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Vote or Vest: Stopping Police Brutality in Florida
The Dream Defenders are hitting hard with a new satirical campaign, Vote or Vest, which encourages people to use their voting privileges in order to put an end to police brutality, WCTV reports. On a massive billboard at the intersection of Apalachee Parkway and Capital Circle SE in Tallahassee, Fla., the group advertises a bulletproof…
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Watch Bill O’Reilly Get Schooled by Jon Stewart on White Privilege
Jon Stewart forced conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly to admit that white privilege exists. O’Reilly has long refused to acknowledge that white people experience any advantages because of their race. While Stewart got O’Reilly to admit to the existence of white privilege, O’Reilly stopped short of admitting that black Americans are disadvantaged in any way. At…
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West African Teen Taunted With Chants of ‘Ebola’ at High School Soccer Game
One Pennsylvania teen, who is originally from Guinea, recently had to endure his high school rival’s soccer team chanting “Ebola” at him during a match, WPVI reports. According to the station, Ibrahim Toumkara, a Nazareth Area High School student and soccer player, got into a fight last week after he heard players from rival Northampton…
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Kansas Man Arrested in Rape of 100-Year-Old Woman
A man was taken into custody in Wichita, Kan., in connection with the rape of a 100-year-old woman and the burglary of her home, the Wichita Eagle reports. According to the paper, the man, identified by jail and police records as Kasey Nesbitt, 35, was booked on suspicion of rape and aggravated burglary. Police did…
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Yale Student Hospitalized With Ebola-Like Symptoms
A graduate student in Yale University’s public health program has been admitted to a New Haven, Conn., hospital with Ebola-like symptoms, according to the Hartford Courant. A letter released by school officials and sent to Yale community members stated, “There is no indication at this time that the student has contracted the Ebola virus.” The…
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Officer Involved in Shooting of Unarmed, Sleeping Milwaukee Man Is Fired
Earlier this year, Milwaukee resident Dontre Hamilton was sleeping on a park bench when police Officer Christopher Manney, who had received a call asking that he make sure the man was all right, approached Hamilton and began to pat him down. According to police officials, a scuffle ensued and Manney drew his weapon and shot…
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Watch: Student Charged With Assault and Teacher on Leave After Fight Caught on Tape
A Baltimore City teacher has been placed on administrative leave, and a female student has been charged with assault, after a classroom incident involving a cellphone turned violent and the bulk of it was caught on tape. According to WBAL, the fight began at Carver Vocational High School in West Baltimore on Friday after the…
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Nearby Gunfire Interrupts Anti-Violence Rally, 8-Year-Old’s Remarks
The precocious 8-year-old was standing before a gathering inside a community center in Newark, N.J., delivering his own passionate plea for an end to violence. During his remarks, gunfire ripped through the area nearby, killing a young man outside the rally. “Violence came as I was talking,” Nyeeam Hudson told CBS 2 about the Saturday-afternoon incident.…
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2nd Texas Nurse to Contract Ebola Was Cleared by CDC to Fly
As more and more details about Texas’ third Ebola victim, Amber Vinson, come to light, attention is turning to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which acknowledged clearing the nurse to fly even after she reported a high fever, CBS News reports. Vinson is the second nurse from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital to contract…