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White Nationalist Opened Fire at Crowd During Charlottesville, Va., Rally; Police ‘Never Moved’
A white nationalist pulled his gun out on anti-racism protesters and opened fire into a crowd and in the direction of a black man who had an improvised flamethrower, all while appearing to yell a racial slur for good measure. While all of this happened, police did nothing. In the video, posted by the ACLU…
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3 Young Black Men Were Hit by a Motorist While Walking Along a Road in La. Guess Who Got Charged?
Here’s a riddle for you: Three young black men are walking alongside a Louisiana road when they get hit by a passing vehicle. Who gets charged? If you guessed “the driver, of course, duh,” then you guessed wrong, because apparently nothing makes sense anymore. According to KATC, three young men from Ville Platte, La., are…
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‘You Need a Bullet in the Head’: Police Believe Black Miss. Judge Is Being Threatened for Removing Controversial State Flag From Courtroom
A Clarksdale, Miss., judge has been the target of a slew of violent, threatening social media posts, and police believe it is possible that the threats stem from Judge Carlos Moore’s decision to remove the controversial Mississippi state flag from his courtroom earlier this summer. “Your [sic] not untouchable you can’t hide behind the court…
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Detroit Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 25 Years, Claims in New Lawsuit That Police Deliberately Set Him Up to Take the Fall
Doctored evidence caused one Detroit man to serve 25 years in prison for a murder. Now that man, 51-year-old Desmond Ricks, is filing a lawsuit seeking more than $100 million, claiming that officers deliberately framed him by switching out bullets to convict him. According to the Associated Press, Ricks was released from prison in May…
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Man Who Allegedly Drove Into Group of Protesters in St. Louis Is Facing Multiple Charges
A St. Louis motorist was charged Thursday after he allegedly drove his car through a group of people protesting a police shooting, injuring three. Mark Colao, 59, faces charges of resisting arrest by fleeing, a felony; as well as misdemeanor charges of leaving the scene of an accident and operating a vehicle in a careless…
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An Ariz. Man Is Out of a Job After Posting About Plan to ‘Drive Through’ Trump Protesters
When will the troglodytes learn to keep their shitty comments offline? Will they all lose their jobs before this is over? Only time will tell. But, for now, one Arizona man is facing the music after making a vile Facebook post about driving his vehicle through people looking to protest President Donald Trump’s rally earlier…
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Gay Dads Kordale and Kaleb, Along With Their Adorable Kids, Become 1st Black LGBT Family to Star in Major Fashion Campaign
Gay dads Kordale Lewis and Kaleb Anthony, along with their adorable kids, are now the face of a major fashion campaign. The family of six became the models for Acne Studios’ Fall/Winter 2017 campaign after the company tapped the entire family for a photoshoot—officially making the Lewis-Anthony family the first black LGBT family to represent…
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2 Fla. Day Care Employees Charged in Death of 3-Year-Old Left in Hot Van for 4 Hours
Two day care workers are facing charges in the death of a little 3-year-old girl who was left in a hot van in Florida for four hours Friday. Louvenia Shantae Johnson, 28, and Cornel Antonio McGee, 27, are each facing charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child by culpable negligence after allegedly leaving little Jai’nier…
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White Fla. Inmate to Be Executed for Killing Black Man
At no point in modern history has Florida executed a white man for killing a black victim. But that may change Thursday as the state prepares to execute 53-year-old Mark Asay, and with a drug that has never been used before in any U.S. execution. According to CBS, with contribution from the Associated Press, barring…
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Driver Runs Car Through Protesters Following Vigil in St. Louis
Three protesters were hit by a vehicle late Wednesday night in St. Louis while marching in honor of Kiwi Herring, a transgender woman who was shot dead by police earlier this week. However, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, how exactly the driver came to strike the protesters remains unclear because police and a witness…
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