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  • White Restaurant Manager Pleads Guilty to Enslaving Mentally Disabled Black Man

    The manager of a South Carolina restaurant has pleaded guilty to one federal count of forced labor, admitting to using violence and threats in order to force a mentally disabled black man to work for grueling hours without pay. According to the Post and Courier, 53-year-old Bobby Paul Edwards, who once managed J&J Cafeteria in…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 6, 2018
  • South Carolina Day Care Owner Accused of Striking 4-Year-Old With a Paddle Nicknamed ‘Bob’

    A Pickens, S.C., day care director is facing serious charges after she allegedly beat a 4-year-old with a paddle she apparently called “Bob.” According to Fox Carolina, Margaret Sue Tennis, owner of the Carousel of Learning, was arrested by the local police department and is currently facing assault and battery charges. On Tuesday a judge…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 6, 2018
  • 4 Arizona Officers on Paid Leave After Video Shows Them Brutally Pummeling Man Who Was on His Cellphone 

    The Mesa, Ariz., Police Department is under scrutiny after releasing video on Tuesday that showed officers brutally beating a man who appeared to be minding his own business while on his cellphone. Of course, despite the fact that there is video evidence showing unnecessary force, a fact that Mesa Police Chief Ramon Batista acknowledged based…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 6, 2018
  • Georgia Cop Fired for Ramming Fleeing Suspect With Patrol Car Gets New Job as Sheriff’s Deputy in Neighboring County 

    Well, well, well. White privilege is a hell of a drug. Imagine being fired from your job one day for running over a fleeing civilian, and getting another job, in the same field, in a matter of days. I need those kinds of odds in my life. And that’s the kind of life Taylor Saulters,…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 5, 2018
  • Florida Man Sets Black Neighbor’s ‘Flashy’ Car on Fire, Calls Him Racial Slur: Report

    Jealousy is never cute, beloved … especially on a white man. But here we are once again in Florida, this time in South Daytona, where a white man called his black neighbor a racial slur before setting the neighbor’s “flashy” car on fire. Florida, man. Ronald Sweet was outside, washing and waxing his silver 2002…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 5, 2018
  • NYC Man Who Called Cops for Help and Was Instead Beaten Up Wins $3 Million

    A 27-year-old Brooklynite was just trying to get help from the cops when he gave them a call. Instead, the New York City man was the one who was beaten to a pulp by three officers while his young son watched. On Friday, following a four-day trial and after five hours of deliberations, a federal…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 5, 2018
  • Michigan Woman Files Lawsuit Against Target After She Was Forced to Strip to Prove She Didn’t Steal Bikini 

    A Southfield, Mich., woman is accusing Target of racial profiling in a lawsuit that claims she was forced to strip in front of male employees to prove that she did not steal a bathing suit. According to Ashanea Davis, the humiliating incident occurred on May 22 at her local Target. Davis says she was trying…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 5, 2018
  • Texas Teen’s Story About Being Abducted and Assaulted by White Supremacists Was Not True, Police Say

    After an investigation, Houston police have determined that a Texas 13-year-old’s story about being abducted and attacked by a group of five white men, who further threatened him, is not true. According to ABC 13, authorities found no evidence to support the claims made by 13-year-old Zavion Parker. Last month, the story sent police on…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 5, 2018
  • Florida Strikes Again: White Woman Captured on Video Spewing Curses, Racial Slurs at Black Family

    I won’t even bother making a quip about Florida today because we all know what’s up. So let’s get right into the story. Facebook user Covey Banks, who is a physician, exposed some ugly racism that occurred at the Omni Orlando Resort over Memorial Day weekend, sharing footage of a white woman screaming racial slurs…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 4, 2018
  • NOOOOO!!! Serena Williams Pulls Out of French Open Because of Injury 

    It seems that we’ll have to wait a little longer to see Serena Williams dominate on the tennis courts once more. The superstar called off her grand-slam comeback and pulled out of the French Open on Monday because of a pectoral injury shortly before she was due to face archnemesis Maria Sharapova in a highly…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    June 4, 2018
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