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NYC Police Officer Kills 66-Year-Old Mentally Ill Black Woman
A police officer shot and killed a mentally ill 66-year-old black woman in her Bronx, N.Y., apartment Tuesday night. The incident calls into question the New York City Police Department’s use of force and the protocol that should be followed when dealing with “emotionally disturbed” people, The Atlantic reports. The victim, identified as Deborah Danner,…
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Pa. Mom Claims Teacher Put a Bar of Soap in 10-Year-Old's Mouth
A Pennsylvania mom is outraged after, she says, a teacher put a bar of soap in her son’s mouth as punishment, WHP-TV reports. “I was very upset, hurt, confused. I just didn’t understand why this even had to happen,” Ciara White said. White said that her 10-year-old son, Donald Thomas, got into an argument with…
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Student Offended After Okla. High School Teacher's Lecture: 'To Be White Is to Be Racist'
An Oklahoma high school student is speaking out after recording her teacher telling students that “to be white is to be racist,” while lecturing on how to “heal the racial divide,” KFOR reports. The Norman North High School student said that she was shocked by the lecture, and so she pulled out her phone and started…
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Former Ark. Judge Accused of Giving Lenient Sentences in Exchange for Sexual Favors
A former Arkansas judge has been arrested and accused of giving lenient sentences to male defendants in exchange for sexual favors he allegedly referred to as “community service,” the Washington Post reports. O. Joseph Boeckmann, 70, a former district court judge from Wayne, Ark., who was removed from his post earlier this year, was taken…
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Protesters Sue El Cajon, Calif., Its Police Over Arrests at Alfred Olango Vigil
Several protesters who were arrested at a vigil for Alfred Olango in El Cajon, Calif., on Oct. 1 have filed a lawsuit, accusing police of violating their civil rights by wrongfully ordering them to disperse, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Protesters insist that the protest was peaceful and that they were only ordered to leave…
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Chicago Man Arrested for Hitting Bus Driver, Passenger with Bag of Frozen Chicken
A Chicago man was arrested after reportedly attacking a bus driver and a passenger with a bag of frozen chicken, CNN reports. Authorities say that the incident, which happened last week, started when 27-year-old Caleb Russell tried to flirt with a woman on a Chicago Transit Authority Bus. Russell reportedly became angry when the woman…
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Woman Who Used N-Word, Spit on Black Couple at Chicago Festival Charged With Hate Crime
A white woman who shouted racial slurs at a black couple in a video that went viral over the summer is now facing a hate crime charge, DNAinfo reports. Jessica Sanders, 26, was arrested last week and charged with a hate crime and battery, according to the report. Her bail has been set at $50,000.…
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Pa. Mayor Who Posted Racist Obama Memes to Resign
The West York (Pa.) Council has unanimously accepted Mayor Charles Wasko’s offer to resign following controversy after the mayor posted racist Obama memes to his Facebook, the York Daily Record reports. According to the Daily Record, the vote was accepted to a round of applause from a crowd that had gathered in council chambers Monday…
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Md. Father Charged With Murder, Child Abuse in Shaking Death of 5-Month-Old Son
A young Maryland father who reportedly became frustrated with his crying 5-month-old son is facing charges of killing the infant by covering his month and shaking him, authorities said Monday, according to the Washington Post. Austin Ahimbisibwe was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse and was also ordered held on a $2.5 million…
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Minn. Woman Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Another Woman for Speaking Swahili
A Minnesota woman has taken a plea deal and pleaded guilty to assaulting another woman in a restaurant just because that woman was speaking Swahili, the Associated Press reports. In October 2015, Jodie Burchard-Risch smashed her glass beer mug in Asma Jama’s face while at an Applebee’s in Coon Rapids, Minn., injuring Jama. According to…
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