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Kobe Bryant’s 11-Year-Old Daughter Is Already Better at Basketball Than You
When your grandfather is Joe “Jelly Bean” Bryant and your father is Kobe Bryant, it’s only natural that basketball skills would be in your blood. It’s simple genetics, and greatness at the sport is the only possibility. In videos posted to his personal Instagram account Sunday night, Kobe showed us that his middle child is…
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Michael Bennett Says He Plans to Sue Las Vegas Metro Police Department Over August Incident on the Strip
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett says that he was terrified during his encounter with Las Vegas Metropolitan police officers on Aug. 27, and he plans to sue the department for what he considers to be an incident that started because of the color of his skin. “It felt like a movie almost because everything…
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Like Father, Like Son: Jeffrey Sandusky Pleads Guilty to 14 Counts of Child Sex Abuse
In what is likely the most sickening case of “like father, like son” ever, Jeffrey Sandusky, son of former Penn State football coach and convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, pleaded guilty Friday to all 14 counts of child sexual abuse against him. The younger Sandusky, 41, entered his guilty pleas a week before his trial…
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Someone Left Bananas at Dorm Rooms Occupied by Black Students at Temple University
This week at Temple University in Philadelphia, there were two alleged instances of bananas being left at dorm rooms occupied by black students, and now the campus Police Department and the Department of University Housing and Residential Life are investigating them as “bias-related” incidents. The Temple News reports that the first incident happened Monday when…
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Policing the Police Takes a Black Eye: Sessions Cuts Program That Investigates, Publicizes Police Department Shortcomings
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice showed once again that it is more concerned about police morale than it is about police failings when it announced that it would be eliminating a program that investigates local police departments and issues reports detailing what they are doing wrong. The Washington Post reports that the department’s…
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Facebook Responds to Reports It Let Advertisers Target Nazis, ‘Jew Haters’ and Other Anti-Semitic Groups
Updated Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, 11:15 a.m. EDT: In response to a report that its ad system let advertisers target people who expressed interest in topics such as “Jew haters” and other anti-Semitic keywords, Facebook issued the following response late Thursday night: Facebook equips businesses with powerful ways to reach the right people with the…
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Motel 6 Corporation Issues Statement On Phoenix Locations Turning Undocumented Guests in to ICE
Updated Thursday Sept. 14, 11:39 p.m. EDT: The Root received the following statement issued by the Motel 6 corporation: “Over the past several days, it was brought to our attention that certain local Motel 6 properties in the Phoenix-area were voluntarily providing daily guest lists to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). As previously stated, this…
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White Campus Security Guard Shoots Himself, Then Blames Black Man Who Doesn’t Exist to Cover It Up
A campus security officer at a Minnesota college accidentally shot himself in the shoulder Tuesday night, and because he was afraid that he would get in trouble for the incident, he made up a story about a black gunman to cover up his mistake. The Star Tribune reports that St. Paul police were immediately skeptical…
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Aramis Ayala, Selected as Part of the ‘Politico 50,’ Is the Future of Our American Criminal-Justice System
Politico has published its annual “Politico 50,” a list of “50 ideas blowing up American politics (and the people behind them).” Among those included in this year’s list is Florida State’s Attorney Aramis Ayala, who made headlines earlier this year when she announced that she would not pursue the death penalty in the case of…
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‘I’m Going to Strip You Naked and Whip You Like the Slave You Are’: Man Sends Racist Messages Before Killing Innocent Black Man
An innocent black man was shot in the face and killed on Labor Day after attempting to keep an angry, racist white man from entering his home and confronting his roommate, according to reports from local law enforcement in Fort Worth, Texas. Sammie Jones, 28, answered a knock on his door to find 38-year-old Kevin…
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