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Man Jumped With Brass Knuckles at NYC Subway Stop
At about 5 a.m. Sunday, a New York City subway rider was jumped by two individuals, one of whom was wearing brass knuckles, according to the New York Daily News. The incident, which took place at the Columbus Circle subway station in Manhattan, was caught on video, in which one can see the 25-year-old victim on…
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Racist Message Written on Dorm Whiteboard at SUNY College: ‘N–gers Deserve to Die’
The College at Brockport, State University of New York, has launched an investigation after someone wrote “N—gers deserve to die” on a whiteboard in a college dorm earlier this week, WHAM reports. According to the station, students who live in the dorm are mostly people of color, a student said. University police are looking into the…
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Witness Who Was Set to Testify Against NYPD Cop Is Brutally Killed
Robert Bishun, 36, was found strangled in the back of his BMW in the Fieldston section of the Bronx, N.Y., Tuesday after being abducted from his auto body shop, the New York Daily News reports. Bishun was a cooperating witness who was set to testify against Police Officer Merlin Alston, who was charged with narcotic conspiracy and…
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86-Year-Old Woman Outraged After Thief's Probation: 'Drown in Your Own Tears'
Bernice Starnes, the 86-year-old who was the victim of a purse snatching earlier this month, says she is upset that the thief won’t be getting any jail time. “They give that bitch five years’ probation, no jail time?” Starnes said to the New York Post Thursday after learning that 37-year-old Adrianne Terry had secured a…
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Ahmad Khan Rahami Arrested in Connection With Bombings in NY and NJ
Police have captured New Jersey resident Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was listed as “wanted” in connection with the bombings in New York and New Jersey on Saturday that left 29 injured, NPR reports. According to the report, the 28-year-old Rahami was captured after a shootout with police in Linden, N.J., and was shown on local…
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Police Identify Man 'Wanted' in Connection With NYC Bombing
The New York City Police Department has started circulating the image of 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami, a man authorities say is wanted in connection with Saturday’s bombing in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, Rahami is a naturalized U.S. citizen of Afghan descent, and his last-known address was…
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Police Identify Woman Suspected of Stealing Elderly Woman’s Purse in NYC
New York City police officers believe that Adrienne Terry, 37, grabbed 86-year-old Bernice Starnes’ purse around 9 a.m. as she was sitting in her wheelchair outside her building in the Bronx, the New York Daily News reports. Terry allegedly walked up to Starnes, grabbed her pocketbook and took off as Starnes yelled after her. “She…
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Accused J'Ouvert Shooter Indicted on 2nd-Degree Murder Charges
The 20-year-old suspect in the J’Ouvert morning shooting death of Tiarah Poyau was indicted Monday on charges of second-degree murder, the New York Post reports. According to the report, Reginald Moise did not appear before Supreme Court Judge John Hecht for the hearing in Brooklyn, N.Y. Last week at the festivities, Moise allegedly drunkenly shot Poyau…
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Erica Garner to NYC Mayor: 'Just Cause You Love Black P – – sy Don’t Mean You Love Black Lives'
Erica Garner, the daughter of Eric Garner, who died in police custody on a Staten Island, N.Y., street after he was choked to death, took to Twitter to blast New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is white and married to a black woman. “Just cause you love Black [p—sy] don’t mean you love…
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JetBlue Puts 5-Year-Old on Wrong Flight
Andy Martinez Mercado, 5, was returning home to New York City after visiting with his family in the Dominican Republic when he was put on the wrong flight, ending up in Boston, the New York Daily News reports. It took over three hours to locate Andy after it was discovered that he was missing. “I thought he…