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Family of Mentally Ill Inmate Killed in Denver Jail in 2015 Will Receive $4,600,000 Settlement
A settlement in the 2015 death of an inmate at the hands of deputies in a Denver jail will include a multimillion-dollar payout to the man’s family and changes in how Denver Sheriff Department deputies treat mentally ill inmates. The settlement, which includes $4.6 million for the family of Michael Marshall, was announced Wednesday. It…
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Miami Firefighters Hang Noose Over Black Colleague’s Family Photo, Draw Penis on Picture of His Wife
Six firefighters in Miami were fired Wednesday after a September incident in which someone hung a noose over a photo of a black colleague’s family and drew lewd images on a picture of his wife. During a police investigation into the Sept. 9 incident at a city fire station, more than 20 people were interviewed…
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Trump Thinks the US Justice System Is a Laughingstock
Donald Trump thinks our justice system is as joke. As he called for there to be swift action against terror suspects after Tuesday’s attack in New York City, he called our country’s justice system a “laughingstock” for the way it punishes terrorists. Trump—who put Jeff Sessions in place as the head of the entire U.S.…
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Police Chief Who Compared Black People to ‘ISIS’ and Wanted to Mow Them Down Charged With Hate Crime
A former New Jersey police chief has been charged with hate crimes and civil rights violations by federal prosecutors after revelations surfaced that he used dogs to attack black suspects, used hateful speech and physically attacked an African-American teenager. According to NJ.com, Frank Nucera Jr. was the police chief in the small township of Bordentown,…
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Papa John’s Sheds White Tears Over Lagging Pizza Sales, Blames NFL Protests
To hear Papa John’s founder John Schnatter tell it, better suppression of First Amendment rights make for better pizza sales. Schnatter told shareholders on a conference call that NFL players’ protests over racial injustice are killing his pizza business during the games, according to the New York Daily News. He also blamed NFL Commissioner Roger…
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Trump’s Latest Tweets Are Dog Whistles to White Supremacists
The first time I heard the term “alt-right” was long before Donald Trump decided to trade in his career as a reality-show host in exchange for a chance to be president of the United States. In early 2014 I interviewed a white supremacist named Kyle Hunt, founder of the White Man’s March—a predecessor of what…
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Disgusting University of Hartford Freshman Expelled After Being Accused of Rubbing Used Tampons on Black Roommate’s Bag, Contaminating Her Living Space
Updated Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017; 1:45 p.m.: Sayonara, Brianna! After widespread scrutiny and a big social media push, the University of Hartford is finally showing up and showing out, and Brianna Brochu—who is accused of rubbing used tampons and contaminating her black roommate’s living space—has been expelled and is considered persona non grata on campus.…
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Mom Admits to Beating 10-Year-Old With Extension Cord Before He Reportedly Stabbed Himself to Death
A Memphis, Tenn., mother admitted that she used an extension cord to beat and choke her 10-year-old son, who apparently later killed himself. Robin McKinzie told police that she used the extreme methods of punishment to discipline her son, a fourth-grader. She told officers that afterward, the boy got angry, ran into the kitchen and…