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'Black $$$ Matter': Protesters Gather Outside Brooklyn Nail Salon Following Fight Over Botched Eyebrow Wax
Dozens of protesters gathered outside of an East Flatbush nail salon in Brooklyn, N.Y., demanding that the business be closed after viral video spread of employees, who are Asian, attacking a black woman with the handle of a broomstick or a mop and even spraying what appears to be acetone nail polish remover The New…
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White Driver Who Called Black Motorist 'Monkey,' Swears He's 'Not Racial' Because He Has Biracial Grandkids
Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, “I can’t be racist because I have mixed family members”… at least that’s what one Pennsylvania man would want you to believe after his life has gone to shit since video of him screaming “monkey” and “nigger” at a black motorist went viral. You know…
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Federal Judge Stops New Orleans From Jailing Those Who Fail to Pay Fines, Rules That They Must Have a Chance to Plead Poverty
Instead of being immediately tossed into jail for failing to pay fines or fees related to whatever legal issues you may have, a federal judge has ruled that anyone who owes money from criminal convictions in New Orleans must have a chance to plead poverty in a “neutral forum,” before being put behind bars for…
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Youth Care Worker Accused of Sexually Molesting 8 Children at Government Immigrant Shelter in Mesa, Ariz.
A Southwest Key youth-care worker is facing multiple sex offense charges after being accused of molesting at least eight unaccompanied boys over the time span of a year at one of the government youth shelters in Mesa, Ariz. Levian D. Pacheco, who is HIV-positive, is accused of performing oral sex on two of the teens…
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How Much Do You Love Your Faves? You Still Can't Beat This 18-Year-Old Who Allegedly Tried to Steal a Plane to Go to Rap Concert
Listen, I love Beyoncé as much as the next red-blooded person, but after sitting in traffic for a measly two to three hours trying to leave the FedEx Field in Landover, Md., after the On the Run II concert, I was pretty much convinced that I wouldn’t be attending another one of her shows. But…
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Alabama Subway Manager Fired After Being Caught on Camera Using Racial Slur; Tries to Frame It as a 'Slip Up'
My friends, regardless of your race, gender, religion, etc., has the word “nigger” (or any variant thereof), ever just “slipped” out of your mouth even though you hate the word? Asking for myself, because that is exactly what a Birmingham, Ala., Subway manager is claiming after she was captured on video loudly berating a black…
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Chicago Mom Calls Brutal Attack on Gay Daughter a Hate Crime, Demands to Know Why No One Has Been Arrested
The mother of a Chicago teen is demanding answers after no one was apprehended following the brutal beating of her gay daughter, an act which she insists is a hate crime. Amari Graves was walking to the store on Tuesday when she was attacked near her home. The 15-year-old said that her attackers included a…
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Woman Shot and Killed Abusive Husband In Driveway, Now Faces Murder Charges Even Though Alabama is a 'Stand Your Ground' State
We all know who “stand your ground” laws protect, so perhaps it is not surprising that a 38-year-old black Selma, Ala., woman is behind bars and facing murder charges despite the fact that she insists she shot and killed her estranged husband in self-defense. Jacqueline Dixon fired the fatal shot at her husband, 44-year-old Carl…
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Family of Antwon Rose II, Pittsburgh Teen Killed by Police, Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of an unarmed black teen who was shot and killed by a white East Pittsburgh police officer filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming wrongful death, as well as the use of “excessive and deadly force.” The family of 17-year-old Antwon Rose II alleged in the federal lawsuit that East Pittsburgh failed to “properly…
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Washington State Utility Company Sends Black Woman Racial Slur as Temporary Password
I can’t pretend to know how companies and programs come up with temporary passwords, but something tells me that they should at least be able to ensure that certain letters don’t wind up together … like n-i-g-g-a. Except that’s exactly what happened to one black woman in Seattle, Wash. who requested a temporary password for…
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