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Miami Judge Uses Racial Slur to Describe Black Defendant, Blames Language on Growing Up in New York
A Miami judge is trying to blame his New York upbringing on the fact that he used a racial slur to describe a black defendant. It appears that Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Stephen Millan will face some discipline, with an investigative panel for Florida’s Judicial Qualifications Commission recommending that he be suspended for 30 days, fined…
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Georgia Medical Examiner Rules CDC Employee Timothy Cunningham’s Death Suicide by Drowning
The death of Timothy Cunningham, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee who went missing in early February, only for his body to be found in the Chattahoochee River in early April, has been determined to be a suicide by drowning, the Fulton County, Ga., medical examiner revealed. As CBS 46 reports, the medical…
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District MotherHued’s 1st Momference Highlights Modern Motherhood and Safe Spaces for Black Moms
At the end of the day, all mothers are working to raise healthy, happy human beings. And so if there’s a method or a style that works for you and your child or children, why not go with it? This very topic was heavily emphasized Saturday at District MotherHued’s first Momference, a conference celebrating and…
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Illinois Man Arrested for Hate Crime After Yelling Racial Slurs at Black Woman Dropping Daughter Off at School: Report
A Galesburg, Ill., man is facing hate crime charges after authorities say he repeatedly screamed racial slurs at a black woman in the drop-off zone in front of a local high school. According to the Register-Mail, Bradley J. Qualls, 37, is facing multiple charges including two felony counts of hate crime, misdemeanor criminal damage to…
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People Are Big Mad Over Netflix’s Production Deal With the Obamas
The haters are always gonna hate, and it seems that some people are really big mad that Netflix linked to Barack and Michelle Obama with a deal to produce original TV shows and movies with the streaming service. Long story short: The snowflakes ain’t having it. Of course, this is despite the fact that the…
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Barack and Michelle Obama Have Signed a Multiyear Production Deal With Netflix, Hopefully Ending Our Withdrawal Symptoms
If you have missed getting your fill of common sense and decency since the only first couple that matters left the White House in January 2017, your waiting may soon be over. On Monday, former President Barack Obama officially announced a multiyear production deal with Netflix, in which he and former first lady Michelle Obama…
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NJ High School Invited Prom Attendees to ‘Party Like It’s 1776,’ Sparking Outrage Because, You Know, 1776 Wasn’t a Party for Everyone
Inviting any person of color to party like it’s any time before the 1980s (I’m being super-generous here) is less of an invitation and more of a threat. It’s not really even safe to party as a person of color in 2018. Yet, somehow, educators and prom organizers at Cherry Hill High School East in…
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Watch: Montana Border Patrol Agent Admits to Detaining 2 US Citizens at Gas Station Because They Were Speaking Spanish
Donald Trump’s America continues to be grimy as usual, especially to those perceived to be immigrants, and this time, a Montana border agent has acknowledged on camera that he only stopped and questioned two women at a local gas station because he overheard them speaking Spanish to each other. Seriously. The Washington Post reports that…
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Georgia High School Tennis Players Photographed With White Bags Over Their Heads in ‘Highly Offensive’ Photo
A group of Georgia high school tennis players are in a heap of trouble after posing for a racist photo that featured them with white bags over their heads—eyeholes cut out—Ku Klux Klan style. According to WMAZ-TV, the photo was apparently taken last week after Telfair County High School’s tennis team lost a state tournament…
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Texas School Shooting Suspect Identified as 17-Year-Old Dimitrios Pagourtzis [Updated]
Updated: Friday, May 18, 2018, 2:17 p.m. EDT: A law enforcement official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, has identified the Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting suspect as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis. According to the Associated Press, Pagourtzis plays on the Santa Fe High School junior varsity football team and was a member of a local Greek…
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