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‘It Was Either Him or Me, and I Wasn’t Going’: Ga. Mom Fatally Shoots Intruder Who Threatened Kids
You don’t mess with Mama Bear. And one Cobb County, Ga., mother definitely took things into her own hands when an intruder broke into her house and threatened her kids. According to WSB-TV, homicide detectives are investigating the deadly home invasion that took place last week. A 911 call came in around 2:30 a.m. Thursday,…
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8-Year-Old Fla. Girl Dies After Dare to Drink Boiling Water
An 8-year-old Boynton Beach, Fla., girl is dead after injuries she suffered earlier this year from drinking boiling water through a straw as part of a sick dare. According to the Palm Beach Post, the little girl, identified as Ki’ari Pope, complained to her mother’s boyfriend late Sunday that she couldn’t breathe. Within minutes she…
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Pa. Man Threatens to Shoot Woman’s ‘Brains Out,’ Screams Racial Slurs During Road Rage Incident
A Pennsylvania is man is facing multiple charges after allegedly screaming racial slurs at a woman and threatening to “shoot her brains out” after what police describe as a road rage incident that took place in July along state Route 999. According to Manor Township police, Roger G. Chenault of Washington Boro is charged with…
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HIV-Positive Md. High School Track Coach Accused of Sexual Assault Is Indicted on 119 Counts, Could Face 1,500-Year Sentence
A former Maryland school aide and track coach was hit with a staggering 119-count indictment that could have him sentenced to over 1,500 years in prison if convicted, after being accused of sexually assaulting several male students while he was HIV-positive. According to Fox News, authorities accuse Carlos Deangelo Bell, 30, of assaulting at least…
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Tenn. Deputies Repeatedly Used Taser on Teen Strapped in Restraint Chair: Lawsuit
Cheatham County, Tenn., sheriff’s deputies are at the center of a newly filed federal lawsuit that claims the officers used excessive force on an 18-year-old who was taken into custody late 2016. The lawsuit accuses deputies of using a Taser on Jordan Norris multiple times, leaving some 40 Taser burns on his body, even as…
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‘We Are Not Thugs’: Black Police Chiefs Respond to Trump’s Endorsement of Police Brutality
Not all police officers are here for President Donald Trump’s casual endorsement of police brutality when he encouraged officers to be rough with suspects in a speech Friday to officers on Long Island, N.Y. Days after Trump’s controversial comments (when aren’t they ever controversial?), leaders of a leading black policing group met with Attorney General…
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Legally Blind Black Woman Outraged After Being Ordered to Sit in the Back of a Ga. Church
A Georgia woman is outraged at the way the church that she’d hoped would be her new home treated her, all because of her service dog. “They just left me no choice. It was like, ‘Either you move to that back pew or you leave their church,’” Cynthia Coleman, 58, of College Park, told news…
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Google Doodle Pays Tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the NAACP’s ‘Silent Protest’ Parade
Every now and again, Google shares a gem in the form of a doodle on its home page, recognizing dates that have some relevance to history, culture—anything like that. Today’s doodle marks the 100-year anniversary of the iconic Silent Protest Parade where some 10,000 African Americans marched in total silence to protest lynchings and other…
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‘We’re Gonna Kill All of You’: Woman Gets Fired After Threatening 3 Somali Women in ND
Another day, another bigot off the streets. A North Dakota woman was quickly terminated from her job after a video of her racist rant went viral across social media. Amber Hensley was videotaped verbally threatening three Somali women on Tuesday in a Fargo, N.D., Walmart parking lot, telling the women, “We’re gonna kill all of…
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White Woman Who Lied About Being Kidnapped, Raped by 3 Black Men Indicted on Felony Charges
A young Texas woman who ran into a church half naked and claimed that she was raped has been indicted on multiple charges related to what turned out to be a hoax. On Wednesday, 19-year-old Breana Rachelle Harmon, also known as Breana Harmon Talbott, was indicted on two third-degree felony counts of tampering with physical…
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