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Tomi Lahren Sues Glenn Beck for Wrongful Termination
Tomi Lahren is a woman on a mission, and she’s taking Glenn Beck with her. Lahren has filed a lawsuit against her boss at TheBlaze and is citing wrongful termination after she was fired, not for being a racist douchebag, but for her pro-choice views. Apparently, Lahren’s contract was set to expire in September, but…
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Fox News Slapped With Racial-Discrimination Lawsuit
Fox News has a lot of problems, and apparently racial discrimination is one. (Surprise?) Two black women filed a federal lawsuit in state Supreme Court in the Bronx, N.Y., Tuesday night, claiming that they were subjected to “top-down racial harassment” in the Fox News payroll department thanks to longtime comptroller Judith Slather. According to the…
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Lawyer Asks Federal Judge to Dismiss Cop’s Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Activist
Campaign Zero co-founder and prominent activist in the Movement for Black Lives DeRay Mckesson is being sued by an unnamed Baton Rouge, La., police officer who claims he was injured during a protest in the city four days after a police officer killed Alton Sterling, and now an attorney for Mckesson is urging a federal…
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White Men Sue Diddy’s Revolt TV, Charging ‘Reverse Discrimination’
Five white men who are former employees of Sean “Diddy” Comb’s Revolt TV have launched a reverse discrimination lawsuit against the network, alleging that they were fired for not being young, hip and black. According to the New York Post’s Page Six, Douglas Goodstein and four producers, who are over the age of 39 and…
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Civil Lawsuit Filed Against Off-Duty LAPD Cop Who Fired Gun During Confrontation With Teens
A civil lawsuit has been filed against an off-duty Los Angeles police officer who discharged his weapon during a filmed confrontation with a bunch of school children, prompting protests. According to the Los Angeles Times, Christian and John Dorscht filed the complaint against Officer Kevin Ferguson last week on behalf of the parents of one…
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Frank Ocean’s Father Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Him
Last year, after the massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Frank Ocean wrote a tribute post to the victims, and in it he recalled an incident when his father, Calvin Cooksey, used a homophobic slur toward a transgender teen. It’s that simple recollection that has prompted Cooksey to file a $14 million defamation lawsuit…
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Flint, Mich., Residents Seek $700,000,000 From EPA for Handling of Water Crisis
As Flint, Mich., still struggles with the aftermath of the water crisis due to lead-tainted water, more than 1,700 residents and property owners have come forward seeking more than $700 million in damages from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its handling of the crisis, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the EPA…
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Dad of Alfred Olango Files Lawsuit Against El Cajon, Calif., Cops in Son’s Death
The father of Alfred Olango, Richard Olango Abuka, filed a civil rights lawsuit in San Diego federal court earlier this week, accusing El Cajon, Calif., police of using excessive, deadly force against his son, who was shot and killed during an encounter last year, the San Diego Union Tribune reports. According to the report, the…
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Embattled Running Back Joe Mixon Is Leaving University of Okla. to Enter NFL Draft
University of Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon, who was caught on video punching a female student in the face in 2014, announced Thursday that he is leaving college to enter the 2017 NFL draft, NBC Sports reports. Mixon sat out the 2014 season after the university was informed about the incident, which left the female…
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Pa. Man Files Federal Lawsuit Against Cops Involved in Assault Captured on Camera
A federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Pennsylvania man who is accusing two Elizabeth Borough, Pa., police officers of using “excessive and unnecessary force,” KDKA reports. According to the news station, the incident took place in April 2015 but is now resurfacing because of the lawsuit and the release of surveillance footage that…