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Steve Stephens Is at Fault for Robert Godwin Sr.’s Death. He and He Alone. Not Joy Lane or Anybody Else. Stop That Shit.
I don’t remember the first time I heard the phrase “toxic masculinity” but it has stuck with me ever since. It’s not a hard concept to define or understand. Effectively, and simply, it’s a label placed on actions and behaviors attributable to “manhood” that are destructive, often violent, and naturally come with extremely negative consequences…
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Man Charged With Murder in Slaying of Chicago Judge
A Chicago man is facing first-degree murder charges in connection with the shooting death of a Cook County judge earlier this week. Joshua Smith, 37, who was arrested after going to a police station to be questioned, was also charged with attempted first-degree murder and obstruction, CNN reports. Associate Circuit Court Judge Raymond Myles, 66,…
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Prosecutor Sues Fla. Gov. for Taking Her Off Capital Cases After Refusal to Seek Death Penalty
Florida prosecutor Aramis Ayala on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Gov. Rick Scott after he stripped her office of some 23 first-degree murder cases because she refused to pursue the death penalty. According to CNN, Ayala, the state attorney for the 9th Judicial Circuit, claims that Scott’s decision violated her constitutional rights, marred her reputation…
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Chicago Judge Shot, Killed Outside Home
An early-Monday-morning shooting in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood left a 66-year-old judge dead and a 52-year-old woman wounded. The gunman is still on the loose. According to DNAinfo Chicago, Cook County Associate Judge Raymond Myles was killed just before 5 a.m. outside his home. The news site reports that investigators believe that the killing may have…
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Gunman Opens Fire at Fla. Fitness Center After Being Fired for ‘Workplace Violence’
A Florida fitness instructor opened fire at the Equinox fitness club in Coral Gables on Saturday afternoon, killing two managers before killing himself, shortly after being fired for “workplace violence.” The Miami Herald reports that Abeku Wilson, 33, had been escorted off the premises after he was dismissed Saturday, only to return shortly afterward with…
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NYC Man Indicted on Rape, Murder of Jogger
A Brooklyn, N.Y., man, who is accused of rape and murder in the death of 30-year-old jogger Karina Vetrano was formally indicted by a Queens, N.Y., grand jury Wednesday on four counts of first-degree murder, five counts of second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual abuse and two counts of first-degree sexual abuse. Chanel…
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Texas Mother Raises Enough Money to Visit Son Before His Execution
A Texas mother whose son is on death row will be able to visit him a final time before his execution thanks to generous donors on a YouCaring campaign. “I can’t thank everyone enough for the donations. It has helped me to be there for my son when he needs his mother,” Marilyn Shankle-Grant wrote…
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Va. Woman Charged With Beating 3-Year-Old Goddaughter to Death Pleads No Contest
A Richmond, Va., woman faces five to 40 years in prison after pleading no contest to second-degree murder in the death of her 3-year-old goddaughter, Latrice Walden. Danielle L. Turner, 25, is scheduled to be sentenced June 23. According to WTVR, Turner was initially charged with felony child neglect, but those charges were later upgraded…
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Jeff Sessions Met With Emmett Till’s Family, but Will He Give Emmett Justice?
Emmett Till’s family members met privately with Jeff Sessions, head of the U.S. Department of Justice, to ask him for … well … justice. The U.S. attorney general met with Emmett’s cousin—Deborah Watts, the co-founder of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation—and Alvin Sykes, a member of the Emmett Till Justice Campaign, on Tuesday. Emmett’s relatives…
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White Supremacist Charged With Murder as Terrorism in Fatal Stabbing of Timothy Caughman
James Harris Jackson, a white supremacist who told investigators that he came to New York to kill black people, is now facing terrorism-related murder charges in the fatal stabbing of Timothy Caughman, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. announced Monday. In total, Harris is now charged with murder as an act of terrorism in…