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Manhattan to Stop Prosecuting Marijuana Possession. In Fact, the DA Says ‘Legalize It’
In a big, fat eff you to Jefferson Beauregard “I hate weed (and immigrants)” Sessions, the head of the District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan announced Tuesday that he will no longer prosecute marijuana possessions in Manhattan, except in cases where weed is being sold or if an individual involved “poses a significant threat to public…
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Man Convicted in the Killing of Yetunde Price, Eldest Sister of Venus and Serena Williams, Released and Then Re-Arrested [Updated]
Updated Wednesday, Aug. 1, 5:30 p.m. EST: Robert Maxfield, the man who served 12 years in prison for the shooting death of Yetunde Price, the oldest daughter of Oracene Price, mother of Venus and Serena Williams, is back in custody. On Tuesday, The Root cited a report that said that Maxfield was released from prison…
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Family of the 9 Killed in a Missouri Duck Boat Accident Sues for $100 Million
Ervin Coleman, who lost nine members of his family in a July 19 duck boat accident in Branson, Mo., sued the companies that run the vessels Sunday, saying that they knew for years that the boats were unsafe but continued to run them, a move his attorney calls “outrageous.” The attorney for Coleman said not…
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19-Year-Old University of Kentucky Student Drowns in Israel
A University of Kentucky premed student who was spending the summer in Jordan drowned in the Mediterranean Sea this weekend, just days before she was set to return home. The body of TeNiya Elnora Jones was recovered by authorities on Monday. Two other students who were with her on a beach in Tel Aviv, Israel,…
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Exclusive: Yusef Salaam of the Central Park Five Says City’s Recent Document Dump Is One-Sided, Prejudicial and Biased
Seemingly out of nowhere last Friday, the city of New York, via its law department, released a trove of documents on the notorious “Central Park Five” or “Central Park Jogger” rape case, a 1989 assault that rocked the city along its already precarious racial fault lines. In April of that year, a white investment banker,…
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Jerry Jones Says Players on ‘America’s Team’ Required to Stand for National Anthem
Although there are currently negotiations between the NFL’s owners and its player’s union over the owner’s disastrous policy on players sitting or kneeling during the national anthem, one master team owner is doing his own thing, proving that this entire thing is going to pot. Billionaire Jerry Jones, who has owned the Dallas Cowboys franchise…
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11 Republican Congressmen File Articles of Impeachment Against Rod Rosenstein, Proving That U.S. Democracy Is Indeed on Its Deathbed
Eleven House Republicans have taken their hypocritical, self-serving indignation to the floor once again, in a clear effort to try to get rid of the man who may make their leader’s presidency go bye-bye. On Wednesday, North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows and Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan filed articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod…
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Lucy McBath, One of the 'Mothers of the Movement,' Advances in Congressional Run in Georgia
Lucy McBath, mother of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, who was gunned down by a violent white supremacist for playing music too loud in 2012, has advanced to become the Democratic candidate for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. Mother Jones reports that in May, McBath won 36 percent of the vote in a crowded Democratic primary, and on…
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Offset of Migos Arrested for Gun Possession and Hit With 4 Charges: Report
Rapper Offset of rap trio Migos (and recent proud papa of Kulture Kiari with wife Cardi B) was reportedly arrested for gun possession on Friday afternoon. TMZ reports that Offset (born Kiari Kendrell Cephus) was pulled over outside of Atlanta for driving with tinted windows (wonder what kind of car he was driving … you…
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O Canada! White Canuck Detains, Calls Police on Black Man He Deems an ‘Illegal Alien’
Well, it looks like one of the things our largest trading partner is importing from the USA is good old xenophobic racism. In a recent video in which a white man can be seen berating a person of color, saying the man is an “illegal alien,” if you blink, you might think that the incident…
