new york city
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GOP Candidate Who Offered KFC, Kool-Aid and Watermelons Arrested in Connection WIth Alleged Rental Scam
Jon Girodes, a Republican New York state Senate candidate who made headlines after apparently planning to offer Kool-Aid, KFC and watermelons at a campaign event in historically black Harlem, has been arrested in connection to an alleged rental scam, NBC 4 New York reports. Girodes, who is vying for the 30th Senatorial District seat in the…
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Suspect Wanted After Screaming Racist, Homophobic Slurs at a Man Before Attacking Him
A 32-year-old man was attacked by another man who shouted racial and anti-gay slurs at him in New York City’s West Village neighborhood Sunday evening, the New York Daily News reports. The attacker yelled,”[F—got! N—ger]!” before pushing the victim, causing him to fall and hit his head on a window frame, according to the report.…
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NYC Cop Suing After Her Arrest on Charges of Stealing Home
New York City Police Officer Blanche O’Neal is suing the city for $50 million as a result of her arrest last year by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office on charges she stole a three-family row house in the city’s borough of Brooklyn, the New York Daily News reports. State Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun ultimately threw out…
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NYC Cops Search for Man Seen With Woman Hours Before She Was Killed
Jennifer Cohen, 35, was found beaten to death in a Brooklyn, N.Y., skate park around 9:10 a.m. Thursday, the New York Daily News reports. Cohen had multiple lacerations to her head. A man was seen on video walking with her a couple of hours before she was killed, authorities said. The two were seen walking…
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If America Treated Racism the Way It Treats Terrorism
As soon as America caught wind of the makeshift bombs that exploded in New York, New Jersey and Minnesota this weekend, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio quickly assembled the media and held a press conference, pleading for calm while authorities investigated the incidents. Along with the usual fear and outrage came calls from…
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Mom Turns in Son Accused of Public Masturbation on NYC Train in Viral Video, Police Say
An accused public masturbator who was seen on video being shamed off a New York City No. 2 subway train after allegedly touching himself was turned in to police by his mother, NYPD officials say, DNAinfo reports. According to the report, the suspect, identified as 23-year-old Kevin Cuffe, was turned in to the police three…
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NYC to Settle With Family of Akai Gurley for $4,100,000
New York City has agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Akai Gurley, who was fatally shot by a city police officer in the stairwell of a housing project in the city’s Brooklyn borough, the New York Post reports. According to the report, the city…
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How To Prove Your Own Murder (#HTPYOM)
Yesterday morning, I found myself searching for answers on the 6 train. I did everything I was supposed to do but, sometimes that falls short. Talk to God. Be objective. Consider all sides. Listen to the elders. But nothing makes sense anymore. Nothing. So how do you make the case for your own murder when…
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Gay Man Blames Brutal 2013 Beating by Hasidic Safety Patrol on Group's 'Special Connections' to the NYPD
A gay black man who was brutally beaten by a Hasidic patrol group in 2013 is now pointing a finger at the close relationship between the New York City Police Department, city officials and the Jewish safety patrols, the New York Daily News reports. Taj Patterson lost sight in one eye after he was beaten…