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Video Shows Georgia Police Officer Forcefully Restraining 10-Year-Old Distraught Over Father's Arrest
The Athens-Clarke County, Ga., police have launched an investigation after horrific video footage showed a police officer restraining a small child forcefully, all because the distraught boy tried to come in defense of his father, who was being arrested. “Police Chief [Scott] Freeman has ordered an internal affairs investigation and the release of the officer’s…
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Denzel Washington on Sustaining a 35-Year Marriage: 'I Do What I'm Told and Keep My Mouth Shut!'
Uncle Denzel has been married to his wife Pauletta for 35 years. Hot damn, they barely do it like that anymore, so how do he and Pauletta do it? “I do what I’m told. I keep my mouth shut,” he joked to People magazine. Smart man. But in all seriousness, Denzel admitted that there are…
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Texas Waiter Who Received 'We Don't Tip Terrorist' Note Admits to Writing Racist Message Himself
Last week we brought you the story of Khalil Cavil, a server at a Texas steakhouse who received no tip and had a racist note scrawled across the bill totaling $108.73 that was allegedly left by the customer. “We don’t tip terrorist,” the note, which had Khalil’s name circled, read. The customer was subsequently banned…
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Black Man Fired From Home Depot for Standing Up to Racist Customer Offered His Job Back, But He's No Longer Interested
By now we should all know the story of Maurice Rucker, the 60-year-old Home Depot employee who was fired from his job at an Albany, N.Y., store after he responded to the racist verbal abuse a customer lobbed his way. “If Trump wasn’t president, you wouldn’t even have a job,” the customer allegedly yelled at…
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Florida Man Who Accused Home Depot of Firing Him Because of Upcoming Surgery Speaks Out
Roy Hall loved Home Depot. He was employed at the home improvement retail company for about five years and thought that was where he would earn his retirement. That all changed on June 22nd, when he was suddenly fired from his job at a St. Petersburg, Fla. location. His employers, Hall said, claimed he was…
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Pennsylvania Man Shot and Killed at Local Bar After Defending Black Man Who Was Being Called Racial Slurs
Chad Merrill was just trying to be the peacemaker, according to family and friends, when he stepped up in defense of his friend, a black man, who was being subject to racial slurs and other verbal abuse. The situation did not end peacefully, however. Moments after speaking up, he was shot and killed at the…
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#PermitPatty Reported a 13-Year-Old Selling Hot Dogs. Instead of Shutting Him Down, the City Helped Him Get His Permit
Not today, Satan. Or in this case, not today #PermitPatty. An old sourpuss who was trying to kill a Minneapolis’ teen entrepreneurial spirit did not prosper after the city rallied together to get him the proper permit to continue is business. Jaequan Faulkner had been cooking hot dogs outside his home, selling them to raise…
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Home Depot Reverses Course and Offers Employee Fired for Responding to Customer's Racist Rant His Job Back [Updated]
Updated: Saturday, July 21, 2018, 8:40 a.m. EST: Maurice Rucker has gotten his job back, but if you’re looking for a way to reach out and personally support him there is a GoFundMe campaign running in his honor with the goal of raising $5,000 for Rucker. GoFundMe informed The Root that they are coordinating with…
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New Jersey Wawa Mistakes Black Woman for Shoplifter Because of Her Big Afro
There is only one black woman in the whole of America walking around with a big ass afro. At least, that’s what one Williamstown, N.J., Wawa employee seems to think, after stepping into a heaping pile of shit for accusing a black woman of shoplifting, all because a suspect who had been previously thrown out…
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NYC Releases Thousands of Documents on the Central Park Five Case, Prosecutor In Case Says the Five Weren't 'Deserving' of Settlement
On Thursday night New York City released several thousand documents, recordings and other materials detailing the notorious Central Park Five case. The story of the Central Park Five should be a stranger to no one. It was only decades after their initial conviction that defendants Kharey Wise, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana and Yusef…
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