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  • Rich, White 18-Year-Old Who Drove Getaway Car During Killing of Black Man Acquitted of All Charges, Now Plans to Study Law

    Once again, America has proven it pays to be rich and white after an 18-year-old, former high schooler from Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., was acquitted of first-degree and attempted murder charges even after he admitted to driving a car that two homicide suspects were driving in before the alleged crime was committed. Cameron Terrell was…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 2, 2018
  • Ohio Judge Ordered Deputies to Tape Black Man's Mouth Shut During Sentencing 

    This is America … where a judge found it appropriate to order that a particularly chatty defendant be gagged, literally taping the man’s mouth shut, instead of you know, adding an additional charge of contempt of court or something more refined. Franklyn Williams, 32, showed up in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, insistent…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 2, 2018
  • White Michigan Cop Who Says He Faced Racial Taunts After DNA Test Showed He's 18 Percent Black Settles With City for $65,000

    The city of Hastings, Mich., has settled with a decidedly white officer who claimed he was racially discriminated against after his colleagues found out he was 18 percent African after he got back DNA test results from genealogy site Ancestry.com. Cleon Brown sued the city for a hefty $500,000 last year, but the city will…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 1, 2018
  • 'I'm Grateful Because He's OK': New Mom Who Went Into Early Labor After Allegedly Being Kicked by Off-Duty Cop Speaks Out

    A South Florida mom is expressing gratitude after she safely delivered her baby boy despite going into early labor after she was allegedly kicked in the stomach by an off-duty North Miami Beach officer. Little Joseph was born to mom Evoni Murray at six pounds, four ounces, and is currently doing well. “I’m grateful ’cause…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 1, 2018
  • #ServingYourNeighborhoodWhileBlack: Calif. Safeway Calls Cops on Black Woman Donating to the Homeless, Accuses Her of Shoplifting

    Imagine you are out and about, doing some good, helping your community and your fellow man when you get the cops called on you, accusing you of being a thief. Well, that’s exactly what happened to Erika Martin earlier this month as she was trying to help out a homeless man at a Safeway in…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    July 31, 2018
  • Cue the World's Smallest Violin: White Driver Who Followed Black Man, Called Him Slurs, Now Whines About Life Being Ruined

    An Ohio state contractor who, in a fit of road rage, took it upon himself to follow a black man to his home and call him a “nigger” repeatedly is now whining and complaining about his life being ruined. Hmm, this year’s crop of white tears is exceptional. Jeffrey Whitman, the owner of Uriahs Heating…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    July 31, 2018
  • J. Kenneth Lee, Who Was Among the 1st Black Students to Attend UNC at Chapel Hill, Dead at 94

    J. Kenneth Lee, one of four black students who joined a lawsuit that would ultimately lead to the desegregation of the University of North Carolina School of Law and who became one of the first black students to attend UNC at Chapel Hill, has passed away at the age of 94. Lee passed away last…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    July 31, 2018
  • A Whole North Carolina Police Force Has Been Suspended After Chief Charged With Corruption 

    All police operations in Southport, N.C. have been suspended after its police chief and another officer were arrested on charges of corruption. According to CBS17, the charges against Police Chief Gary Smith, 46, and Lt. Michael Christian Simmons, 48, stem from the law enforcement officers apparently working their second jobs while on the clock at…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    July 31, 2018
  • Imma Need Meghan Markle's Broke, Bitter Relatives to Pick a Struggle 

    By now we all know that Meghan Markle’s white relatives are broke, busted and bitter because Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is out here living her best, grandiose life with her real-life prince when they weren’t even invited to the wedding because they’re a bunch of messy bitches. Despite being effectively excommunicated because they refuse…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    July 30, 2018
  • Barack Obama Is Out Here Looking Like Our Favorite Uncle Jamming Out at the OTRII Concert in Washington, D.C.

    So on Saturday night, Twitter lit up with videos of our favorite uncle, forever President Barack Obama, jamming it out during the D.C. leg of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s On the Run II Tour. I was actually also there, but I ain’t got the kind of coint that supports seeing Beyoncé as well as the Obamas…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    July 30, 2018
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