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Zimmerman Shooter: ‘I Hope I Got Him This Time’
The man who allegedly shot at George Zimmerman during a traffic dispute in Florida is not exactly remorseful: Cops note that they overheard him saying, “I hope I got him this time,” WESH reports. Matthew Apperson, the 36-year-old who has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon…
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Everyone’s Watching Baltimore: So, Now What?
Baltimoreans are a bit touchy about the attention their city is receiving from “outsiders”—everyone from a rainbow of volunteers from faith-based or social-justice-oriented groups around the nation who see Baltimore as their next mission, to the U.S. attorney general to national figures like the Rev. Al Sharpton, Cornel West and even Prince, who performed a peace…
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5 Journalists Who Were on Derailed Amtrak Train in Philly Recount Their Experiences
Cheung of AAJA, NBC’s Janelle Richards Aboard Train At least five journalists — Paul Cheung of the Associated Press, who is national president of the Asian American Journalists Association; Janelle Richards, an “NBC Nightly News” producer; Beth Davidz, a former Associated Press reporter; Jill Jorgensen, a reporter for the New York Observer; and financial journalist Jeff Cutler…
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George Zimmerman Shooting Wasn’t Random Road Rage: Report
Turns out George Zimmerman’s brush with death Monday in Florida was everything but random. According to WESH, the man who allegedly fired the shot that shattered Zimmerman’s windshield and left him with cuts on his face had reportedly been threatened by Zimmerman some eight months earlier. No arrests have been made or charges filed in the…
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Miss. Subway Sandwich-Shop Worker Fired for Allegedly Gloating on Facebook About 2 Slain Cops
Sierra Mccurdy was fired from her job at a Subway sandwich shop for allegedly gloating in a Facebook post about how two Mississippi police officers were slain Saturday, the New York Daily News reports. In screenshots that have circulated online, a post from Mccurdy’s Facebook account read: “2 police officers was shot in Hattiesburg tonight!…
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Watch: Dash-Cam Footage Appears to Show Del. Cop Kicking Black Suspect in the Face
In August 2013, Dover, Del., police officers were responding to a call regarding a major fight happening outside a Hess gas station. When the first units arrived, the men involved in the melee ran. Cpl. Thomas Webster IV, 41, and another officer responded to the scene and began searching for men who may have been…
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How 1 Outlet Covered the Unethical Photo Contest Depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad
Dallas Readers Had to Opt In to See Provocative Images When an anti-Muslim group’s contest to see who could draw the most provocative cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad ended near Dallas Sunday with two assailants dead, one ethical challenge again faced news outlets: whether to show the images of Muhammad that caused the controversy, images some…
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Marshall University Football Player Faces Possible Hate Crime Charges After Allegedly Attacking Gay Couple
The FBI is investigating whether or not a Marshall University running back should be charged with a hate crime after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting two gay men, BuzzFeed reports. Huntington, W.Va., Police Chief Joseph Ciccarelli told BuzzFeed that MU student Steward Butler turned himself in on Wednesday after a warrant was issued for…
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Fla. Sheriff Fired for Reportedly Calling a Black Man a Monkey on Facebook
Authorities in Lee County, Fla., have fired Jean Lopez, a former deputy sheriff who reportedly referred to a black man as a monkey on his Facebook page, NBC2 reports. According to an investigation by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office internal-affairs unit, Lopez posted a video on his Facebook page that showed a black man talking…
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What’s Next for the Baltimore 6?
On Friday, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced that her office had found probable cause for the arrest of six Baltimore police officers in connection with the death of Freddie Gray. Her statement detailed the finding of events that occurred leading up to Gray’s death and included a slew of charges against each officer,…