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Darren Wilson Resigns With Alleged $1,000,000 ‘War Chest’
Darren Wilson, the unindicted Ferguson, Mo., police officer who shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown during a confrontation, has resigned, the Daily Mail reports. His attorney, Neil Bruntrager, announced Saturday that Wilson would be stepping down and his resignation would be effective immediately, the Mail reports. In his resignation letter, Wilson said his presence…
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My Cheating Husband Wants Us to Keep Up Appearances for the Holidays
I am beyond blown. My husband decides to let me know last night that he has been having a two-year affair with a co-worker. I am in a daze right now. He is also begging me to still go to Thanksgiving dinner with his family because his mom has been dealing with major health issues…
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Woman Stabs Boyfriend Over Thanksgiving Slight, Police Say
Chalk it up to holiday stress, but a Pennsylvania woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend after he began eating their Thanksgiving dinner without her, according to the Smoking Gun. Jack-Lyn Blake, 47, of Wilkes-Barre was arrested Thursday on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, reckless endangerment and making terroristic threats after reportedly attacking her…
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Cleveland Cops Failed to Administer First Aid to Boy in Fatal Shooting
Cleveland police involved in the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice failed to administer first aid to the 12-year-old, who was shot as he played with a toy gun on a playground, according to Newsnet5 Cleveland. Deputy Cleveland Police Chief Ed Tomba said a detective and a FBI agent who were in the area responded to…
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NAACP Marchers to Trek 120 Miles From Ferguson to Mo. State Capital
To call attention to what it sees as a flawed U.S. criminal-justice system after a grand jury declined to indict police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed Michael Brown, 18, the NAACP is set to begin on Saturday a 120-mile, seven-day protest march from Ferguson, Mo., to the governor’s mansion in Jefferson…
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3 High-Profile Cases of Black Men Killed by Police, Still No Arrests—Why?
We’ve heard from the St. Louis County grand jury. And unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of days, you know the result: Jurors returned a “no true bill” decision or, put simply, no indictment of Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing Michael Brown. So many of…
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Picking on the Obama Girls Isn’t Smart, Especially if You Work for a GOP Congressman
Editor’s note: Elizabeth Lauten resigned on Monday. Blame the alcohol in the eggnog, delirium from too much stuffing or simply bad judgment for causing Elizabeth Lauten, the communications director for Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.), to flip out on Facebook over the first daughters, Sasha and Malia Obama. After reading an article linked on Facebook from…
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Ray Rice Wins Appeal, Suspension Overturned
Ray Rice is free to return to the NFL after an arbitrator Friday vacated his indefinite suspension by the league for hitting his then-fiancee and now wife, Janay Palmer Rice, in a hotel elevator, the Associated Press writes. The former Baltimore Ravens running back is now a free agent and “eligible to play upon signing…
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The Root TV: What Nigerians Thought About #BringBackOurGirls and Americans Wanting to Help
From the vantage point of Nigerians, it must have been an overwhelming experience to go from being a nation with a decent amount of obscurity to being at the center of a worldwide social media campaign in just a matter of days. That’s what happened in April, when insurgents from the Boko Haram terrorist group…
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Calls for Shoppers to Boycott Black Friday Shopping
Activists, celebrities and some clergy are urging a protest against the Michael Brown grand jury decision by refusing to shop on Black Friday. The message has been spreading via social media under the hashtags BlackOutBlackFriday and #HandsUpDontSpend, among others. Will you participate in this action?