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20-Year-Old Man With Autism Becomes 3rd Victim of Possible Fla. Serial Killer
A 20-year-old Tampa Bay, Fla., man with special needs appears to be the latest victim of a possible serial killer who has shot and killed three people in Tampa’s Seminole Heights neighborhood. Anthony Naiboa, 20, who had an autism diagnosis, took the wrong bus home from work Thursday and was shot and killed around 8…
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#Resist: Music Professor Plays Black National Anthem From Bell Tower Before Richard Spencer’s Fla. Speech
As white nationalist troglodyte Richard Spencer prepared to take the stage for his University of Florida speech Thursday, James Weldon Johnson’s “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (aka the black national anthem) rang throughout campus. Laura Ellis, a music professor at the university, went up 11 flights of stairs into the school’s carillon tower on Thursday…
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Jemele Hill on ESPN Suspension: ‘I Put ESPN in a Bad Spot’
Jemele Hill doesn’t have any hard feelings toward ESPN after the company gave her a two-week suspension for violating its social media rules. In an interview with TMZ while walking through Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday, Hill spoke candidly about the suspension over her Jerry Jones tweets. “Me and ESPN are fine. We’re in…
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New Study Shows Bodycams Have Little Influence on Police Brutality
Well, the results are in, and they don’t look promising for police bodycams as the be-all and end-all in stopping police abuse and brutality. But I think we knew this. As many anti-brutality activists have maintained, it’s not about tactics (though they may help) but about dismantling the system and culture. A new study by…
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Va. Middle Schoolers Simulate Sex Acts With Pinned-Down Black Students While Yelling Racial Slurs
Surprise. More white kids behaving badly on video. You would think by now that at least these little snots would know not to go live, but in this day and age, it’s not real unless it’s been documented on Instagram or Snapchat. This time it was Snapchat. Henrico, Va., police are investigating a video posted…
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President Littlefingers May Lock Millions Into Bad Trumpcare Plans Because of Ridiculous Enrollment Changes
In what looks like sabotage to anyone with eyes, President Donald Trump, who could not repeal (or replace) “Obamacare” through his lame-dick Republican-led Congress, has taken it upon himself to just fuck with all aspects of the program, effectively making it “dead” through his asinine actions. The cost of President Littlefingers’ immature and indefensible actions,…
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Mom Says Mass. Group Home Shaved Her 7-Year-Old’s Head Without Permission
The mother of a biracial 7-year-old who lives part time at a group home says that group home workers assaulted her daughter when they chopped off all of her hair—without informing the mom before or after the fact. WCVB reports that Denise Robinson said her daughter had long hair before the staff of the residential…
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#KennekaJenkins Death Photos Released on Same Day Police Close Investigation, Raising More Questions
The investigation into the mysterious death of Chicago teen Kenneka Jenkins has been closed by authorities in Rosemont, Ill., who have determined that her death was accidental and who said Friday that there is “no evidence that indicates any other conclusion.” But photos of Jenkins’ body were released Friday evening, raising more questions about the…
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Harvey Weinstein Says He Remembers Things Differently From Lupita Nyong’o
Updated Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, 9:54 p.m. EDT: Harvey Weinstein says that his recollection of events differs from that of actress Lupita Nyong’o. In a statement issued to E! News, a spokesman for Weinstein said, “Mr. Weinstein has a different recollection of the events, but believes Lupita is a brilliant actress and a major force…
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‘Kill Them’: White Nationalists Arrested for Shooting at Protesters After Richard Spencer’s Speech in Fla.
Three white nationalists from Texas who went to Gainesville, Fla., to hear their leader—Richard Spencer—speak at the University of Florida were arrested Thursday after one of them allegedly shot at protesters “with the intent to kill,” authorities say. The Los Angeles Times reports that the shooting was the first serious instance of violence reported in…