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Watch: San Francisco Officer Almost Pushes Man Out of His Wheelchair
The Internal Affairs Division of the San Francisco Police Department is investigating a Sunday incident caught on tape that appears to show a police officer almost pushing a man out of his wheelchair, SFGate reports. Acording to the report, around four police officers were standing on a street corner responding to an incident pertaining to disorderly…
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2nd-Grade Teacher in Ark. Shows Kids Racial-Slur-Laced MLK Parody Video
Some Cedarville, Ark., parents are upset after learning that a group of second-graders were shown a Martin Luther King Jr. parody video that used the racial slur “n—ger” some 14 times. According to KFSM 5News, Latia Hernandez was shocked to hear her daughter describe the video she had watched in her second-grade class at Cedarville…
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San Diego Sergeant Sues Police Department, Says Training Video Depicts a Black Cop as a Monkey
Arthur Scott, a San Diego police sergeant, is suing his Police Department because he believes that a cartoon shown during a training event was “racist” and depicted an African-American officer as a “monkey,” KGTV reports. Scott says that when he tried to communicate his concerns about the video, he “was transferred to a different division,”…
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FSU Football Under Fire for Admitting Defendant Named in the Kendrick Johnson Wrongful Death Suit
Georgia high school linebacker Brian Bell recently committed to Florida State University, but since he is one of the defendants named in a wrongful death suit filed by Kendrick Johnson’s family, some people find that news very upsetting, WTXL reports. Kendrick Johnson was the Georgia high school student who was found dead, rolled up in a…
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Drive-By Shooting Suspect Arrested in Killing of Tenn. Girl as She Slept in Her Home
A 13-year-old Tennessee girl was shot in the head during a drive-by shooting and later died earlier this month, and on Tuesday, police officers arrested the man they believe is responsible: 19-year-old Joseph Hendry, WKRN reports. C’Asia Watkins was sound asleep in her Lebanon, Tenn., home on Jan. 5 when it “was riddled with bullets,”…
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Fired McDonald’s Employees: We Were Told, ‘Too Many Black People’ Working in the Store
Updated Thursday, Jan. 22, 6:15 p.m. EST: In a statement, McDonald’s USA told The Root that it had not seen the lawsuit but would be reviewing the matter “carefully.” “We have not seen the lawsuit, and cannot comment on its allegations, but will review the matter carefully,” the statement read. “McDonald’s has a long-standing history of embracing the…
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Report: St. Louis Police Shoot and Kill Armed Suspect in Stolen Car
A 19-year-old suspect was fatally shot by St. Louis police after he allegedly got out of a stolen car holding a gun and confronted the responding officers Wednesday night, Chief Sam Dotson confirmed, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Police patrolling the neighborhood had reportedly been following the car, a red Chevrolet Monte Carlo that…
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Watch: Vigilante White Guy Tackles Black Man Licensed to Carry a Gun
Michael Foster, 43, is white. Clarence Daniels, 62, is black. Both men live in Florida and met rather violently Tuesday at a Wal-Mart as Daniels shopped for coffee creamer for his wife. What Daniels didn’t know was that Foster had watched him leave his car and saw him put his legally registered firearm into his…
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Watch: Father Takes to YouTube to Stop Bullying of Adopted African-American Daughter
The father of two children who allegedly bullied another child has lost his job after the bullied child’s father posted an emotional YouTube video noting how both the children and their father reportedly called him and his daughter “n—ger.” Confused? Follow me. Brad Knudson and his wife adopted an African-American girl 11 years ago. On…
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Department of Justice Not Likely to File Civil Charges Against Darren Wilson: Report
After months of investigating by the FBI, early reports show that the U.S. Justice Department won’t be filing civil rights charges against former Ferguson, Mo., Officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot unarmed teen Michael Brown, according to the New York Times. The news comes a day after President Barack Obama referenced Brown in his State…