massachusetts
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A Homeless Black Man Was Jailed After Trying to Eat at Burger King. Now He’s Suing for Almost $1 Million
Emory Ellis was just trying to buy breakfast. At a Boston Burger King in November 2015, Ellis, who was homeless, attempted to pay for his morning meal with a $10 bill—a simple transaction that goes without incident or comment millions of times each day across America. But on this morning the cashier accused Ellis, who…
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Video of Massachusetts Cops Punching Black Harvard Student Sparks Outrage
The Cambridge, Mass., Police Department has launched an internal investigation since video has surfaced showing officers beating up an unarmed, naked, black Harvard student who appeared to be in distress. Video of the incident was released Sunday. Authorities claim that the student in question, 21-year-old Selorm Ohene, was apparently high on drugs and was acting…
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Police Searching for Troglodyte Who Spray-Painted Racial Slur on Historic African-American Building
If you see a hateful, little, Gollum-esque creature running around Nantucket, Mass., please contact the local police because they are searching for that individual. According to CBS Boston, to be more specific, police are looking for the person who decided it would be a great idea to write “Niggers Leave” on the front door of…
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Racial Slur Written on Dorm-Room Door of Black Students at Mass. University
Two Framingham State University students are terrified after a racial slur was found scrawled with permanent marker on their dorm-room door over the weekend. “When I saw it this morning, I was pretty hurt. I didn’t feel safe going back to my room and I felt like I was a target especially since it was…
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Mass. Sheriff Who Offered Free Inmate Labor to Help Build Trump’s Wall Now Proposes to Send Inmates to Help With Harvey Damage
Bristol County, Mass., Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is proposing to send county inmates to help the city of Houston clean up the devastating destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey. This is not the first time Hodgson has offered up his inmates as labor, drawing criticism earlier this year after proposing to send inmates to help build President…
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Mass. Cop After Car Plowed Into Counterprotesters at White Supremacist Rally: ‘Hahahaha Love This’
The Springfield, Mass., Police Department has launched an investigation into an officer who wrote “Hahahaha love this” in response to a story about a man plowing his car through a crowd of counterprotesters at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., leaving one woman dead and a number of people injured. Indeed, people (including the police)…
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Picture of Young Man Helping Elderly Man Down the Escalator at Mass. Mall Goes Viral
A young man in Massachusetts is being applauded across the internet after a picture of him helping an elderly man down the escalators at a mall went viral. According to MassLive.com, Alonzo Johnson, 23, who hails from Springfield, Mass., came forward at the Holyoke Mall earlier this month after noticing an elderly man who was…
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Mass. ACLU Files Complaint Against Charter School That Disciplined Students Over Braids
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has filed a complaint against Malden’s Mystic Valley Regional Charter School after reports that the school disciplined and suspended students because they wear braids, citing the school’s dress policy. The ACLU filed the complaint Monday with the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, charging that the policy…
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Mass. Charter School Students Sent to Detention, Banned From Prom Because They Wear Braids
Why black hair in school environments is still an issue in this, the year of our Lord 2017, is beyond me. But here we are, yet again. This time, in an apparent sudden enforcement of the “rules,” black students at a charter school in Malden, Mass., have been subject to punishment over braids (yes, the…
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Ex-NFL Star Aaron Hernandez Kills Himself in Prison Cell
Updated Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 10:26 a.m. EDT: Jose Baez, the attorney who represented Hernandez in his double-homicide trial, has launched an investigation on behalf of Hernandez. Baez says he believes it’s possible his former client was murdered by either inmates or prison officials, according to TMZ Sports. Earlier: On the heels of being found…