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La. ACLU Sues Baton Rouge City and Police Over Protests
The city of Baton Rouge, La., the Baton Rouge Police Department and other law-enforcement officials are facing a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and other civil rights groups, accusing authorities of violating protesters’ rights to free speech and assembly during large protests over the past week, the Times-Picayune reports. “This…
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Calif. Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime After Man Yells Racial Slur, Throws Rock Into Home of Black Family
Huntington Beach, Calif., police are investigating a possible hate crime after a black family was allegedly targeted by a man who yelled racial slurs and threw a rock into their apartment’s sliding-glass door, the Los Angeles Times reports. According to the report, the attack occurred around 12:40 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment complex. The resident…
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White Woman Walks Around Chicago's South Side Bearing Sign: ‘Black America I'm Sorry’
One Illinois woman is capturing attention as she makes her way around the streets of Chicago’s South Side bearing a sign that reads, “Black America I’m Sorry!!!” CBS Chicago reports that Laurella Willis of Blue Island has been walking about 20 miles a day with the sign, saying that she’s sorry about “everything that’s going…
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Ga. TV News Producer Fired After Rant About 'Unevolved, Uncivilized Turds' of Black Lives Matter
A local Georgia TV news-station photographer and producer has landed himself in a heap of trouble, ultimately losing his job, after posting three Facebook rants insulting Black Lives Matter and even wishing death upon members of the movement at least twice, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. CBS46’s Charles Beau Menefee, an Emmy-winning photographer-producer, slammed members of…
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3 Injured in Va. Shooting Reportedly Caught on Facebook Live
Authorities are investigating the existence of a Facebook Live video that apparently captured a shooting in Norfolk, Va., Tuesday evening, the Virginian-Pilot reports. Three men in a car were injured in the shooting. The video was reportedly taken by one of the victims. In the video, the three men are sitting in a car, smoking and…
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Ohio Police Sgt. Suspended for Facebook Post About 'Monkeys' Swears He's Not Racist
A Shreve, Ohio, police sergeant says he wasn’t being racist after an inflammatory Facebook post landed him in trouble and on indefinite, unpaid suspension, News Net 5 reports. “Been at work for ONE HOUR and the monkeys have already exceeded their limit of snark I’m gonna take for the night. PUMP THE BRAKES, MONKEYS!” Sgt. Robert…
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3 Arrested After 'Viable Threat' to Harm Baton Rouge, La., Officers During Protests
Baton Rouge, La., police have arrested three individuals after discovering an alleged plot to use guns to shoot police during protests last weekend, Police Chief Carl Dabadie said at a press conference Tuesday, WWL-TV reports. The alleged plot was uncovered after a pawn shop robbery over the weekend. Investigators say they believe that the suspects stole…
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David Duke, Former KKK Grand Wizard, Contemplating Run for Congress in Aftermath of Dallas Shooting
So … David Duke is considering a run for Congress. According to the Daily Beast, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan is seriously considering challenging House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) in the upcoming congressional election. “I’ve very seriously set up an exploratory committee to run for the United States Congress against…
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Obama Pays Tribute to Officers Killed in Dallas Shooting: 'The Deepest Fault Lines of Our Democracy Have Suddenly Been Exposed'
Speaking at a memorial for five police officers killed in the Dallas shooting, President Barack Obama called upon the nation to “reject [the] despair” that may be felt as a result of the recent bouts of violence seen across the country, and carve a way forward. “All of it left us wounded and angry. And…
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Black Yale Employee Arrested, Loses Job After Smashing Stained Glass Panel Depicting Slaves Carrying Cotton
An employee at Yale University is out of a job and now has an arrest record after smashing a stained glass panel in the university’s Calhoun residential college dining hall that depicted slaves carrying cotton, the New Haven Independent reports. Corey Menafee said that he was tired of looking at the “racist, very degrading” panel…
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