Cop Who Allegedly Beat Tyre Nichols Has Shocking Reaction In Court, Armed Man Allegedly Approached Barack Obama’s SUV, College Student Carves Racial Slur Into Black Student’s Chest, Diddy Wants To Spill Everything In Court And More

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Trump Blamed Biden For His Second Assassination Attempt, But This New Information Tells a Whole Different Story…

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Even Trump still holds the Biden administration responsible for the apparent second assassination attempt on life earlier this month, there has been a disturbing development to the case that contradicts this sentiment. – Candace McDuffie Read More

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Cop Who Allegedly Beat Tyre Nichols to Death Has a Reaction in Court No One Could Have Expected

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As the federal trial proceeds against three officers who maintained their not guilty plea in the Tyre Nichols beating, their own former colleague just took the stand against them. His reaction probably shocked everyone watching. – Kalyn Womack Read More

An Armed Man Allegedly Approached Barack Obama’s SUV, Here’s What We Know

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It appears that our forever POTUS might’ve been placed in harm’s way last week after an apparent lapse of Secret Service security. On Wednesday, TMZ reported that former President Barack Obama was sitting in the back seat of his SUV on Saturday (Sept. 21) outside of a popular Hollywood restaurant Mother Wolf when the incident occurred. – Candace McDuffie Read More

Chicago Teen Accused of Shooting His Own Mother to Death, the ‘Why’ Will Frustrate You

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Chicago police say a teen boy is facing serious charges in the fatal shooting of his own mother. The most peculiar part of this incident is that authorities claim the shooting was seemingly at random. – Kalyn Womack Read More

Pennsylvania College Student Allegedly Carves a Horrible Racist Slur Onto His Black Swim Teammate’s Chest With a Box Cutter

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A Pennsylvania college released a statement confirming a student is no longer enrolled following a racist on-campus incident that occurred weeks ago. The incident in question…? Brace yourself, it’s disgusting. – Kalyn Womack Read More

A Woman Broke Up With a Minneapolis Man as They Were Driving, What Allegedly Happened Next is Insane

The latest shooting suspect booked by Minneapolis police is not accused of gang violence or any other typical street crime. Police say a breakup with his girlfriend led him to completely crash out. – Kalyn Womack Read More

WATCH: North Carolina Sheriff’s Deputy Tells Black Woman Filing Complaint That He ‘Doesn’t Wanna Hear That Black Crap’

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A Black woman’s disturbing interaction with a group of MAGA supporters led her to seek help from the North Carolina sheriff’s department. However, according to a viral video, she alleges an officer blew her off with a backhanded racist comment. – Kalyn Womack Read More

SMH…This Wildly Racist Display From Oklahoma High School Students Got Their Whole Homecoming Canceled

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On the first day of an Oklahoma high school’s spirit week, a group of students ruined all the fun of homecoming by using their costumes to send a hateful message. – Kalyn Womack Read More

The Feds Just Released New Hate Crime Data…Guess Which Group Gets it the Worst

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On this episode of numbers and figures confirming everything we already knew about racism: the FBI released new data on how many hate crimes were recorded over the past five years. Guess which group caught the most heat? Go ahead…we’ll give you three guesses. – Kalyn Womack Read More

Attorney: Diddy Wants to Spill Everything In Court

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When a public figure like Sean “Diddy” Combs’ is arrested and charged with sex trafficking and racketeering, people have a lot of questions about how and why a rich, famous superstar would risk everything by allegedly committing such despicable acts. – Stephanie Holland Read More

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