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St. Louis Police Chant ‘Whose Streets? Our Streets’ While Making Arrests During Continuing Protests Sunday: Report
Well, in case you had any doubt, or were curious as to what police officers make of citizens attempting to assert their rights to peacefully assemble and protest the seemingly inexplicable killings of unarmed black men that go unpunished, here you have it. Police apparently thought it was appropriate to chant “Whose streets? Our streets”…
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White Man in Custody in Possible Connection to 2 Random, ‘Racially Motivated’ Killings in La.
A 23-year-old white man was arrested Saturday for a possible connection to two random but linked slayings of pedestrians, which police say were most likely racially motivated. Baton Rouge, La., police arrested Kenneth Gleason, 23, on numerous counts of drug possession Saturday night, but say they don’t have enough evidence to charge him with the…
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David Clarke Came for Colin Kaepernick and Was Summarily Put in His Place; He Also Has to Rewrite His Thesis
Former Sheriff “Stuck on Stupid” David Clarke continues to make news, but not for anything good. Most recently, the former Milwaukee County sheriff and black Trump booster tried his hand at disrespecting Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL quarterback who many believe is being blackballed by the NFL and team owners for kneeling during the playing…
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St. Louis Continues to Protest Acquittal of Police Officer in Murder Case; U2, Ed Sheeran Cancel Concerts There
St. Louis is not having it. For the second night in a row, protesters took to the streets in righteous anger over yet another acquittal of a police officer charged with first-degree murder in the death of yet another African American. CNN reports that nine people were arrested Saturday night and at least 33 people…
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Hit With Ethics Complaint After Calling for Jemele Hill to Be Fired
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the apologist mouthpiece for the Trump administration, is being hit with an ethics complaint for her words against ESPN’s Jemele Hill. The Democratic Coalition, a super PAC clear in its disdain for the current president, filed an ethics complaint against the current White House press secretary, who said that a tweet from…
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Football Player Convicted in Steubenville, Ohio, Rape Case Sues to Play Ball in College
One of the young men convicted in the notorious Steubenville, Ohio, rape case is once again embroiled in controversy. Ma’lik Richmond, 21, who was convicted of rape as a teen in the case that brought rape culture and athletics to the national discourse, sued Youngstown State University because he was barred from playing on the…
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Michael Bennett Says He Plans to Sue Las Vegas Metro Police Department Over August Incident on the Strip
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett says that he was terrified during his encounter with Las Vegas Metropolitan police officers on Aug. 27, and he plans to sue the department for what he considers to be an incident that started because of the color of his skin. “It felt like a movie almost because everything…
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Like Father, Like Son: Jeffrey Sandusky Pleads Guilty to 14 Counts of Child Sex Abuse
In what is likely the most sickening case of “like father, like son” ever, Jeffrey Sandusky, son of former Penn State football coach and convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, pleaded guilty Friday to all 14 counts of child sexual abuse against him. The younger Sandusky, 41, entered his guilty pleas a week before his trial…
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Someone Left Bananas at Dorm Rooms Occupied by Black Students at Temple University
This week at Temple University in Philadelphia, there were two alleged instances of bananas being left at dorm rooms occupied by black students, and now the campus Police Department and the Department of University Housing and Residential Life are investigating them as “bias-related” incidents. The Temple News reports that the first incident happened Monday when…