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Mother of 15-Year-Old Jordan Edwards Joins Lawsuit Against Officer, City in Son’s Death; Also Sues Father
The mother of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards on Friday filed to formally join the lawsuit against the city of Balch Springs, Texas, and ex-Police Officer Roy Oliver, who killed her son with a rifle as he was leaving a house party in April. According to the Dallas Morning News, Shaunkeyia Stephens’ suit alleges that the city…
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Resist! Thousands Flood the Streets After Not Guilty Verdict in Police Killing of Philando Castile
Thousands of angry, woke and fired-up Minnesotans took to the streets on Friday, hours after ex-Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of all charges in the shooting death of 32-year-old motorist Philando Castile nearly one year ago. The protesters gathered at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul, holding “Black Lives Matter” signs and chanting, “No…
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Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Just Handed Donald Trump His Ass in a Taco Bowl and It Is Hilarity
The former president of Mexico, Vicente “I Ain’t Paying for No Fucken Wall” Fox, recently recorded a little note for President Donald Trump. Fox begins his chat with Trump by calling him “the current president of the Electoral College of the United States.” And it just gets better from there. If you need a good…
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Innocent Kan. Man Walks Free After Spending 16 Years in Prison for a Failed Purse Snatching
I don’t know what’s more incredible—that a Kansas City, Kan., man spent 16 years in prison for a botched purse snatching or that someone was sentenced to 19 years for attempting to snatch a pocketbook. On Wednesday, Johnson County, Kan., District Judge Kevin Moriarty ordered Richard A. Jones to be released after students and faculty…
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Trump Expected to Make Changes to US Cuba Policy in Miami This Week
For all those who didn’t get to go to Cuba during the two years after President Barack Obama lifted restrictions on travel to the country, you might be SOL.President Donald Trump is expected to make substantial changes to the U.S. policy toward Cuba in Miami on Friday. On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to terminate…
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Black Man’s Severed Head Found Near Headless Burned Body in Jackson, Miss.
Authorities in Jackson, Miss., are investigating two separate crime scenes that appear to be connected … or not, as it happens. On Saturday morning, a group of children found a severed head on the front porch of a home, WLBT reports. Hours later, a headless burned body was discovered less than a mile away. Both…
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Bobbi Kristina’s Ex Nick Gordon Arrested for Attacking, Kidnapping Woman in Sanford, Fla.
Nick Gordon, the man found legally responsible in the death of former girlfriend Bobbi Kristina Brown. was arrested for attacking his current girlfriend in Florida. TMZ first reported that Gordon was taken into custody Saturday afternoon in Sanford, a town that will forever be associated with the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin. Gordon was charged…
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Mo. Parole Board Plays Dumb Games With Prisoners, Urging Them to Say Words Like ‘Platypus’ and ‘Hootenanny’ During Hearings
In more news from the world of the white and privileged, members of the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole callously played with inmates during their parole hearings by trying to get them to say ridiculous words such as “platypus” and “manatee,” or mention specific song titles, for points. Don Ruzicka, a member of the…
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Cop in Philando Castile Shooting Death Goes With Same Old Defense: ‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’
It works nearly 100 percent of the time—even with clear video evidence—so it’s no surprise that the police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile said, “I thought I was going to die,” to explain his actions on that fateful day. Wiping away tears, St. Anthony, Minn., Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez on Friday sought to explain…
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WTF Was Up With Dwyane Wade’s Dewy Hair and Outfit?
Gabrielle, you gotta come and get your man. Because Dwyane Wade looked how his name is spelled during Game 4 of the NBA Finals, couched between ESPN sportscaster Stephen A. Smith and former player Shaquille O’Neal. Why you let him leave the house like that, Gabby?! With a dewy S Curl in “ginger rose”; a…
