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Woman Charged in SC With Tearing Confederate-Flag Tag Off Truck, Backing Into Truck’s Owner
A woman is facing multiple charges after police say she ripped a Confederate-flag “tag” off a truck in South Carolina before backing into the truck’s owner. According to WCIV, 43-year-old Ann Lee Walters is facing charges of vandalism and leaving the scene of an accident with injuries after the incident in Charleston. WCBD reports that…
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SC Restaurant Owner Says Confederate Flag Near His Business Has Caused Fistfights
A dead racist and staunch defender of the Confederate flag is causing mucho problems for an Orangeburg, S.C., restaurant owner. The drama begins with Maurice Bessinger, founder of the Maurice’s Piggie Park chain of barbecue restaurants across central South Carolina. Fox 4 reports that Bessinger was a proud segregationist who kept scores of Confederate memorabilia…
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Former NBA Player Marcus Camby Sued Over Nephew’s Death
A former NBA player is being sued over the wrongful death of his autistic nephew. ESPN reports that Marcus Camby has been named the defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit over the drowning of his 9-year-old nephew in a pond on his Houston estate. The child, Marcus Carter McGhee, traveled to his uncle’s compound from…
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Bill Cosby’s Picture Erased From Ben’s Chili Bowl Mural
A mainstay in the African-American community has changed its mural and taken Bill Cosby—the man who put it on the map—off of it. Ben’s Chili Bowl restaurant in Washington, D.C., a onetime hole in the wall made famous for its hot smokes and chili, once exhibited a barrage of famous African Americans on its side…
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Black Teens Cuffed for Selling Water on National Mall
They can’t find the people hanging nooses all over federal grounds, but the U.S. Park Police are on it when it comes to illegal water-selling. A photo showing three African-American teens being handcuffed on the National Mall for selling water in extreme heat has sparked outrage, more proof that black teens are over-policed and shown…
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Dallas Cop Faces Charges in Shooting Death of 21-Year-Old Woman
A Dallas police officer will face aggravated assault charges for firing into a moving car at least 13 times and killing a 21-year-old woman, authorities say. He will most likely face no consequences for taking this young woman’s life. Thirty-nine-year-old Dallas Police Officer Christopher Hess has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal-affairs investigation…
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Senate Judiciary Committee Investigating Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch
The Senate Judiciary Committee is investigating alleged political interference by then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch during the FBI’s investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as part of its examination into the circumstances surrounding the removal of James Comey as FBI director. In a news release on his Senate…
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Calif. Bans Travel to 4 More States That Discriminate Against LGBT Americans
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Thursday that his state would prohibit state-funded and state-sponsored travel to Alabama, Kentucky, South Dakota and Texas because of discriminatory legislation enacted in those states that targets LGBT Americans. Becerra said, according to the California Department of Justice: Our country has made great strides in dismantling prejudicial laws that…
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‘What Happened to Black Lives Matter?’ Movement for Black Lives Responds
An article was published Wednesday that questioned the organization, the leadership, the purpose, the plans and the goals of Black Lives Matter. It was an article that organizers in the Movement for Black Lives say included multiple inaccuracies, and as the group seeks corrections or a retraction, it responded with an op-ed of its own…
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#StayWoke: Take a Look at Trump’s Energy Appointee’s Deleted Tweets About Blacks, Jews and Women
A senior Energy Department official tried to delete all of his hateful, racist and misogynist tweets, but the internet remains undefeated. On Thursday, the Washington Post unearthed and exposed all of William C. Bradford’s—Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs—disturbing tweets. And on a scale of…