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2 KKK Members Who Were Correctional Officers in Fla. Convicted in Plot to Kill Black Inmate
Two Ku Klux Klan members who also somehow managed to serve as correctional officers for the Florida Department of Corrections were both convicted in a plot to kill a black inmate upon the man’s release, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday. As News4Jax reports, David Elliot Moran, 49, and Charles Thomas Newcomb, 45, were each…
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Baltimore Wastes No Time, Tears Down Confederate Monuments 1 Day After Vote to Remove Them
Baltimore took quick action after showing its hand, removing Confederate statues across the city in the early-morning hours of Wednesday, just one day after voting on the issue. A lot of areas could take notes from Baltimore: No sitting around twiddling thumbs, waiting on God knows what. The city voted for the loser trophies to…
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Ga. Judge Suspended After Comparing ‘the Nut Cases Tearing Down’ Confederate Monuments to ‘ISIS’
A Georgia judge was temporarily kicked off the bench after he compared anti-racist and anti-Confederate protesters to the Islamic State group, often referred to as ISIS, in comments on Facebook over the weekend. Gwinnett County Judge James “Jim” Hinkle started the controversy Saturday after he called anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville, Va., “snowflakes” who had “no…
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Estate of Inmate Who Died of Dehydration in Milwaukee Jail Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against County, Sheriff David Clarke
The family of Terrill Thomas, an inmate who died of dehydration while in custody at the Milwaukee County Jail in 2016, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit naming the county, Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. and more than 20 others as defendants in the case. As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel notes, the lawsuit comes…
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Viral Video Shows Ohio Cops Beating Up Black Man During What Was Meant to Be a Routine Traffic Stop
Another day, another video of police terrorizing and brutally beating up a black man for apparently no reason, raising questions and general community outrage about the use of force. The incident involving 25-year-old Richard Hubbard III unfolded Saturday morning in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid, Ohio, in what was meant to be a routine traffic…
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Texas A&M Cancels White Lives Matter Rally That Was to Feature Richard Spencer
It seems as if Texas A&M University has found a loophole around First Amendment issues, with officials announcing Monday that they have canceled a planned white supremacist rally meant to be hosted on campus, citing student safety. The Texas Tribune reports that the school said that it made its final decision after consulting law enforcement…
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Okla. Man Arrested in Plot to Detonate Vehicle Bomb in Oklahoma City
Authorities arrested an Oklahoma man Saturday morning for allegedly plotting to detonate a vehicle bomb in downtown Oklahoma City. KOCO reports that 23-year-old Jerry Drake Varnell was taken into custody in connection with a plot to set off a vehicle bomb at BancFirst, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma Mark Yancey confirmed. “He…
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Hey, Guys, It Only Took 2 Days After the Violence in Charlottesville, Va., for Trump to Explicitly Denounce White Supremacy
It’s too little a little too late, but y’all’s president finally managed to take some time from golfing and tweeting about everything but Charlottesville, Va., to explicitly denounce white supremacists. “To anyone who acted criminally in this weekend’s racist violence, you will be held fully accountable. Justice will be delivered,” President Donald Trump said Monday…
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James Alex Fields Jr., Accused of Ramming Car Into Counterprotesters at White Supremacist Rally in Va., Denied Bail
A Charlottesville, Va., judge has denied bail to James Alex Fields Jr., the alleged terrorist who is accused of running his vehicle into a crowd of anti-racism protesters on Saturday, killing one and injuring some 19 others. According to the New York Post, Fields appeared for his court hearing via video from Ablemarle-Charlottesville (Va.) Regional…
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Mass. Cop After Car Plowed Into Counterprotesters at White Supremacist Rally: ‘Hahahaha Love This’
The Springfield, Mass., Police Department has launched an investigation into an officer who wrote “Hahahaha love this” in response to a story about a man plowing his car through a crowd of counterprotesters at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., leaving one woman dead and a number of people injured. Indeed, people (including the police)…
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