Veteran D.C. Reporter Leon Harris Shares an Update Following a Terrifying On-Air Scare
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Former California Police Officer Charged With Filing a False Report After Arrest of Black Man Accused of Smoking in Public
A former San Diego County police officer is finding out the hard way that—especially considering the national spotlight on systemic racism in policing in America—he can’t just go around handling Black people any kind of way and then lie about what went down in his report. Not only was the officer fired for manhandling a…
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2 Louisville Police Officers Involved In Fatal Breonna Taylor’s Raid Formally Fired
The year has kicked off with the firing of two officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor. Louisville Metro Police Department Detectives Joshua Jaynes and Myles Cosgrove were formally fired on Tuesday by department Chief Yvette Gentry, according to NBC News. The two officers were forewarned of their terminations in notices last week, as…
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President-Elect Biden Calls on Trump to ‘Step Up,’ Then Trump Issues Video Pushing Election Fraud Lie While Telling Supporters to ‘Go Home’
Describing the ongoing chaos being wrought by Trump supporters in Washington, D.C. as a “dark moment” in American history, President-elect Biden issued a direct statement to President Trump on Wednesday afternoon calling him to “step up” and tell his supporters to end their siege on the U.S. Capitol. Some minutes after Biden’s live speech, Trump…
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Trump Supporters Storm U.S. Capitol, Electoral College Certification Paused and Capitol Put on Lockdown [Updating]
As Congress convened to certify the election of President-elect Joe Biden, a mob of angry Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, placing both the Senate and House chambers on lockdown and pausing the certification. According to the Washington Post, following a speech from President Trump, a group of hundreds marched from the Ellipse to the…
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‘Soho Karen’ Attorney Says Incident Was Not ‘A Race-Related Issue’ and Other Standard Lawyer Things
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I could never be a lawyer. I don’t even think that all lawyers are the morally corrupt people they’re often portrayed as being; I just know I couldn’t be the dude that twists himself into knots of obvious nonsense trying to present my client in a…
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Meghan McCain's Face Is a Face
Meghan McCain’s face, captured here in a thousand-yard death stare while Brady-Brunched with her castmates on The View and Raphael Warnock, is not a bottle of Mylanta Maximum Strength Liquid Antacid/Anti-Gas Classic. Nor is it a pancake, a Cadillac Seville, a tent, a three-on-three basketball tournament trophy from the Pittsburgh Jewish Community Center, a poached…
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Body-Camera Footage of Chicago Police Running Over Black Woman With Car in 2019 Released After Court Order
The Chicago Police Department is notorious for its use of force–especially against Black residents of the city–as well as its frequent habit of trying to keep the public from seeing video footage that proves this practice of brutality. Tuesday’s release of body-camera footage of a CPD officer hitting 32-year-old Martina Standley with his patrol car…
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Dr. Dre 'Doing Great' After Brain Aneurysm—Meanwhile, 4 Suspects Arrested for Attempting to Burglarize His Home During Hospitalization
The hip-hop industry experienced quite the scare on Tuesday, but it looks like everyone can breathe a sigh of relief at the moment. Yesterday afternoon, TMZ first reported that Dr. Dre, born Andre Young, had been admitted to the ICU in Los Angeles after suffering a brain aneurysm. The 55-year-old rapper-producer-turned-mogul was rushed to Cedars-Sinai…