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Las Vegas Police Change Use-of-Force Policy Following Death of Unarmed Black Man Who Was Put in Choke Hold
Las Vegas police have decided to put an end to the routine use of neck restraints, revamping their use-of-force policies following the death of an unarmed black man who had been put in the controversial restraint. According to the Associated Press, the technique, which renders people unconscious and is taught in the department, has been…
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WTF, Variety?
So, yesterday Variety dropped a story about the increasing number of subscribers who are ditching traditional pay TV. Cool. No problem. Important story or whatever. But what in the fresh hell were they thinking using imagery of cable nooses for this story? Much edgy. So wow. Seriously, what exactly was this meant to convey? How…
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Miss. Inmates Break Out of Jail, Burglarize a Dollar General, Then Sneak Back Into Jail in Bizarre Crime
Sometimes the news brings you truth that is stranger than fiction. And I am trying to figure out how (and why) a group of Holmes County, Miss., inmates managed to break out of a local jail and then steal from a store, only to escort themselves back behind bars. According to Mississippi News Now, the…
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Detroit Nonprofit Upset After Bounce House Company Refused It Service, Citing Crime in the City
The director of a Detroit nonprofit is trying to wrap his head around the fact that he was denied delivery of a specially requested bounce house all because of the city in which the organization is located. According to WXYZ, Deon Mullen, the director of the Franklin Wright Settlement, which has been in business on…
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Pa. Cop Caught on Video Brutally Beating Man Who Allegedly Interfered With Arrest of Another Suspect
A Pittsburgh cop is on desk duty while his use of force during a controversial arrest earlier this week is scrutinized following the release of cellphone video footage. The officer, identified as Andrew Jacobs, is seen on video repeatedly slamming 47-year-old Daniel Adelman’s head into the pavement outside the PPG Paints Arena, after authorities say…
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Contaminated Flint, Mich., Water Resulted in Fewer Pregnancies, Higher Number of Fetal Deaths: Study
Women who were exposed to the horrendously high levels of lead in their drinking water in Flint, Mich., suffered from fertility issues that led to fewer pregnancies and a higher number of fetal deaths, a new study reviewing health records from the city and the state has revealed. According to the Detroit Free Press, fertility…
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‘He Can’t Hear You!’ Okla. Cops Fatally Shoot Deaf Man as Neighbors Watch On in Horror
Oklahoma City police officers shot and killed a deaf man Tuesday night, despite shouts from neighbors that the man could not hear commands to drop the metal pipe that he had been holding. According to the Washington Post, Magdiel Sanchez was apparently oblivious to the commands barked out by Sgt. Christopher Barnes and Lt. Matthew…
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Miss. Elementary School Teacher Fired Over Facebook Post Telling African Americans to ‘Move Back to Africa’
Updated Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, 12:15 p.m. EDT: Looks like the South Panola School District in Mississippi isn’t buying the ol’ “Oh my goodness, I’ve been hacked!” excuse after an elementary school teacher was caught making racist comments on Facebook. Cammie Rone, who taught at Batesville Intermediate School, has been officially fired after commenting that…
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Plainclothes ICE Agents Who Did Not Identify Themselves Caught on Video Harassing Latino Citizen
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are being slammed for their conduct after they were caught on video harassing a Latino man, demanding that he give them his name and identification, even though they failed to identify themselves as agents. According to The Oregonian, Isidro Andrade-Tafolla and his wife were leaving the Washington County Courthouse on…
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Father, Daughter Face Charges in Beating of Girl’s Ex-Boyfriend
A Kansas father-daughter duo are facing assault charges after authorities say the pair attacked the girl’s ex-boyfriend at a local high school after the boy threatened her. Josiah S. Wright, 40, is facing charges of first-degree assault, while his 17-year-old daughter is facing charges of domestic assault in the Tuesday-afternoon incident that occurred at Ruskin…
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