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Fort Worth, Texas, Protesters Rally Against Officer’s Treatment of Mother, 2 Daughters
Protesters gathered in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday night in response to the now viral video of a Fort Worth police officer manhandling a woman who called for help when her son was assaulted. As previously reported on The Root, Jacqueline Craig, a 46-year-old black woman, called police after her son reported being choked…
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Woman Reports White Man Choked Her Son; Fort Worth, Texas, Police Assault, Arrest Her Instead
Updated Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, 4:12 p.m. EST: The Fort Worth Police Department has released a statement regarding the video showing a Fort Worth police officer assaulting and arresting Jacqueline Craig and her two daughters: We acknowledge that the initial appearance of the video may raise serious questions. We ask that our investigators are given…
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Report: Texas Man Who Opened Fire on Police Taken Into Custody Unharmed
A 51-year-old Fort Worth, Texas, man was taken into custody over the weekend after he allegedly choked a female relative and opened fire on responding officers, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. Larry Trees is facing charges of assault on a family member and two counts of attempted capital murder in the incident, which took place…
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Ex-Boyfriend of Missing Texas Woman Charged With Kidnapping
Chris Revill was arrested Wednesday on a kidnapping charge after his 25-year-old ex-girlfriend went missing, Fox News reports. Typhenie Johnson was last seen at an apartment complex in Fort Worth, Texas. Revill was the last person to see her before she disappeared, authorities said. Johnson’s twin brother, Asher, said that the former couple were outside talking…
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Texas Sonic Drive-In Customers Upset at 'Racist' Receipts
A Fort Worth, Texas, man is demanding answers after he and his friend noticed that the receipts for their Friday lunch included racial slurs, Fox4DC reports. Tyrone Moseley and a co-worker stopped at a local Sonic drive-in for their meal and ordered on the patio, where, according to Moseley, the servers usually take his name.…
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90-Year-Old Walking From Fort Worth, Texas, to DC to Make History
Opal Lee, 90, is an activist who is fighting for Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating when the last American slaves were freed in Texas, to be made a national holiday, Fox 4 News reports. Lee is walking from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., and needs 100,000 signatures on an online petition at the White House website. She…
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Mother of Boy Who Cried 'Affluenza' Released From Home Confinement
The mother of Ethan Couch, the young man who killed four people in a drunken driving accident and blamed it on “affluenza,” was released from home confinement after being charged with hindering apprehension of a felon and money laundering, the Associated Press reports. Tonya Couch fled with her son to Mexico when a video surfaced of…