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  • Mo. Man Charged With Murder in Kansas City, Mo., Road Rage Shooting That Left 19-Year-Old Father-to-Be Dead 

    An Independence, Mo., man is facing multiple charges after being accused of opening fire on a couple in another car during a road rage incident, killing a 19-year-old father-to-be and injuring his pregnant girlfriend as the couple were on their way home from a sonogram appointment. According to the Kansas City Star, John C. Young,…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 6, 2017
  • Las Vegas Police Officer Faces 2 Felony Charges After Killing Unarmed Black Man Using Choke Hold

    A Las Vegas police officer will be facing two felony charges after using a “martial-arts-style neck hold” and, authorities say, ultimately killing an unarmed black man after a chase through a Las Vegas Strip casino in May. According to CBS News, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo announced Monday that the officer, 31-year-old Kenneth Lopera, was…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 6, 2017
  • 2 Teen Girls Sentenced for Their Role in School Bathroom Attack That Left 16-Year-Old Amy Joyner-Francis Dead 

    Two teens have been sentenced for their part in a school bathroom fight at a Delaware high school that resulted in the death of a 16-year-old girl. According to the Associated Press, one 17-year-old who was convicted in the attack that left Amy Joyner-Francis dead was sentenced Monday to six months in a juvenile facility.…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 6, 2017
  • Flint, Mich., Official Resigns After Being Caught on Tape Blaming Water Crisis on ‘Niggers’ Who ‘Don’t Pay Their Bills’

    A Flint, Mich., official has tendered his resignation after water activists recorded him using a racial slur and racially charged stereotypes as he pointed blame for the city’s water crisis. Phil Stair, the sales manager of the Genessee County Land Bank, handed in his resignation after being recorded blaming the city’s water crisis on “fucking…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 5, 2017
  • Racist Bullies at Texas Middle School Called Black Girl an Ape, Pretended to Whip Her Like a Slave, but School Does Nothing, Father Says

    The father of a 12-year-old girl who is being targeted by racist bullies is speaking out after he said that the school did not properly discipline the students involved in the hurtful and hateful attacks. According to a written report from the school, the Austin American-Statesman reports, one girl at Tippit Middle School in Georgetown,…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 5, 2017
  • Colo. Woman Is Being Terrorized by Racist Notes Slipped Under Her Door, but Apartment Complex Refuses to Let Her Break Lease

    A dumb lease is more important than helping a woman who is being terrorized by some asshole slipping racist notes under her door and knocking on her door and running away. At least that’s what one Colorado resident is apparently going through because her apartment complex is reportedly refusing to allow her to break her…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 5, 2017
  • Multiple People Dead After Monday-Morning Shooting at Orlando, Fla., Business

    Updated Monday, June 5, 2017, 12:40 p.m. EDT: Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demmings identified the shooter as a “disgruntled employee” who had been fired from Fiamma Inc. in Orlando back in April. According to Time magazine, the 45-year-old gunman, whose identity has not yet been released, shot and killed himself after gunning down five employees—four…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 5, 2017
  • Conn. Woman Hailed as a Hero After Jumping in Front of Speeding Car, Saving Young Boy’s Life 

    It’s the kind of thing you would think you’d see only in a movie. Shanta Jordan, however, became a real-life hero after she was seen on surveillance footage jumping in front of a speeding vehicle in an attempt to push a young boy out of harm’s way. According to KRON, the out-of-control car pinned Jordan…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 5, 2017
  • Okla. Man Fatally Shoots Man Who Was Attempting to Drown 3-Month-Old Twins 

    An Oklahoma man was shot and killed Friday as he was attempting to drown his infant twins in a bathtub, authorities say. The deceased suspect, 27-year-old Leland Foster, apparently showed up at a house in Ada, Okla., where the babies’ mother, Foster’s estranged wife, Michelle Forrells, was staying and forced her and the twins into…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 5, 2017
  • Black Leaders in Ariz. Push for Removal of State’s Confederate Monuments 

    African-American leaders in Arizona are the next to call for the swift removal of the state’s Confederate monuments, joining an overall cry across the nation by those who know that the monuments celebrate slavery and racism and, generally, just the wrong side of history. The battle against Confederate symbols and memorials was brought to the…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 5, 2017
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