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  • Viral Video Shows Ohio Cops Beating Up Black Man During What Was Meant to Be a Routine Traffic Stop 

    Another day, another video of police terrorizing and brutally beating up a black man for apparently no reason, raising questions and general community outrage about the use of force. The incident involving 25-year-old Richard Hubbard III unfolded Saturday morning in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid, Ohio, in what was meant to be a routine traffic…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 15, 2017
  • Texas A&M Cancels White Lives Matter Rally That Was to Feature Richard Spencer

    It seems as if Texas A&M University has found a loophole around First Amendment issues, with officials announcing Monday that they have canceled a planned white supremacist rally meant to be hosted on campus, citing student safety. The Texas Tribune reports that the school said that it made its final decision after consulting law enforcement…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 15, 2017
  • Okla. Man Arrested in Plot to Detonate Vehicle Bomb in Oklahoma City 

    Authorities arrested an Oklahoma man Saturday morning for allegedly plotting to detonate a vehicle bomb in downtown Oklahoma City. KOCO reports that 23-year-old Jerry Drake Varnell was taken into custody in connection with a plot to set off a vehicle bomb at BancFirst, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma Mark Yancey confirmed. “He…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 14, 2017
  • Hey, Guys, It Only Took 2 Days After the Violence in Charlottesville, Va., for Trump to Explicitly Denounce White Supremacy 

    It’s too little a little too late, but y’all’s president finally managed to take some time from golfing and tweeting about everything but Charlottesville, Va., to explicitly denounce white supremacists. “To anyone who acted criminally in this weekend’s racist violence, you will be held fully accountable. Justice will be delivered,” President Donald Trump said Monday…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 14, 2017
  • James Alex Fields Jr., Accused of Ramming Car Into Counterprotesters at White Supremacist Rally in Va., Denied Bail 

    A Charlottesville, Va., judge has denied bail to James Alex Fields Jr., the alleged terrorist who is accused of running his vehicle into a crowd of anti-racism protesters on Saturday, killing one and injuring some 19 others. According to the New York Post, Fields appeared for his court hearing via video from Ablemarle-Charlottesville (Va.) Regional…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 14, 2017
  • Mass. Cop After Car Plowed Into Counterprotesters at White Supremacist Rally: ‘Hahahaha Love This’

    The Springfield, Mass., Police Department has launched an investigation into an officer who wrote “Hahahaha love this” in response to a story about a man plowing his car through a crowd of counterprotesters at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., leaving one woman dead and a number of people injured. Indeed, people (including the police)…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 14, 2017
  • Washington State University’s College Republicans President Whines After Being Photographed Participating in Racist Rally: ‘They Have No Proof That I’m a Racist'

    The president of Washington State University’s chapter of the College Republicans is crying foul after he was photographed participating in the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., claiming that he is being unfairly maligned. This waste of space … but really, listen. It gets better. James Allsup, the leader of this group of College Republicans,…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 14, 2017
  • James Alex Fields Jr., Man Accused of Plowing Into Crowd in Charlottesville, Va., Idolized Hitler, Nazism, Former Teacher Says 

    In case you were wondering about the beliefs of James Alex Fields Jr., the alleged terrorist who is accused of driving a car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., a former high school teacher has come out claiming that in the ninth grade, Fields was singled out by…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 14, 2017
  • These White Supremacist Idiots Are Planning a Rally in Texas Featuring Richard Spencer 

    It seems as if white supremacists haven’t done enough damage or wreaked enough havoc after the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., that left one person dead and multiple others injured. Now a Texas college town has to wonder if its home will be turned into the next racist stomping ground after a white…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 14, 2017
  • Tiki Brand Denounces Use of Its Torches During White Supremacist Rally 

    Tiki Brand is probably used to being associated with pleasant things like barbecues (or cookouts) on a hot summer day, or just a fancy way to spruce up your lawn decoration. That’s probably why the brand, which is owned by Lamplight Farms Inc., swiftly denounced the use of its products by white supremacists this past…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    August 14, 2017
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