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Alleged Sex Trafficker Arrested After Being Turned In by His Mother
A Milwaukee man accused of sex trafficking and prostituting a high school student was turned in by the girl’s high school teacher, who also happened to be the man’s mother. According to the Journal Sentinel, 50-year-old Sean Hayes is facing one felony count of trafficking a child for sex, among other charges. Hayes’ mother is…
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Tiffany Haddish Secures Role in Tyler Perry’s The List
Just in case you have not had enough Tiffany Haddish (when will we ever?), you’ll see the hilarious star next in Tyler Perry’s latest flick, The List, where she’ll star alongside Tika Sumpter and Omari Hardwick. According to Deadline, Perry wrote and is, of course, directing and producing the film, which is in the works…
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Betty Shelby, the Then-Tulsa, Okla., Cop Who Killed Terence Crutcher, Is Back Patrolling the Streets as a Full-Time Sheriff’s Deputy
There really is no justice in this world, and as such, a police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black motorist is somehow back patrolling the streets, this time as a sheriff’s deputy, even after the same jurors who acquitted her recommended that she “never be a patrol officer again.” Of course I am…
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Black Panther’s Merchant Tribe Elder Started Acting at 88, Proving It’s Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams
If anyone ever tells you that it’s too late to pick up a new hobby or follow a passion, or change anything about your life, feel free to look them directly in the eye and call them a liar, because this Wakandan elder has proved otherwise. Many of you may not necessarily know Dorothy Steel…
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Walking While Black: Bodycam Footage Shows Brutal Beating of North Carolina Man Over Alleged Jaywalking, Trespassing
The incident occurred in August of last year, but it was only earlier this week, on Wednesday, that police bodycam footage was obtained by the Citizen Times showing the brutal beating of Johnnie Jermaine Rush at the hands of Asheville, N.C., Police Officer Chris Hickman. In the video, Hickman can be seen punching Rush multiple…
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‘Don’t Wind Up on Page Six,’ Michelle Obama Told Malia as She Headed Off to College … and, Welp
Part of being a child/teen/young adult is often doing exactly the opposite of what your parents advised or suggested. Sometimes it’s not even on purpose, but, you know, shit happens. Turns out the former first family knows about these struggles as well, after Michelle Obama revealed one of the bits of advice she gave to…
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Speeding Off-Duty Cop Slams Into Car, Killing an Infant, but the Child’s Mother Also Faces Homicide Charges: Report
A Baton Rouge, La., police officer was arrested almost two weeks ago on charges of negligent homicide after being accused of causing a crash that killed a 1-year-old infant and injured multiple other people. Normally, one would think that the story would end there, with the officer going to trial and facing whatever repercussions were…
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Georgia Teacher Opened Fire Inside a Classroom, Sending Students Into Panic
A Georgia teacher sent students and faculty into panic after he fired at least one shot inside a classroom, spiking tensions even further after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the incident occurred at Dalton (Ga.) High School, some 91 miles northwest of Atlanta. The incident unfolded around 11:30…
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AMC, Color of Change to Provide Free A Wrinkle in Time Tickets to Underprivileged Kids
Color of Change, a nonprofit civil rights advocacy organization, and AMC Theatres are working together to give underprivileged children a chance to see screenings of A Wrinkle in Time for free. According to Variety, the free tickets are being offered through the “Give a Child the Universe” initiative, which is encouraging both individuals and groups…
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A South Carolina Woman Swore She’d Die Before She Took Down Her Confederate Flag … and Then She Had a Heart Attack
Annie Caddell had been flying a Confederate battle flag outside her home for some seven years, standing at odds with her neighbors and community members who tried to get her to take down what is widely seen as a symbol of racism and hate. Caddell, from Brownsville, S.C., roundly refused, once swearing that she’d die…
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