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Black Man in Louisiana to Be Freed From Prison After Judge Overturned 1974 Conviction, but He Still Has to Pay $2,000 Bail
Updated Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, 5:35 p.m. EST: Many of you have asked how you can help Wilbert Jones. This fundraising page, which the Innocence Project New Orleans sent us, has been set up to help Jones “rebuild his life after 45 years of wrongful incarceration.” Earlier: Wilbert Jones was 19 years old when police…
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California Gunman Killed Wife, Hid Body Beneath the Floor of Their Home: Police
The Rancho Tehama Reserve, Calif., gunman who shot and killed four people during a shooting rampage in Northern California also killed his wife before hiding her body underneath their home, authorities said Wednesday. “We were looking for his wife and couldn’t find her yesterday,” Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said, according to the Los…
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Anonymous Disables More Than a Dozen White Supremacist Websites in Coordinated Hacking Attack
I don’t know about you, but even in my most defiant, unapologetic blackness, there is still one group of people I dare not mess with: white people wearing masks. Specifically, clown masks. I’m not talking about old-bedsheet-wearing, Casper the Friendly Ghost clowns like the Ku Klux Klan. I’m talking about scary people like Pennywise from…
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Issa Coup but Not Really: How Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe Happened to Find Himself Under ‘House Arrest’
In a surprise military takeover that is being described as not a coup, Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, has been confined to his home since the country’s military declared that it had taken over the country to target the “criminals” inside the Mugabe regime. Because this ongoing drama hasn’t been at the forefront of regular, white-people…
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LiAngelo Ball, 2 Other UCLA Basketball Players Suspected of Shoplifting in China Are Now Back in the US
LiAngelo Ball and two other UCLA men’s basketball players who had been arrested on shoplifting charges in China last week have been allowed to return home. According to the Wall Street Journal, Ball—the younger brother of the Los Angeles Lakers’ Lonzo Ball—Jalen Hill and Cody Riley all checked in for a Los Angeles-bound flight at…
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19-Year-Old Thug, Accused of Racist Attack on Black Cornell University Student, Charged With Hate Crime
A white Cornell University student has now been slapped with a hate crime charge in connection with a September assault on a black classmate. According to the Associated Press, the Tompkins County, N.Y., District Attorney’s Office announced Monday that it added the new count to 19-year-old John Greenwood’s growing list of charges. Greenwood also faces…
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Papa John’s Apologizes After Blaming Lagging Sales of Trash Pizza on NFL Anthem Protests
Papa John’s is singing a different tune after blaming its pizza-sales decline on the NFL anthem protests. The pizza company’s CEO, John Schnatter, thought it appropriate earlier this month to tell shareholders that “the NFL has hurt us,” expressing disappointment that “the NFL and its leadership did not resolve this.” By “resolve this,” Schnatter was,…
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Did Y’all’s Dotard President Just Tweet Condolences About the Wrong Mass Shooting?
That we have had mass shooting after mass shooting after horrific mass shooting in this country is already unconscionable and unforgivable in a country that touts itself as a leading power. When your president sends what appears to be a generic tweet about the latest assault on American lives? Well, that just adds infuriating insult…
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Maxine Waters Leads an ‘Impeach 45’ Chant at the Glamour Women of the Year Ceremony
Your Auntie Maxine Waters showed up and showed out Monday night at the Glamour Women of the Year ceremony in New York City. As the California congresswoman was wrapping up her remarks and receiving a standing ovation from the crowd, she began shouting, “Impeach 45!” and encouraged the gathered crowd to join her. And join…