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86-Year-Old Man Who Suffers From Dementia Remains in Intensive Care After Police Use Taser on Him During Traffic Stop
An 86-year-old unarmed black man, who also suffers from dementia, was attacked by a white police officer who deployed a Taser at him, apparently out of some fear that the senior citizen would be hit by a car, authorities say. If that ain’t the most twisted logic I have ever heard. The officer was afraid…
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RZA’s Publicist Says ‘Enough Is Enough’
Earlier this week, Wu-Tang Clan member RZA had an interesting interview with Charlamagne tha God on The Breakfast Club. In that interview, he admitted that Russell Crowe did spit on Azealia Banks at a Hollywood party last year. Charlamagne asked RZA how he could let a man spit on a woman, and RZA basically shrugged,…
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Black Protester Hugs Squirming Nazi, Quips, ‘Why Don’t You Like Me, Dog?’
The black protester who was caught on viral video hugging a squirming and uncomfortable neo-Nazi outside white supremacist dump truck Richard Spencer’s speech at the University of Florida in Gainesville on Thursday is acknowledging that he could just as easily have hit the guy (an act in which someone else had earlier indulged) but decided…
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Ga. Elementary School Finally Puts an End to Civil War Dress-Up Day, but Mom Whose Child Was Called a Slave Wants More Done
It’s been about a month since a 10-year-old black student was called a slave during a Civil War dress-up day at his elementary school in Kennesaw, Ga. And that’s how long it took for school officials to realize that there’s really no reason to host a dress-up day to discuss the Civil War, and to…
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Trump-Loving ‘War Hero’ Admits He Lied His Ass Off About His Service
Earlier this month, Fox News ran a segment about a former Navy SEAL and two-time Purple Heart recipient (read: “war hero”) who made a custom glass presidential seal for Donald Trump. “A lot of love went into that,” John Garofalo said of the 150-pound glass-and-bronze seal. “For the country, the people, the soldiers, the president.”…
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Nicki Minaj to Testify in Brother’s Child-Rape Trial
The rap princess bodied by Remy Ma and dethroned by Cardi B Rapsody is set to testify in defense of her brother, who faces significant jail time after being accused of having sex with a 12-year-old. According to the Daily Mail, 37-year-old Jelani Maraj is charged with felony rape charges, including a first-degree count of…
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Wannabe Tulsa, Okla., Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Released From Prison After Serving Less Than Half His 4-Year Sentence
Well, if you wanted evidence as to how little this country values black lives, look no further than Tulsa, Okla., where a white former reserve deputy (aka a wannabe cop) walked out of prison, scot-free, after serving less than half of his already meager four-year sentence for killing an unarmed black man. Robert Bates, 76,…
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‘Underwear Bomber’ Files Lawsuit Claiming US Justice Department Denies Him Free Speech, Religious Rights
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is currently serving multiple life sentences for attempting to set off a bomb in his underwear on a plane on Christmas Day in 2009, has now filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice claiming that the department is denying him his free speech and religious rights. According to Reuters,…
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Mich. State Police Director’s Pay Docked After She Calls NFL Protesters ‘Ungrateful, Anti-American Degenerates’
Michigan State Police Director Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue will be losing out on five days’ pay for violating the department’s social media policy after she reposted a disparaging Facebook meme that targeted NFL players protesting police brutality and other social injustices. According to the Detroit Free Press, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced the slap on…