Crime
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Army Sergeant Exonerated of Assault Charges After Surveillance Video Proves She Acted in Self-Defense
After evaluating testimonies and assessing surveillance video of a February road rage incident that erupted into violence, felony assault charges against Sgt. 1st Class Kai Waters, 33, have been dismissed. Per the Washington Post: Waters, a 15-year veteran with combat tours of Afghanistan and Iraq and a clean military record, told The Washington Post last…
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Remy Ma Under Investigation for Allegedly Punching Love & Hip-Hop Co-Star
Since her release from prison in 2014, “All the Way Up” rapper Remy Ma has gone to great lengths to rehabilitate her image. She’s become invaluable to VH1’s Love & Hip-Hop empire, she’s joined husband Papoose in becoming the unofficial brand ambassadors for “Black Love,” and she co-hosts the popular talk show State of the…
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Prosecutor Kim Foxx to Expunge Marijuana Convictions in Chicago
It’s not exactly a secret that black folks are disproportionately affected by marijuana convictions. But Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx has big plans to right an egregious wrong. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Foxx has big plans to erase the pot-related charges of thousands of Chicago residents. Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said she is…
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1-Year-Old South Carolina Girl Dies in Burning Car After Police Say Father Abandoned Her to Escape Arrest
A one-year-old South Carolina girl died in a burning car after her father abandoned the car (and her) in an attempt to evade police after a high-speed chase in South Carolina, authorities say. Imhotep Osiris Norman, 26, faces charges of homicide by child abuse in the tragedy, which police say began Friday night when South…
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White Man Gets 10 Years in Prison for Attempting to Hire the KKK to Lynch His Black Neighbor
It’s no secret that hate crimes are on the rise since our alleged president was sworn into office. They show up in news reports on a near daily basis. In this latest example, a man in Greenwood, South Carolina, will go down in infamy as one of the worst neighbors ever after attempting to hire…
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Rejection From Women Led Suspect to Throw 5-Year-Old Over Railing at Mall of America: Report
The 24-year-old man charged with hurling a 5-year-old boy over a railing at the Mall of America was “looking for someone to kill” after being rejected by women at the mall for years, police say in a criminal complaint. Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, of Minneapolis, faces attempted murder charges, and is accused of grabbing the boy…
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Big Pimpin': Ex University Employee and AKA Adviser Among 7 Indicted in Fort Valley State Prostitution Case
A Fort Valley State University employee and adviser to the campus chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha who resigned after being accused of running an on-campus prostitution ring is among seven people who have been formally indicted on prostitution and pimping charges in the case. In addition to charges of prostitution, Alecia Johnson, 49, also was…
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Kodak Black Charged with First-Degree Sexual Assault in South Carolina, Ordered to Submit DNA Sample
Between a brush up with Hot 97 radio personality Ebro Darden in December, and bumping heads with queer rapper Young M.A. over his unwanted overtures (“How are you a girl but don’t want your pussy penetrated?”), ashy ass-and-a-half Kodak Black has been dominating headlines for all the wrong reasons as of late. And unfortunately that…
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Chris Darden of O.J. Simpson Fame Is Representing Nipsey Hussle's Accused Killer
Chris Darden, O.J. Simpson’s former prosecutor, is now the defense attorney for 29-year-old Eric Holder, the man charged with murder in the death of Nipsey Hussle. Truth is stranger than fiction. Yup. The guy so excellently portrayed recently by This Is Us’ Sterling K. Brown in The People v. O.J. Simpson is now standing up…
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Charges Dropped Against Black Woman Who Was Charged with Criminal Mischief After Being Brutally Assaulted
Shoutout to the Dallas County district attorney’s office for having some common sense. On Wednesday, The Root reported that Deep Ellum resident L’Daijohnique Lee was the victim of a brutal, racially motivated assault in the parking lot of popular High and Tight Barbershop. Despite being called a “stupid nigger” prior to having her phone violently…