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  • Iowa Cheerleader Who Quit Team After Being Ordered to Stand During Anthem Finds Racial Slur Written on Dorm Door

    You might remember Alyssa Parker. She’s the Buena Vista University cheerleader who took a stand for racial injustice and quit her cheerleading squad after the school issued a policy mandating that players and cheerleaders stand during the national anthem. It seems that everyone was impressed by Parker’s upstanding character and her willingness to stand by…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 13, 2017
  • Father of Keaton Jones Is a White Supremacist Serving Time in Tennessee: Report

    Further scrutiny of the family of Keaton Jones has dredged up the fact that, while his mother may be accused of being a racist, his father definitely has all the makings of a white supremacist. TMZ has dug up Facebook posts by Shawn White, Keaton’s dad, which had multiple memes, including ones that read “HOLY…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 13, 2017
  • Florida Middle School Teacher’s Aide Arrested in Solicitation of Nude Photos, Sex Acts From 2 Students 

    A teacher’s aide at a Tampa, Fla., middle school was taken into police custody Monday after being accused of soliciting nude photos and requesting sexual encounters from two underage girls at the school. According to the Bradenton Herald, 24-year-old Quinton Bradford is facing charges of obscene communication using computer/devices to solicit and lure children, and…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 13, 2017
  • Surprise, Surprise: Former Arizona Cop Who Killed Daniel Shaver Was Previously Investigated for Use of Force

    This is my shocked face. Absolutely no one could have seen this coming. But as it turns out, the former Arizona cop who was involved in the “execution”-style killing of Texas dad Daniel Shaver had previously been investigated for his use of force back in 2015. TMZ got hold of the violent footage, which shows…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 12, 2017
  • Former Cop Convicted of Statutory Rape After Impregnating 13-Year-Old, Tried to Contact Victim From Prison

    A former North Carolina police officer who is serving time behind bars for statutory rape after impregnating a young teen is now adding insult to injury and has attempted to contact his victim, violating the restrictions set up by his plea agreement, authorities say. According to the Gaston Gazette, James “Paul” Blair, 52, who is…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 12, 2017
  • NYC Teen Used Dying Breath to Identify the Man Who Shot Her After She Rejected His Advances, Officers Testify

    As she was dying from gunshot wounds, a Brooklyn, N.Y., teen used her last breaths to identify the man who shot her because she refused to date him, police testified Monday. According to the New York Daily News, 16-year-old Shemel Mercurius struggled through a painful 20-minute wait for an ambulance, but in that time, she…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 12, 2017
  • Keaton’s Mom on Confederate Flag: This Is the South, This Is Tennessee 

    The mother of Keaton Jones, the Tennessee middle schooler whose tear-filled story about the bullying he suffered at school went viral, is attempting to set the record straight, insisting that her family is not racist, after social media detectives uncovered photos of her, Keaton and her other children posing with Confederate flags. Speaking on Good…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 12, 2017
  • Couple Faces Charges for Lying to Cops About Knifepoint Robbery by 3 Black Men 

    Looks like Chicago police over the weekend picked up two idiots who admitted to completely making up a story about a knifepoint robbery by three poor, unsuspecting black men. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Ryan Reiersgaard of Minnesota and his girlfriend Katie Mager showed up Sunday in Bond Court, where Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 11, 2017
  • What Did You Do With Your Weekend? This 4-Year-Old Chicago Boy Read 100 Books in 1 Day

    Four-year-old Caleb Green is a master reader, and he did not come to play with y’all this weekend. He was a busy boy with big plans to complete his 100-book reading list Saturday. And he actually did it: Caleb completed his reading marathon live on Facebook (thanks to his parents’ livestreaming), featuring his favorite books…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 11, 2017
  • Florida Pizza Hut Won’t Deliver to Historically Black Neighborhood After Dark 

    If you live in the Sistrunk neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and happen to be hankering for some Pizza Hut after 7 p.m., it really sucks to be you because one local store refuses to make deliveries to the historically black neighborhood after dark. According to the Miami New Times, it was writer Adam Weinstein…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    December 11, 2017
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