mental illness
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An Ode to Lisa Nicole Carson
This past Saturday, while I was out of town and couch-crashing, I managed to come across a very interesting show on Centric TV. It was called Being: Lisa Nicole Carson and it chronicled Carson’s rise in the acting game throughout the ’90s up until her sudden disappearance throughout the 2000s and, now, her return. I…
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Angry, Paranoid and Trained to Kill: How America Made the Baton Rouge, La., and Dallas Shooters
In the past two weeks, cops in Texas and Louisiana have been ambushed, shot and killed by black men who reportedly were tired of the senseless killings of unarmed black men, women and children by police. I say “reportedly” because we won’t ever know. Both men in question—Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, and Gavin Long, 29—were killed…
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Ariz. Mom Accused of Fatally Stabbing Her 3 Young Sons Pleads Not Guilty
A Phoenix mother pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that she murdered her three young sons, all of whom were fatally stabbed to death earlier this month, Reuters reports. Octavia Rogers, 29, reportedly cried loudly as her plea was entered in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Rogers is facing three counts of first-degree murder…
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Phoenix Mom Allegedly Fatally Stabs 3 Children Before Trying to Take Her Own Life
A Phoenix community is left stunned after a local mother allegedly stabbed her three children to death in a family home early Thursday, KPHO reports. According to the report, the children, identified as 8-year-old Jaikare Rahaman, 5-year-old Jeremiah Adams and 2-month-old Avery Robinson, all died in the attack. The mother, 29-year-old Octavia Rogers, reportedly stabbed…