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Middle School Basketball Players Walk Off Court in Defense of Cheerleader
Take out a tissue and prepare yourself for some Friday feels, because humanity just found some new superheroes. Three members on the team noticed what was happening and immediately took action. They walked off in the middle of the game and demanded that the bullies stop before they continued, ESPN reports. “So when I heard…
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Changes in Wikipedia Pages on Police-Brutality Cases Linked to NYPD: Report
Pretty much anybody can make edits to Wikipedia pages. As it turns out, Internet Protocol addresses from the New York City Police Department have been linked to changes in Wikipedia pages about several controversial police-brutality cases, Capital New York reports. According to the report, IP addresses in the computer network at the NYPD’s 1 Police…
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Detroit Teen Gunned Down on His Way to Work
A Detroit teen lost his life after being gunned down by suspects in a vehicle while he was on his way to work, WXYZ reports. Patrick Jones, 19, had just gotten $3 from his sister Chania Ventura to take the bus to work when he was attacked. Ventura said the $3 was all he had…
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Ala. Toddler Dies After Drinking Babysitter’s Grape Soda Spiked With Methadone
Demonie Hendon would have turned 3 this Saturday, but he lost his life last week after taking a drink from his babysitter’s methadone-spiked grape soda, according to the New York Daily News. Bessemer, Ala., police have charged the 31-year-old sitter, identified as Cassie Townsend, with “chemical endangerment exposure to a child resulting in death,” the…
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Jazz Musician Wynton Marsalis Cancels Venezuela Concert Amidst Tension
Award winning trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis has decided to cancel his concerts in Venezuela, Caracas, after political tension surfaces between the South American country and the U.S., the Guardian reports. According to the report, Marsalis was supposed to play alongside the Simón Bolívar Orchestra in the first of three concerts on Friday. Marsalis’ plans…
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Don Lemon Interviews KKK Leader in Unsurprisingly Racist Interview
On Wednesday night Don Lemon interviewed a Ku Klux Klan leader—and, well, it went pretty much as you would expect. Lemon was interested in talking about the white supremacist’s thoughts on the outrage about the notorious video of now-former members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Oklahoma singing a racist chant. “I…
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Watch: Comedy Central Hosts Blast SAE Racist Frat Chant and Morning Joe
The University of Oklahoma’s disgraced and disbanded Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter is (rightfully) not getting any slack, and this week Comedy Central hosts Larry Wilmore and Jon Stewart went in on their respective shows, pulling zero punches. On Tuesday night, The Nightly Show host Larry Wilmore spent time mocking those who don’t believe that racism…
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La. Transit CEO ‘Would Love’ Fewer Black Bus Drivers to Put White Passengers at Ease
Over the last week, Baton Rouge, La.’s Capital Area Transit System CEO Bob Mirabito has been under fire for opining that white passengers don’t use the bus system because there aren’t enough white drivers. Needless to say, Mirabito is now making the necessary apologies in light of the fallout. “I apologize,” he said in a…
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SAE Frat Mom ‘Heartbroken’ for Being Portrayed as Racist Amid N-Word Scandal
The frat mom from the University of Oklahoma’s now-banned Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is upset and “heartbroken” after she was portrayed as a racist for a video that surfaced of her chanting the n-word, the Daily Mail reports. The video from Vine, which was posted in February 2013, shows Beauton Gilbow, 79, laughing and singing…
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Watch: South African TV Reporter Mugged on Camera
Talk about a set of bold muggers. According to Mediate, South African journalist Vuyo Mvoko and his crew were held up at gunpoint in Johannesburg while waiting to file a report for SABC, the South African Broadcasting Corp., Tuesday night. The entire incident was caught on camera. Mvoko was reporting on the expected admittance of…

