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  • California High School Student in Racist Video: ‘When the Police Were Killing All Those Black People, I Was So Happy’

    Somebody gon’ learn a big lesson real soon. A high school student from Elk Grove, Calif., has stepped in a heaping mound of dog shit after a racist video she recorded went viral on social media. The girl, who probably thought she was cute, filmed herself on Snapchat making several horrible remarks. The video has…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 29, 2017
  • Chicago Oversight Board Finds Fatal Police Shooting of Quintonio LeGrier, Bettie Jones Unjustified 

    The Civilian Office of Police Accountability, a Chicago oversight board, has found that the December 2015 police-involved shooting deaths of a 19-year-old college student and a 55-year-old grandmother were unjustified. According to the Chicago Tribune, the board underlined that there was no evidence to support Officer Robert Rialmo’s claims that the student, Quintonio LeGrier, approached…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 29, 2017
  • New York State Couple, Kids, Brutally Killed; Police Vow to Solve Crime 

    A couple from the state of New York and two children were slaughtered the day after Christmas, horrifying the city of Troy. According to NBC News, investigators in the upstate New York town vowed to catch the person who killed a mother, two of her children and her girlfriend, in a crime that the police…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 29, 2017
  • Fatal Police Shooting of Washington, DC, Motorcyclist Terrence Sterling ‘Unjustified,’ Internal Investigation Finds 

    An internal investigation has found that the Washington, D.C., police officer who shot and killed unarmed motorcyclist Terrence Sterling had no reason to pull his weapon, let alone fire it, since he was in no danger. According to the Washington Post, which obtained the review, Officer Brian Trainer, who fired the fatal shots, and his…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 28, 2017
  • Nebraska Man Accused of Killing Parents and Niece Apprehended in Tennessee 

    A Nebraska man was taken into custody after being accused of killing his own parents as well as his teenage niece. According to the Omaha World-Herald, the police have not yet said what may have motivated 46-year-old John Dalton Jr. to kill his parents, John and Jean Dalton, as well as 18-year-old Leonna Dalton-Phillip, his…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 28, 2017
  • Alabama Family Demanding Answers After 17-Year-Old Brutally Beaten by Officers

    An Alabama family is demanding answers after a 17-year-old was brutally assaulted by Troy, Ala., police officers in an incident that left the boy bloody and battered, his face swollen beyond recognition. According to WDHN-TV, as reported by WKRG-TV, the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation said that it is conducting an investigation into the use…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 28, 2017
  • Richard Spencer Listed as ‘Texan of the Year’ Finalist by Newspaper and the Internet Is Not Pleased

    Just when I thought we’d had enough of Richard Spencer and anything to do with his trash-ass hoard of hateful white people and we would leave him and the “alt-right” and Nazis behind in 2017, the Dallas Morning News decided to announce that he was a finalist for the prestigious paper’s “Texan of the Year”…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 27, 2017
  • Cardi B Still Doesn’t Have Time for These Hackers, Threatens Legal Action Over Offset’s Leaked Explicit Videos 

    Some people don’t like to see others shine and be happy. And with Cardi B having a winning-ass year, dropping hit singles, earning collaborations, getting engaged, etc., it seems that some hackers thought to bring her trouble and drama for the holiday weekend, leaking explicit footage, some of which came from her fiance’s iCloud account.…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 27, 2017
  • Oklahoma Community Surprises Beloved Walmart Greeter With a Car

    Yolanda Crawford is a fixture at her local Muskogee, Okla., Walmart, and when she is there, it is hard to miss her or her greetings as she carries out her job, welcoming everyone as family. So when customers found out that Crawford had been trekking to work on foot every day (regardless of weather conditions),…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 26, 2017
  • This 12-Year-Old Colorado Girl, Concerned About the Water Crisis in Flint, Mich., Invented a Lead Detector

    What have you done with your life lately? How have you shown up and shown out for your fellow man? Because there’s a 12-year-old girl all the way in Colorado who saw what was going on in Flint, Mich., with the water crisis due to lead poisoning and decided to invent a lead detector. According…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 26, 2017
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