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Detroit Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 25 Years, Claims in New Lawsuit That Police Deliberately Set Him Up to Take the Fall
Doctored evidence caused one Detroit man to serve 25 years in prison for a murder. Now that man, 51-year-old Desmond Ricks, is filing a lawsuit seeking more than $100 million, claiming that officers deliberately framed him by switching out bullets to convict him. According to the Associated Press, Ricks was released from prison in May…
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Why Sage Steele Needs to Go Sit Down and Stare Longingly at the Stirring Teaspoon
At this point, I wish that sports announcer-turned-perpetual wagging finger of respectability politics Sage Steele would just sit, really sit, and stare at the stirring teaspoon. At this point, those of us with both feet firmly planted on the black side of things get her whole shtick. Steele is the military-raised mixed kid whose politics…
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Man Who Allegedly Drove Into Group of Protesters in St. Louis Is Facing Multiple Charges
A St. Louis motorist was charged Thursday after he allegedly drove his car through a group of people protesting a police shooting, injuring three. Mark Colao, 59, faces charges of resisting arrest by fleeing, a felony; as well as misdemeanor charges of leaving the scene of an accident and operating a vehicle in a careless…
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An Ariz. Man Is Out of a Job After Posting About Plan to ‘Drive Through’ Trump Protesters
When will the troglodytes learn to keep their shitty comments offline? Will they all lose their jobs before this is over? Only time will tell. But, for now, one Arizona man is facing the music after making a vile Facebook post about driving his vehicle through people looking to protest President Donald Trump’s rally earlier…
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‘House Negro to House Negro’? Herman Cain Pens Odd Note to Ben Carson
Hello, may I speak to Ben? Ben, this is Herman. I know you don’t know me, but I thought I’d give you a call because I understand what you are going through. I know what it’s like to be called a house Negro because they call me a house Negro, too, and if being like…
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White House Outlines Transgender Military Ban and It’s Pretty Horrible: Report
When President Donald J.Trump initially tweeted out July 26 that he was issuing a ban against all transgender people serving in the armed forces, I assumed that as with most of Trump’s tweets, he’d stolen his phone out of Steve “Papa” Bannon’s top drawer (where it had been placed because Trump was on punishment) and…
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No Bond Set for White Supremacist Chris Cantwell
On Wednesday, white supremacist Chris Cantwell surrendered to authorities in Albemarle County, Va., after being charged with using illegal tear gas and malicious bodily injury during the “alt-right” Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., two weeks ago. Cantwell, who cried on a YouTube video and appeared in a Vice documentary, did not receive a…
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Gay Dads Kordale and Kaleb, Along With Their Adorable Kids, Become 1st Black LGBT Family to Star in Major Fashion Campaign
Gay dads Kordale Lewis and Kaleb Anthony, along with their adorable kids, are now the face of a major fashion campaign. The family of six became the models for Acne Studios’ Fall/Winter 2017 campaign after the company tapped the entire family for a photoshoot—officially making the Lewis-Anthony family the first black LGBT family to represent…
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5 Reasons Not to Waste Your Money on the Mayweather vs. ‘White Mayweather’ Fight
The fight that no one wants to pay for but everyone kind of wants to see, if only to laugh as Floyd Mayweather Jr. beats the stuffing out of Conor McGregor, is Saturday. We all know that this is going to be a shit show of epic proportions. It most likely won’t even be remotely…