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Trial Begins for White Supremacist Suspect in Deadly Charlottesville Car Attack. Can It Bring Justice?
The trial process for the man who allegedly drove a car through a crowd of counterprotesters, killing activist Heather Heyer, 32, during last year’s Charlottesville, Virginia, “Unite the Right” rally, is beginning Monday. James Alex Fields Jr., 21, is facing “a first-degree murder charge, multiple charges of malicious wounding and assault and separate federal hate…
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Police Point Finger at Innocent Man They Killed by Implying He Shouldn’t Have Had His Legal Gun Out
Alabama police have begun efforts to shift blame to the innocent man they shot following gunshots at an Alabama shopping mall. Emantic “EJ” Bradford, 21, was killed by a police officer who was responding to an active shooter situation on Thursday evening. After calling the officer “heroic,” the police realized they had killed the wrong…
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Blackout for Human Rights Launches 5th Annual #BlackoutBlackFriday Action With Terence Nance
Blackout for Human Rights is urging you to be conscious about your Black Friday sale-hunting instincts and avoid major retailers and corporations violating human rights standards. For a fifth year, the collective—founded by Ryan Coogler—will kick off a nationwide campaign encouraging shoppers to participate in an economic boycott of “major retailers, and any corporations that…
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Tekashi 6ix9ine Asks Who’s Gonna Stop Him From Saying the N-Word…Will He Keep That Same Energy in Prison?
Possessed Rainbow Brite doll Tekashi 6ix9ine is facing down a potential life sentence for armed robbery, racketeering, and drug trafficking. Tekashi might have finally gotten himself into some shit he can’t wiggle his way out of with good lawyers or the inexplicable cosigns he’s gotten from other rappers despite pleading guilty to use of a…
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Dr. Tamara O’Neal, Apparently Killed by Ex-Fiance in Chicago Hospital, Was ‘Dedicated to Her Church and Patients’
For Dr. Tamara O’Neal, helping people was both a profession and a way of life. In the wake of her apparent murder Monday afternoon at Chicago’s Mercy Hospital and Medical Center where she worked, family and colleagues have given emotional testimonies on the strength of O’Neal’s character. From the Chicago Tribune: The 38-year-old physician graduated…
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Washington Police Chief Says He Won’t Enforce New Gun Initiative, Because Eff the Law, Apparently
A police chief in a tiny Washington town has recently asserted that he will essentially break the shit out of the law and not enforce a new gun initiative passed by the state. From the Seattle Times: The initiative that goes into effect Jan. 1 is one of the toughest in the country, raising the…
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Woman Allegedly Killed by Ex-Husband Who Had Been Hired by Mayor of Cleveland Despite Domestic Violence History
As a society, we constantly wring our hands over the fates of men who harm women. “It was a mistake,” people say, no matter the severity of the offense: rape, assault, domestic abuse, attempted murder. “It shouldn’t determine his future.” Aisha Fraser no longer has a future. Full stop. She’s gone. At age 45, she…
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The Mouth Shall Rise Again: Kansas Governor Wants County Commissioner Out for ‘Master Race’ Comment
A Kansas county commissioner made an extremely uncomfortable reference to a “master race” while speaking to a black city planner, and Gov. Jeff Coyler wants him out. According to the Kansas City Star, Leavenworth County Commissioner Louis Klemp addressed experienced city planner, Triveece Penelton, in a very, ah, unique way. “I don’t want you to…
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What Hate Looks Like: Man Shoots Ex-Girlfriend in Back of Head Outside Her Workplace
A man is in custody after allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend, the mother of his children, in the back of the head outside her Suwanee, Georgia, workplace. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on Wednesday morning, 30-year-old Nathanieo Pinkins went to Quality Technologies where his ex-girlfriend was sitting inside her car. He shot at her multiple times…
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Man Robs Bank in Wig and He Didn’t Sell the Look, Y’all, Not at All
According to police, a Syracuse man robbed a local Chase bank wearing a curly wig, which is, incidentally, ruining my day for having to look at. From WSTM: Police said a man wearing all black and a multi-colored wig demanded money from the Chase Bank at 801 James St. just after 2 p.m. The teller…
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