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3 Muslim Students at UNC Chapel Hill Shot to Death
Three Muslim students were shot to death at a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill residential complex, and a suspect, with reportedly anti-religious views, has been taken into custody, Al-Jazeera reports. Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, was arrested and charged in the triple homicide of 23-year-old Deah Shaddy Barakat; his wife, 21-year-old Yusor Mohammad; and…
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NYPD Cop Indicted in Stairwell-Shooting Death of Akai Gurley
Rookie New York City cop Peter Liang will face criminal charges for his part in the November shooting death of 28-year-old Akai Gurley, NY1 reports. Last year Gurley was shot in the stairwell of a Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment building. At that time, the New York City Police Department called the shooting an “accident.” Liang had only…
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Ga. Man Kills 4, Including Ex-Wife and 2 Children, After Argument About Taxes, Child Support
A Georgia man who killed his ex-wife and three others reportedly had been arguing with the ex about taxes and child support, an investigator said, before going on a deadly shooting spree that ended with him killing himself, the Associated Press reports. On Saturday, a little after 3 p.m., Cedric Prather Jr., 33, parked a…
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SC High School Students Redecorate Rock Vandalized With Racist Message
Students at South Pointe High School in South Carolina wasted no time in turning around the ugly message that had been spray-painted across a spirit rock outside the school over the weekend, turning it into a message of equality, the Herald Online reports. The first, racist message, which read “Happy N—ger Month” and was signed…
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SC High School Vandalized: Happy N–ger Month
A South Carolina high school was the target of racist graffiti Sunday when a large rock, which sits in front of the school, was spray-painted with the slur “Happy N—ger Month,” Raw Story reports. The rock, in front of South Pointe High School in Rock Hill, was signed “KKK,” the news site notes. “It was…
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Former KKK Leader David Duke Might Run for Congress
David Duke was once the grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Now the notorious white supremacist is contemplating a run for Congress (yes, in this day and age) against current House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, whom he calls a “sellout,” according to audio from BuzzFeed. “Steve Scalise, let me tell you something. This is…
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French Designer Uses N-Word for Latest Collection, Says Kanye Endorses Him
Once again, people in the fashion industry are taking the not-so-fashionable (read: really racist) route, with A.P.C. founder Jean Touitou deciding that it would be OK to use the n-word throughout the presentation for his Fall 2015 men’s collection, Style.com reports. According to the news site, on Sunday the French designer used the slur…
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Fired McDonald’s Employees: We Were Told, ‘Too Many Black People’ Working in the Store
Updated Thursday, Jan. 22, 6:15 p.m. EST: In a statement, McDonald’s USA told The Root that it had not seen the lawsuit but would be reviewing the matter “carefully.” “We have not seen the lawsuit, and cannot comment on its allegations, but will review the matter carefully,” the statement read. “McDonald’s has a long-standing history of embracing the…
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Md. Woman Pleads Guilty in Exorcism Murder of 2 Toddlers
A Maryland woman has pleaded guilty to, but will not be held criminally responsible for, the murders of her best friend’s two toddlers last January during what she believed was an exorcism, WUSA reports. Monifa Sanford suffered from mental illness, leading her to hallucinate and hear voices, one of which she believed to be Satan.…
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Report: George Zimmerman a ‘Psycho,’ Ex-Girlfriend Says
In case you couldn’t get a feel for it, George Zimmerman is a “psycho,” or so his now-ex-girlfriend said, according to police documents, New York magazine reports. Over the weekend Zimmerman, who was infamously acquitted in the shooting death of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly…
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