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Fliers Promoting 'UCLA White Students Group' Removed
Fliers posted around UCLA promoting a “white students” group have been removed, officials confirmed Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. According to the report, UCLA maintenance workers found three or four of the fliers taped to buildings on Monday. “Recent rhetoric and ongoing riots have highlighted a danger to white Americans,” the fliers declared in…
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Md. Mom Drove Dead Baby Around in Hearse Before Helping Bury Body in Woods: Police
A Maryland couple is facing charges after storing their 2-month-old son’s body in their car for 24 hours before burying the remains in a wooded area behind a Maryland high school, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, Geneice Petty, the mother of Antoine Flemons, napped, then drove her husband, Antoine Petty, to and…
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2 White South African Men Arrested After Chilling Video Shows Them Forcing Black Man Into Coffin
Horrific footage that has since been taken down from YouTube shows a black South African man’s harrowing ordeal as he was forced into a coffin by two white men who threatened him. According to the Washington Post, Victor Mlotshwa was walking and minding his own business when he was approached by two white men who…
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Minn. Officer Who Fatally Shot Philando Castile Charged With Manslaughter
The St. Anthony, Minn., police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile earlier this year during a traffic stop will be facing manslaughter charges, NPR reports. According to the report, Rasmey County Attorney John Choi has claimed that the use of force by Officer Jeronimo Yanez was not justified and that a review of dashcam…
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Tenn. Official Resigns After Posting 'KKK Is More American Than the Illegal President'
A lot of people, local officials and otherwise, have been exposed on Facebook as of late simply because they can’t keep their offensive opinions to themselves. David Barber, the deputy director of the Shelby County Corrections Center in Tennessee, is the latest to be caught up in a scandal. He has resigned after posting offensive…
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Official Autopsy Report Confirms Keith Lamont Scott Was Shot 3 Times by Charlotte, NC, Police
The official autopsy report for Keith Lamont Scott, the black man who was killed by Charlotte, N.C., police in September, confirms that he was shot three times, WCNC-TV reports. According to the report, Scott was shot in the posterior chest (or back), the abdomen and the left arm. The report, from the Mecklenburg County Medical…
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Fla. High School Teacher Allegedly Threatened to Get Black Students 'Sent Back to Africa'
A Florida high school teacher is facing backlash after he allegedly threatened to get black students “sent back to Africa,” the Houston Chronicle reports. John Sousa, who works at the Wesley Chapel High School in the Tampa Bay area, was placed on administrative leave Friday after allegedly telling black students, “Don’t make me call Donald…
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W.Va. Officials Under Fire After Referring to Michelle Obama as an 'Ape in Heels'
Two West Virginia officials are facing a backlash after exchanging messages mocking Michelle Obama and referring to the first lady as “an ape in heels,” WSAZ reports. According to the report, following the results of last Tuesday’s presidential election, Pamela Taylor—a director at the Clay County Development Corp., a nonprofit funded by state and federal…
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Mich. Officer Who Drove With Confederate Flag Around Trump Protesters Resigns
A Michigan police officer who was placed on paid suspension after he was seen driving a pickup truck with a Confederate flag around a group protesting Donald Trump’s presidential election has now resigned, the Washington Post reports. The incident began at a Nov. 11 “Love Trumps Hate” rally in Traverse City, Mich. Police Officer Michael Peters,…
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Mich. Police Officer Suspended After Driving With Confederate Flag Around Trump Protesters
A Michigan police officer has been suspended with pay after he was seen off-duty driving a pickup truck with a Confederate flag around a group of people protesting Donald Trump’s presidential election win, the Associated Press reports. Traverse City Police Chief Jeff O’Brien announced Officer Michael Peters’ suspension Sunday. O’Brien said that an internal investigation…
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