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Man Found Guilty of Murder of 16-Year-Old Gender-Fluid Iowa Teen Kedarie Johnson
A 23-year-old man was convicted Friday of first-degree murder in the death of a gender-fluid high school junior, whose case was supported by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The Des Moines Register reports that a jury took 90 minutes to find Jorge Sanders-Galvez guilty in the vicious murder of 16-year-old Kedarie Johnson, who “was a…
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Woman With Cerebral Palsy Has Mouth Taped Shut by Teacher, Family Files Lawsuit
The family of a woman with cerebral palsy has filed a lawsuit against her former school, former teacher and other school staff members for alleged abuse and neglect that happened over the many years the woman attended the school. Rosa Smith, now 26, has cerebral palsy as well as cognitive impairment, an inability to communicate…
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Va. Man Admits to Shooting His Wife, Found Not Guilty of Murder
A jury found a Henrico County, Va., man not guilty of first-degree murder despite the fact that he admitted to shooting his wife during an argument while their two children were sleeping. According to WTVR-TV, Alvin Banks faced charges of first-degree murder, child abuse and gun-related charges in the November 2016 shooting death. Banks was…
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NFL Owners Will Be Deposed, Asked to Turn Over Cellphone Records and Emails in Colin Kaepernick Collusion Case
Well, well, well. Things just got deliciously messy over at the NFL. It seems that if there was ever anything lurking in the dark underbelly of the organization (and I know we all believe that there is; it’s just a matter of details at this point), it will soon be exposed. According to news reports,…
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SC Senators Still Want Monument to ‘Black Confederates,’ Facts and Experts Be Damned
The Civil War has long been over, but the long, slow, idiotic march of white nonsense presses on. Two South Carolina state representatives are continuing with their plans to memorialize, on the Statehouse lawn, black soldiers who fought for the Confederacy. They say they’ve accrued even more support from their fellow revisionist idiots colleagues in…
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Why Did a Former Fla. Prom Queen Die a Week After Being Booked at County Jail?
A 29-year-old former prom queen wound up dead in a Florida jail a week after she was arrested. The Polk County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office says that Shamirah Johnson died Oct. 31 at a Lakeland, Fla., hospital after being transferred there from the Polk County Jail, where she was being held without bond. According to WFLA,…
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‘Go Back’: Kan. Restaurant Fire May Be Eyed as a Hate Crime After Xenophobic Graffiti Is Found
A fire at a Jordanian restaurant in Wichita, Kan., could now be investigated as a hate crime after graffiti was discovered in the back of the restaurant with the warning, “Go Back.” Owners Ranya Taha and Bashar Mahanwe woke up to a phone call at 2:10 a.m. Wednesday alerting them to a two-alarm fire at…
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FBI Leading Investigation After Car Near Kansas State University Vandalized With Racial Slurs
“Go Home Nigger Boy,” “Fuck You Die Dumb Nigger,” “Date Your Own Kind”: These are but some of the horrific slurs that were tagged on a car near Kansas State University Wednesday, and now students at the school say they are tired of the racism that occurs on and around campus. According to the Kansas…
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NYPD Officers Accused of Raping Teen Will Face Rare Department Trial Before Going to Criminal Court
Two New York City Police Department officers accused of kidnapping and raping an 18-year-old young woman from Brooklyn, N.Y., in September will face a trial before their peers before their criminal trial. The New York Daily News reports that the move is unusual, noting that NYPD internal trials typically occur after a criminal conviction has…