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Body of Missing Detroit 13-Year-Old Deontae Mitchell Found in Field on City’s East Side
The family of 13-year-old Deontae Mitchell has positively identified his body after it was found Thursday morning in a field on the east side of Detroit, Click on Detroit reports. Deontae was reported missing after he was abducted by a man Tuesday night. An Amber Alert was issued for the 13-year-old after a cousin told…
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Mich. High School Responds to ‘Deplorable’ Video of Students’ Racist Rant
A Michigan community is outraged after high school students were seen in video saying horrific, racist things, prompting a widespread response at their school. In an email sent to students, parents and teachers Wednesday, Grosse Pointe South High School Principal Moussa Hamka described the video, blasting it as “deplorable” and a clear violation of the…
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UCLA Gunman Identified as Former Doctoral Student Who Accused Victim of Stealing His Computer Code
Authorities have identified the UCLA gunman in the murder-suicide on campus Wednesday as Mainak Sarkar, a former doctoral student who accused his victim of stealing his computer code and giving it to someone else, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sarkar reportedly killed himself after fatally shooting 39-year-old UCLA professor William Klug in Engineering Building 4. Klug,…
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White Ill. Family Reportedly Almost Drowns Black Teen During Racial-Slur-Laced Beating
An Illinois family is facing multiple charges after, police say, they beat up a black teenager while shouting racial slurs at a campground in Canton, WLS reports. Carrie Weller, 42, and her two sons—21-year-old Corry Weller and 19-year-old Shane Weller—are facing charges of battery, mob action and a hate crime for the late-Sunday-afternoon beating of the…
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NYC Man Spent Nearly 5 Months in Jail Because He Didn’t Know His Bail Was $2
A Queens, N.Y., man was locked up at New York City’s Rikers Island jail for nearly five months without knowing that his freedom could have been obtained with loose change, the New York Daily News reports. Aitabdel Salem, 41, remained at Rikers from November 2014 to April 2015, despite the fact that his bail cost only…
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2 Fatally Shot at UCLA; Campus on Lockdown
Updated Wednesday, June 1, 3:30 p.m. EDT: Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck declared the UCLA campus safe after confirming that the shooter was one of two men killed in a small office in a building on the campus’s engineering complex, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The campus is now safe,” Beck told reporters in…
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Calif. Mom Facing Charges After Allegedly Lying About Daughter Being Missing
Sacramento, Calif., police were allegedly led on a wild-goose chase, expending resources looking for a missing 10-year-old girl who, it turns out, was not missing at all, ABC 10 reports. According to the report, the girl’s mother lied to police in order to make it look as if the child’s father had done something wrong;…
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Woman’s Body Found Tied to Cinder Block in Popular Pa. Swimming and Fishing Pond
Authorities are trying to identify the body that was found tied to a cinder block in a popular swimming and fishing hole near Philadelphia, WTXF reports. They have released photos of the woman’s clothes, jewelry and an image of a tattoo in hopes that someone will be able to help with the identification. Jason Rutter,…
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69 Shot in Chicago Over Memorial Day Weekend
The long Memorial Day weekend in Chicago was a bloody one, with a total of 69 people shot between Friday afternoon and early Tuesday morning, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the report, of the 69 people, 27 were shot in or near the Harrison District, one of the city’s most violent and heavily patrolled…
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5 Texas Teens Face Charges After Reportedly Confessing to Spray-Painting ‘Whites Only’ Over School Drinking Fountain
A group of Arlington, Texas, teens are facing a felony offense after allegedly tagging racist graffiti on the exterior of a rival school, CBS DFW reports. The graffiti has been classified by some as school-rival retribution, but some are classifying it as an act of hate. All five teens face a year in jail if…
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