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Sarah Palin’s Son Allegedly Beat His Father, Called Arresting Officers ‘Peasants’
Updated Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, 8:10 a.m. EST: The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Track Palin, eldest son of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, allegedly broke into his parents’ home and beat up his father. According to a police affidavit the Times acquired, the confrontation began when Track returned to the family home in Wasilla,…
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Watch for the Hook: Sessions Continues His Dishonest ‘Make America Safe Again’ Tour
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, the attorney general with the Mariah Carey memory, traveled to Milwaukee today to give a speech to law enforcement officers about violent crime in America. The speech painted a dystopian image of an America riddled with violent crime and promised a higher “tooth-to-tail ratio” in combating it. Sessions’ remarks gave criminal-justice-reform advocates…
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Charlottesville, Va., Police Chief Announces Retirement Effective Immediately
The Charlottesville, Va., police chief who received widespread criticism over his department’s handling of this summer’s white nationalist rally that left a counterprotester dead announced Monday that he will be retiring, effective immediately. An announcement on the city’s website read: “Charlottesville Police Chief Alfred Thomas announced his retirement today after 27 years of law enforcement…
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Are White Supremacists Infiltrating Law Enforcement?
You would have missed it if you weren’t listening carefully. On Sunday’s 60 Minutes, the second segment of the night was a profile of Christian Picciolini, a reformed skinhead-slash-racist-slash-dude-who-used-to-beat-black-people-up-on-the-reg; a man Dylann Roof recently called a “race traitor.” After saying that he had suffered an angry childhood in Illinois (that would be north of the…
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New Jersey Police Increase Sen. Cory Booker’s Security After Death Threats
Newark, N.J., police have beefed up the security for Sen. Cory Booker and his family following death threats, following an advisory from Newark’s Mayor Ras Baraka. “The Newark Police Division has been notified by the United States Capitol Police regarding a threat on the life of New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and his family members,”…
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LeBron James Debuts New ‘Equality’ Shoes, Shades Trump in Visit to Washington, DC
No, LeBron James didn’t bring mismatched shoes to play against the Washington Wizards on Sunday. When King James took to the court wearing one white shoe and one black shoe with the word “Equality” stitched on them in gold, he was making a political statement against Donald Trump and racism. That’s not conjecture by NBA…
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Tavis Smiley Says PBS Made a ‘Huge Mistake’ Over Sexual-Misconduct Investigation and Suspension
Tavis Smiley appeared on Good Morning America Monday morning, and he had a few words for PBS when it came to his suspension by the network. Smiley’s long-running show was pulled from PBS last week after several complaints of sexual misconduct. “PBS made a huge mistake here,” Smiley told Good Morning America.“They need to fix…
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Recently Released Video of 21-Year-Old’s Violent Arrest in Pasadena, Calif., Leaves More Questions Than Answers
The city of Pasadena, Calif., recently released bodycam footage of an early November police stop at a gas station during which a 21-year-old was beaten bloody and suffered a broken leg.. The release of the six videos marks the first time that police-body-worn-camera video has been made public in response to a police use-of-force incident…
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Military Investigation Concludes Sgt. La David Johnson Was Not Captured, Refuting Earlier Reports That He Was Executed: Report
There’s more news on the tragic death of 25-year-old Sgt. La David T. Johnson, the circumstances around which have heretofore remained murky. An Associated Press report that broke Sunday afternoon revealed that Johnson—the young American soldier killed in an ISIS-, or Islamic State-group-affiliated ambush in Niger—wasn’t captured alive by the enemy or executed at close…