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Trump Doesn't Understand How Buying Groceries Works
Either President Trump is preparing us for the dystopian future after our world war with longtime enemy Canada, or he’s never purchased groceries in his life, or he’s just a lying-ass liar who will say anything to drive home his point to his mindless followers. During a rally in one of those places where corn…
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Judge of Characters: Stand Your Ground Only Works for White People
Florida’s Stand Your Ground law faced heavy scrutiny back in 2012 when George Zimmerman, a white-passing neighborhood watchman saw Trayvon Martin walking down the street minding his own business. Zimmerman deemed Trayvon scary and a “punk” and followed him. Their confrontation left Trayvon dead and his killer a free man. Stand Your Ground, which allows…
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Mother Says Medics Denied Her Daughter an Ambulance Ride Because They Assumed She Couldn't Afford It. Her Daughter Died Days Later
Hillsborough County, Fla., has suspended four fire-rescue medics for refusing to give a black 30-year-old woman suffering stroke symptoms a ride in an ambulance. According to the victim’s mother, she and her daughter, Crystle Galloway, were told they couldn’t afford the ambulance ride. Galloway had just given birth to baby via a cesarian section five…
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Gunman in 'Stand Your Ground' Shooting of Black Man Had History of Raging About Parking Spaces, Locals Say
The girlfriend of a black man gunned down in a Florida parking lot last week says that not only was her boyfriend just coming to her defense in a heated dispute, but that the gunman “wanted someone to be angry at.” Regulars at the convenience store in Clearwater, Fla.,—including its owner—say that the gunman, Michael…
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The Stand Your Ground Law Protects Shooter Who Killed Black Man Over Parking Space, Sheriff Says
Two men, Markeis McGlockton and Michael Drejka, got into an argument in a convenience Circle A Food store parking lot in Clearwater, Fla., over a parking spot. It’s been reported that Drejka was arguing with McGlockton’s girlfriend about them being parked in the handicap spot without a proper tag. That argument ended with McGlockton, who…
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Florida Police Chief Told Cops to Pin Crimes on Black Teens, Adults to Boost Crime Stats: Report
A former police chief in a Southern Florida suburb has been indicted for pressuring his officers to pin crimes on any African American with “somewhat of a record” to keep the crime stats in his jurisdiction perfect. The Miami Herald reports that Raimundo Atesiano created a culture in the Biscayne Park Police Department that targeted…
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Officer Loses Retirement Benefits After Fellow KKK Members Tried to Kill Black Prisoner
An administrative board has decided that a former corrections officer and Ku Klux Klan member who conspired to kill a black inmate will lose his state retirement benefits, upholding the ruling of an administrative law judge and… Wait … what? I know it seems like we’re burying the lede. Wherever you live, I’m betting that…
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Chris Brown Got Arrested…Again
Chris Brown was arrested in Florida on Thursday night. According to E! News, Brown was in West Palm Beach, Fla. performing at the Coral Sky Amphitheatre, for his Heartbreak on a Full Moon Tour. Following the show, he was apprehended by police, on an outstanding out-of-county warrant from last year. The singer was released after…