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Officers Wrong to Arrest Woman for #PartyingWhileBlack, DC Police Chief Says
Washington, D.C., Police Chief Peter Newsham has reached out to a Chevy Chase, Md., woman who was arrested after neighbors complained about music from a party being too loud, telling her that it was wrong for an officer to take her into custody, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department confirmed Wednesday. “It was inconsistent with his vision…
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‘We’ve Found Our Monster’: Fla. Sheriff Announces Arrest in Killing of 12-Year-Old Naomi Jones
Authorities arrested an ex-convict from Alabama on Thursday on charges relating to the kidnapping, killing and disposing of the body of a 12-year-old girl in Florida. According to CBS News, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan announced that 38-year-old Robert Letroy Howard had been detained in relation to the case. Morgan noted that Howard “frequented” the…
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Photos of Woman Helping Blind Chicago Cubs Fan Hail a Cab Go Viral
A random act of kindness in Chicago has gone viral after a stranger extended a helping hand to a blind Cubs fan over the weekend. According to Fox59, over the weekend, 26-year-old Casey Spelman, who originally hails from Indiana, was exploring Wrigleyville with some friends when she noticed a man holding a cane who appeared…
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NY Father Charged With Murder in Death of 7-Year-Old Daughter
A New Rochelle, N.Y., man is facing murder charges in connection with the death of his 7-year-old daughter, whose body was found in her bed inside their home. According to CBS New York, police believe that 47-year-old Neil White suffocated his young daughter, Gabrielle. The Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office will rule on the exact…
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Chicago Grandmother Sentenced to Life in Prison for ‘Exceptionally Brutal’ Torture Death of 8-Year-Old Granddaughter
A Chicago grandmother was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday in what the judge called the “exceptionally brutal” torture death of her 8-year-old granddaughter. According to the Associated Press, Cook County Circuit Judge Evelyn Clay handed down the natural-life sentence. It was Clay who convicted 55-year-old Helen Ford of first-degree murder in the 2013 death…
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‘Shut Up, Slave!’: White Man Hurls Insults, Compares Black Man to Livestock During Altercation at Chicago Starbucks
We apparently have not yet hit our racist-tirade quota for the day. A white man at a downtown Chicago café was captured on camera launching into a rant, calling a black man a slave and comparing him to livestock after becoming angry that the man apparently spilled some coffee on his light-colored suit. Maybe instead…
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NJ Woman Throws Racist Tantrum in New Brunswick Sears Because a Latino Family Was Using Coupons
Sometimes I wonder if these racists want to be captured on cellphone video—given the fact that their tantrums have been publicized way too often. But either way, here we are again, this time in New Jersey, where a woman was seen having a meltdown as a Latino family slowed a checkout line by using coupons.…
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Calif. Middle School Students Get Yearbooks With N-Word on Cover
One California middle school will seriously have to consider how it edits yearbooks after the n-word made it onto the cover of the school’s yearbooks. According to CNN, the racial slur appeared on a historical map of San Diego County that was chosen by book editors and staff at Black Mountain Middle School. However, the…
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Donald Glover Confirms That He Is Retiring ‘Childish Gambino’
“Childish Gambino,” the moniker that all-around entertainer Donald Glover goes by as a recording artist, shall soon be no more. The rapper-singer-actor-producer-generally multitalented jack-of-all-trades announced over the weekend at the Governor’s Ball Music Festival in New York City that his next album will be his last. “I’ll see you for the last Gambino album,” Glover…
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Black-ish Star Yara Shahidi Is Headed to Harvard
Yara Shahidi, one of the stars of Black-ish, has revealed that she will be repping Crimson: She announced on social media that she will be attending Harvard University in the fall of 2018. Shahidi, who plays Zoey on the show, posted a photo of herself rocking a crimson Harvard hoodie, captioned with a quote by…
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