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Don’t Go to Mo., It’s Dangerous for Black People: NAACP Issues Travel Advisory
The state of Missouri has earned the dubious distinction of being the first-ever state to have a travel advisory issued against it by the NAACP, the warning issued because of a recent string of both directly and indirectly state-sanctioned racist and discriminatory incidents. The Kansas City Star reports that the advisory was circulated in June…
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Dozens of Cases Dropped as Baltimore Police Are Caught on Video Planting Evidence … Again
Baltimore police have once again gotten their hands caught in the proverbial cookie jar—that is, on video—“manufacturing evidence,” as dozens of cases are being dismissed by the state’s attorney in the wake of a similar, initial video. The New York Times reports that the office of Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby is dismissing more…
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Finally, a White House Press Conference Went Completely Off the Rails, and It Should’ve Happened Long Ago
The press does not work for the White House. While they are invited to be members of the White House press corps, their job is to challenge the White House when things sound batshit crazy. While news outlets have been ambitious in working behind the scenes to debunk many of the asinine comments coming from…
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Shannon Sharpe to Fox Sports’ Clay Travis: ‘I Don’t F–k With You. Don’t Make Me Lose My Job’
So those on the right have this thing where they say completely triggering comments that would have a triggering effect on any sane, rational, thinking human person with compassion and empathy, only so that they can say “triggered” after you’ve gone there. It’s a game for them. On Monday, Fox Sports’ Clay Travis decided he…
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HIV-Positive Md. High School Track Coach Accused of Sexual Assault Is Indicted on 119 Counts, Could Face 1,500-Year Sentence
A former Maryland school aide and track coach was hit with a staggering 119-count indictment that could have him sentenced to over 1,500 years in prison if convicted, after being accused of sexually assaulting several male students while he was HIV-positive. According to Fox News, authorities accuse Carlos Deangelo Bell, 30, of assaulting at least…
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Trump Didn’t Want to Sign Russia Sanctions Bill, but Here’s Why He Had To
In a move that would’ve made The Wire’s Stringer Bell proud, Congress effectively played the president and left him with no choice: Either sign the bill issuing sanctions against Russia, or look like you’re in bed with Russia. And get this: The bill even prevents the president from single-handedly easing the sanctions, because Congress doesn’t…
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Mar-a-Lago Served Rotten Meat, but the White House Is a Dump?
At this point, the only way President Vladimir TrumpPutin could disrespect the White House and America more is if he took a helicopter to the top of the Statue of Liberty and pissed on it. He clearly is the worst president in the history of presidents, and might arguably be the worst man in the…
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Woman Goes on Racist Tirade in Target, Starts Throwing Merchandise at Customers
A new video of a woman yelling racial slurs and throwing merchandise at other customers in a Target has gone viral on social media. In the video, the woman can be heard screaming, “You fucking sand niggers! Fucking pieces of shit, fuck all of you … all of you are shit.” The video was posted…
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Tenn. Deputies Repeatedly Used Taser on Teen Strapped in Restraint Chair: Lawsuit
Cheatham County, Tenn., sheriff’s deputies are at the center of a newly filed federal lawsuit that claims the officers used excessive force on an 18-year-old who was taken into custody late 2016. The lawsuit accuses deputies of using a Taser on Jordan Norris multiple times, leaving some 40 Taser burns on his body, even as…
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‘We Are Not Thugs’: Black Police Chiefs Respond to Trump’s Endorsement of Police Brutality
Not all police officers are here for President Donald Trump’s casual endorsement of police brutality when he encouraged officers to be rough with suspects in a speech Friday to officers on Long Island, N.Y. Days after Trump’s controversial comments (when aren’t they ever controversial?), leaders of a leading black policing group met with Attorney General…