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2 Former Cops Plead Guilty to Violently Assaulting a Black Trans Woman
Maybe Kansas City will see police accountability after all.
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Video: South Florida Cop Charged With Choking Female Officer
The cop was caught on video but wait ’til you see how much time the officer faces for each offense
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19 Austin Cops Indicted on Aggravated Assault Charges Over 2020 Protests
This comes shortly after two people were paid $10 million by the city for being injured by police during protests in 2020
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Former Houston Cop Charged With Aggravated Assault for Allegedly Beating Handcuffed Man
The cop allegedly used his handcuffs like brass knuckles in the assault.
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Empire Star Bryshere Gray Is Sentenced to 10 Days in Jail Following Domestic Violence Charges
Bryshere Gray, the actor best known for his role as Hakeem Lyon on Fox’s Empire and his portrayal of Michael Bivins in BET’s The New Edition Story, has pled guilty to assaulting his wife, The Root has learned. People magazine reports the actor has been sentenced to 10 days in an Arizona county jail after…
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Part 2 of Gayle King's Interview With Miya Ponsetto Has Dropped and OH MY GOD, I HATE THIS WOMAN. I HATE HER, I HATE HER, I HATE HER!
Miya Ponsetto, aka Soho Karen, sat down with her attorney for an interview with Gayle King. The Root covered the first part of the interview Friday, so no doubt you’ve already heard Ponsetto characterize herself as “young” and “sweet” without a hint of self-awareness or indication that she realizes the child she tackled is even…
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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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Police Say They’ve Identified and Will File Charges Against Karen Who Attacked Black Teen on False Accusations of Phone Theft
The NYPD is planning to lay assault charges against the woman captured on camera over the holiday weekend aggressively going after the 14-year-old son of jazz musician Keyon Harrold at a hotel in New York on the false accusation that he stole her phone. That is if the police are able to locate her. The…
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Wesley Snipes Denies Claim That He 'Tried to Strangle' Blade: Trinity Director, Says It 'Never Happened'
Wesley Snipes is setting a rumored record straight. The 58-year-old actor has denied the claim that he tried to strangle Blade: Trinity director David Goyer. “Let me tell you one thing. If I had tried to strangle David Goyer, you probably wouldn’t be talking to me now,” Snipes told The Guardian in a recent interview,…