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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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Pa. Man Arrested for Allegedly Shooting Teenager Who Threw Snowballs at Car
A York, Pa., man faces two counts of felony aggravated assault and reckless endangerment after he allegedly shot a 15-year-old who was reportedly part of a group throwing snowballs, Fox 43 reports. Charging documents indicate that police were responding to a report about shots being fired a little after 2 p.m. on Saturday. A witness…
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3 Missouri Teens Charged in Murder of 14-Year-Old Girl
Three Kansas City, Mo., teenagers have been charged in the grisly murder of an eighth-grader whom they allegedly beat up before taking turns shooting the young girl, KCTV reports. Alexis Kane’s body was found Jan. 11 outside the Bay Waterpark not far from Smith-Hale Middle School, where Alexis was a student. According to the report,…
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NYC Dad Shot Family and Self Because He Thought Girlfriend Was Cheating: Report
Jonathan Walker, the Queens father who police say shot his girlfriend and two children before shooting himself, did so out of jealousy, the New York Post reports. According to the news site, sources said that the 34-year-old was overheard at a liquor store on Friday night telling people that his girlfriend and common-law wife, Shantai…
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Clergy Tells Fla. Police to #UseMeInstead in Response to Use of Black Men’s Mug Shots for Target Practice
Members of the clergy have started a new hashtag, #UseMeInstead, imploring police to use their images for target practice after news broke that North Miami Beach’s Police Department was using mug shots of black men, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, the idea to send out photos of the clergy for target practice…
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Woman Kidnapped at Texas ATM Manages to Escape From Car Trunk
The Arlington Police Department in Texas has released surveillance video from an ATM in hopes of identifying and catching a robber and kidnapper who forced an unsuspecting woman into her trunk earlier this month, CBS DFW reports. The kidnapping occurred at a drive-through ATM at a Wells Fargo bank Jan. 14, where the victim, choosing…
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Norwood, Ohio, Mayor Promises Not to Abandon Police to ‘Race-Baiting Black Leaders’
Norwood, Ohio, Mayor Thomas Williams penned a letter to his local Police Department, voicing his support for the boys in blue, who he feels are “under attack by race-baiting black leaders and cowardly elected officials,” Talking Points Memo reports. The letter was officially written on Dec. 22, days after New York City police officers Wenjian…
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