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Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. Found Not Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder in Freddie Gray Case
Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr., who faced the most serious charge of all six officers indicted for the death of Freddie Gray in April 2015, was found not guilty by a judge Thursday, WBAL-TV reports. Goodson was the only officer charged with depraved-heart murder, a second-degree felony that carries a sentence of up to 30…
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Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Program at University of Texas
The Supreme Court of the United States has upheld the University of Texas’ affirmative action program, which helps minority students get admitted to the university, Politico reports. In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that “the race-conscious admissions program in use at the time of petitioner’s application is lawful under the Equal Protection Clause,” NPR notes. It was the second…
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Viral Video of Wis. Mall Arrest of Teen Sparks Protests, Internal Review
Family and friends of an 18-year-old Wisconsin woman are asking that charges against her be dropped since video of her controversial arrest went viral, WKOW reports. Genele Laird, 18, is facing charges of disorderly conduct while armed, resisting police (causing injury), battery to a police officer and discharging bodily fluids after an incident that occurred at…
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Ala. Woman Indicted in Beating Death of 1-Year-Old by 8-Year-Old Boy
An Alabama woman whose daughter was beaten to death while she was out with a friend clubbing has been indicted, the Associated Press reports. Katerra Lewis, 27, is now facing charges of reckless manslaughter in the case involving her 1-year-old daughter, Kelci Lewis, who was beaten to death, prosecutors say, by an 8-year-old boy after…
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Scam Artist Who Sold Fake Tickets to Hamilton Sentenced to 1 to 3 Years in Prison
A New York scam artist who admitted to selling fake tickets to the Broadway hit musical Hamilton was sentenced to 1-3 years in prison Tuesday, the New York Daily News reports. Anthony Huger, 32, admitted to selling the fake tickets to a Westchester County, N.Y., couple Jan. 8, scoring $450 in his scam, before tricking a…
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Democrats Stage Sit-in on House Floor, Demanding Vote on ‘No Fly, No Buy’ Gun Control Bill
About 30 Democrats from the United States House of Representatives are staging a sit-in as they demand the chance to vote on a gun control bill, NPR reports. According to the report, the House has not yet been gaveled into session, so it is not sure when such a vote would happen. “Lawmakers are grouped in…
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House Blocks Iowa Rep.'s Amendment to Keep Harriet Tubman Off $20 Bill
Harriet Tubman will still be appearing on the $20 bill, despite an Iowa representative’s best efforts to stop the Treasury Department from redesigning the currency. On Tuesday the House Rules Committee blocked an amendment by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) that would have stopped the rollout of the new currency, Talking Points Memo reports. The amendment,…
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Confederate-Flag-Waving Man Arrested After Pointing Shotgun at Black Woman, Vandalizing Car
A Virginia woman says she was terrified after a white man waving a Confederate flag pointed a shotgun at her and vandalized her vehicle, WTVR reports. Cierra Mayes was at a community yard sale Sunday morning when the incident occurred. According to police, Thomas Lee Campbell, 54, got upset after he saw a car parked…
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Mississippi Burning Case Closed After 52 Years
Mississippi officials have decided to close the investigation into the killings of three young civil rights organizers by the Ku Klux Klan, more than five decades after the young men disappeared, NPR reports. According to the report, the case had been closed for decades but was later reopened after public outcry. Now officials have decided that…
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British Man Accused of Planning to Kill Donald Trump at Rally
A British man was arrested over the weekend at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas after authorities say he tried to take a police officer’s gun to kill the presumptive Republican nominee, the Associated Press reports. While at the rally Saturday, Sandford approached the officer to say he wanted Trump’s autograph before trying to swipe…
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