michigan
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Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin May Have Left Behind a Will After All
It seems the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, had a will after all—maybe even three. A personal representative for her estate found three handwritten wills inside the singer’s home earlier this month, CNN reports. The documents are dated June 21, 2010, October 20, 2010, and March 31, 2014, according to the report. They were found…
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A Michigan Town Wants the Cops to Crack Down on the #BBQBeckys of the World — and We’re Here for It
You may remember #BBQBecky, the white woman who decided to call 911 on a group of black people who were simply barbecuing on a summer day in Oakland, Calif.? Or maybe you’ll recall #PoolPatrolPaula, the white woman who threatened to call 911 on three black teens for simply showing up at a public pool? Or…
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ACLU Sues Entire School District For Being Racist AF
If racism was a school-sanctioned sport, I’d love to see the white supremacy team from Covington Catholic High School MAGAts face off against the traditional powerhouse bigots of Paw Paw, Mich. because, according to the Michigan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Paw Paw Public Schools might be one of the greatest racism…
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Jury Clears Man Who Blasted 'F*ck Tha Police' at Cop Who Pulled Over Black Driver
A Michigan jury took nine minutes to clear the greatest white ally ever, who went to trial after an officer took umbrage with him blasting “Fuck tha Police” in the presence of cops. According to M Live, James Webb, who is white, stopped at a Pontiac, Mich., BP gas station on June 5 when he…
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Michigan Man Who Shot at Black Teen Asking for Directions Found Guilty of Assault
A jury found a white Michigan man who shot at a black teen asking for directions guilty of assault with intent to do great bodily harm. The verdict, delivered on Friday, may have hinged on a home surveillance video that captured 53-year-old Jeffrey Craig Zeigler walking onto his porch and firing his gun at then-14-year-old…
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Prosecutors Say Story of White Man Peeing on 5-Year-Old Black Girl Was Fabricated
Many of us were horrified (and beyond furious) when we heard news of a white man urinating on a black girl child and calling her a racial slur in an alley in Western Michigan. Yet prosecutors in the case are now saying the children involved in the incident made the story up. The AP reports…
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Ransom Text Sent to Relatives of Missing Michigan Child
The family of a missing Michigan teenager received a text demanding that a ransom be paid for the girl’s safe return. According to a Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office news release, Shanijah Christionna Payne, 14, was last seen Thursday around 4:30 p.m. at her home in Ypsilanti Township. When Shanijah didn’t come home, her mother and…
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‘Wite Pride’: Black Lives Matter Activist’s Truck Vandalized With Swastikas, Racial Slurs
A Clio, Mich., activist woke up Tuesday morning to find his vehicle horribly vandalized. The Detroit Free Press reports that Hubert Roberts, a Black Lives Matter activist, was planning some community outreach as usual and hoping to take two boys to get haircuts when those plans were abruptly canceled as he walked out to his…
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Michigan Woman Files Lawsuit Against Target After She Was Forced to Strip to Prove She Didn’t Steal Bikini
A Southfield, Mich., woman is accusing Target of racial profiling in a lawsuit that claims she was forced to strip in front of male employees to prove that she did not steal a bathing suit. According to Ashanea Davis, the humiliating incident occurred on May 22 at her local Target. Davis says she was trying…
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Watch: Trump Wants to Build That Dumbass Wall, but He’s Totally Fine With Low-Wage Foreign Guest Workers
During his millionth rally to drum up support for the presidential office that he already holds, Donald Trump told those in attendance that he had an answer for farmers who he noted may suffer “a little pain for a little while” because of his administration’s shady trade deals with several foreign partners. The answer (you…