, was suffering from the initial stages of dementia was fatally shot early Monday by a police officer in Bakersfield, Calif., the Los Angeles Times reports. According to the report, officers responded around 12:30 a.m. to a call about a man brandishing a handgun in a neighborhood in…
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Man Found Guilty in Brutal Rape of 82-Year-Old Widow
Asa Robert, 20, was found guilty of rape and other charges Monday for the brutal attack of an 82-year-old widow that left the victim having to use a wheelchair, the New York Daily News reports. Robert now faces up to 122 years in prison on charges of rape, criminal sex act, burglary, robbery and criminal…
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W.Va. Official Fired for Calling Michelle Obama an 'Ape in Heels' Quietly Reinstated: Report
A West Virginia official who was fired after a racist Facebook post comparing first lady Michelle Obama to an “ape in heels” will apparently be back at her job later this month, The Hill reports. Pamela Taylor, the director of Clay County Development Corp., a nonprofit funded by state and federal funds, came under fire…
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2 Ga. Police Officers Shot While Serving Warrant
Two Georgia police officers were injured in a shooting early Monday morning while serving a search warrant in Crawford County, ABC News reports. According to the report, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge J.T. Ricketson said that a multijurisdiction drug task force went to a home on State Highway 42 around 2:30 a.m.…
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Calif. Man Arrested in Stabbing Outside Simi Valley Mosque
Police in California have arrested a man accused of stabbing a Muslim man who was leaving a mosque with his family late Saturday, the New York Daily News reports. According to KABC, the incident occurred around 11:15 p.m. Saturday when authorities say the suspect, identified as John Matteson of Simi Valley, Calif., and another man…
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Judge Is Deliberating Over Accused SC Church Shooter’s Competency to Stand Trial
A judge has begun deliberating whether Dylann Roof, the accused shooter at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.,, is competent to stand trial following a second day of a closed-door hearing, the Greenville News reports. The hearing on Roof’s competency started Monday afternoon and extended into Tuesday afternoon, with the federal court then…
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Ohio Men Plead Guilty to Beating of Black Man in Hate Crime
An Ohio man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal hate crime after beating up a black man he did not know in the street earlier this year, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. On May 18 in Toledo, Ohio, Robert Paschalis and co-defendant Charles Butler drove past the victim in a GMC truck decorated with a small…
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Parents File Complaint After Teacher's Racially Charged Explanation of Equality
The parents of a Folsom, Calif., middle schooler are furious after they say a teacher used a racially charged explanation in class, CBS Sacramento reports. The incident occurred at the Sutter Middle School and was prompted by a question from one of the students. “One of the kids raised their hand and asked the teacher…
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Oldest Member of the Tuskegee Airmen Dies in Fla. at 101
The oldest surviving member of the historic Tuskegee Airmen, Willie N. Rogers, died Friday in his hometown of St. Petersburg, Fla., at the age of 101, the Tampa Bay Times reports. According to the report, Rogers died of complications from a stroke. Rogers was a member of the renowned all-black Tuskegee Airmen, with whom he…
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Ala. Cop Fired After Facebook Posts Reference Slavery, Michelle Obama
A Talladega, Ala., police officer was fired after racist posts, apparently from his Facebook page, surfaced on social media earlier this week, Talladega City Manager Patrick Bryant confirmed earlier this week, the Daily Home reports. Another one bites the dust. Officer Joel Husk reportedly shared posts from the Last American Patriots and from Donald Trump,…
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