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New Black Panther Party Calls Axman Who Attacked Police a ‘Crusader’
The New Black Panther Party’s Queens chapter in New York City is calling the axman who attacked four New York City Police Department rookies a “crusader seeking justice,” the New York Post reports. The chapter leader, Frank Sha Francois, told the Post that while he did not condone the methods the man, identified as Zale…
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Feds Loosen Financial Requirements for PLUS Loan Applications
Big changes are on the way for the Federal Direct PLUS Loan Program (Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students): The U.S. Department of Education is loosening rules for eligibility in a move targeted at making it easier for parents and students to pay for a college education. On Wednesday the department announced and published the final…
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NYPD Cop, Attacked by Man With Hatchet, in Critical Condition
One New York police officer is in critical condition after being attacked by a hatchet-bearing man in Queens on Thursday, New York City Police Department officials confirmed, according to NY1. Four rookie officers were posing for photos in the middle of the afternoon near Jamaica Avenue, according to the report, when the man, identified as…
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Houston Man Charged With Raping Teen and Toddler, Both of Whom Now Have HIV
A Houston sex offender is now facing serious charges of sexual assault after he allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl and a 23-month-old toddler, both of whom now have HIV, among other sexually transmitted diseases, Click2Houston reports. David Richard Wilson, 33, was convicted in a 2005 sexual assault of another teenage girl and was sentenced to…
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Watch: NYPD Officer, Thinking Fellow Cop Is a Suspect, Kicks Him in the Head
A plainclothes New York City police officer kicked his undercover colleague in the head with a force that reverberated through a video taken by a professional photographer who shot the footage after he happened upon the scene after stepping off a train, DNAinfo New York reports. The plainclothes officer apparently mistook his colleague for a…
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NC Man Shoots Home Invaders Who Were Trying to Rape His Teen Granddaughter
A North Carolina grandfather suffered gunshot wounds after firing back at three home invaders—and possibly killing one of them, News 2 reports. The suspects also reportedly tried to rape his teenage granddaughter. According to reports by the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office, the incident began on Monday around 10 p.m. when someone knocked on the door of…
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Cleveland Browns’ Hawkins Jokingly Kicks Out 2-Year-Old Son for Liking Bengals’ Players
Only Andrew Hawkins fans are allowed in Cleveland Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins’ house. Seems a fair rule. So the NFL star must have been crushed when his 2-year-old son, Austin, proclaimed that the Cincinnati Bengals’ wide receivers—and Hawkins’ former teammates—A.J. Green and Mohamed Sanu were his favorite players. In a cute Instgram video, the…
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Ala. Man Settles for $460,000 in Police-Brutality Lawsuit but Gets Only $1,000
Even after settling with the city of Birmingham, Ala., one inmate will remain locked up, and as it turns out, his lawyers will get more of a payout than he will, AL.com reports. Inmate Anthony Warren settled for $460,000 in a police-brutality lawsuit, but under the terms approved by the City Council and Birmingham Mayor…
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Marchers Protesting Michael Brown Shooting Block Atlanta Highway
Protesters obstructed traffic along Atlanta’s Downtown Connector—a section of Interstate Highways 75 and 85—Wednesday evening in support for Michael Brown as the black community continues to demand answers in the Aug. 9 shooting of the unarmed black teen by a white Ferguson police officer, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Atlanta police spokesman Officer John Chafee told…
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NYPD Officer’s Account of Bronx Man’s Arrest Contradicted by Video
A Bronx man is planning to sue New York City after video obtained by the New York Daily News seemingly corroborates his version of what happened the night of his arrest on April 1. According to the Daily News report, 21-year-old Raymond Romero claims that New York City police officers mistook him for a robber and…
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