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Cops Who Covered Up Laquan McDonald’s Death Back on Chicago Payroll
The cops who lied in police reports after they watched one of their fellow officers empty his gun into the body of a 17-year-old black boy will be back at the Chicago Police Department, receiving their full paychecks. The Chicago Tribune reports that the Chicago Police Board has also delayed disciplinary hearings for four officers…
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Iowa Trump Supporter Arrested for Voter Fraud Is Back in Jail After Cursing, Yelling Epithets at Neighbor
An Iowa woman who is facing charges after allegedly voting twice for Donald Trump in November’s election has found herself back in jail after pleading guilty to yelling epithets at a neighbor. According to the Associated Press, Terri Rote, who is from Des Moines, pleaded guilty Monday to disorderly conduct after being arrested over the…
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How Trump’s Cabinet Meeting Devolved Into a Mob Movie
It was supposed to be a simple photo opportunity where President Donald Trump tries not to look like an evil tyrant as his all-white Cabinet (don’t worry; we see you, Ben Carson!) sits around the president, but of course this moment involved Trump, which means it got really weird really fast. After signing some stuff,…
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Judge Frees Terrorist-in-Training Because Whiteness Is a Helluva Alibi
Even though the man was a member of one of the most dangerous terror communities in the country; despite the fact that he knew how to make bombs; with the knowledge that he was in possession of bomb-making materials; even after he exhibited every single trait of what law-enforcement officers, Homeland Security experts and Army…
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Fort Worth, Texas, Police Officers, Strangers Pitch in to Buy 95-Year-Old Man New Air Conditioner
Summer is blazing down on us, with the official start of the season just a week away. Nonetheless, in some parts of the United States, temperatures are already scorching. Fort Worth, Texas, is one of those places, with temperatures reaching up to 90 degrees in the past week. And for one 95-year-old resident, it hasn’t…
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Ga. Governor Suspends Sheriff Who Was Arrested by Police on Indecent Exposure Charges
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal suspended DeKalb County Sheriff Jeff Mann on Monday, following an investigation into the indecent exposure charges that Mann faced after allegedly exposing himself to a police officer in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. According to WXIA-TV, Deal had appointed a committee—made up of state Attorney General Chris Carr, Newton County Sheriff Ezell Brown…
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Chicago-Area Firefighter Dies After Collapsing While Responding to Fire
A Dolton, Ill., firefighter died over the weekend while battling a fire in a neighboring city, leaving a whole community in mourning. According to CBS Chicago, Lawrence Matthews, 35, went into cardiac arrest while working to put out a fire that had engulfed multiple mobile homes in the area around 1:30 p.m Saturday. He was…
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Influenced by The New Jim Crow and 13th, Art Collector Sells Painting for $150,000,000 to Start Criminal-Justice-Reform Fund
Agnes Gund is an art collector who sold her prized 1962 Roy Lichtenstein Masterpiece for $150 million, one of the 15 highest-known prices ever paid for artwork, in order to start a fund that supports criminal-justice reform and seeks to reduce mass incarceration in the United States. Gund, who is president emerita of New York…
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Golden State Warriors Win 2017 NBA Finals, Beat Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 in Game 5
All those jokes about the Golden State Warriors blowing a 3-1 series lead to lose the 2016 championship can come to an end now. In a most beautiful and poetic finish, the Warriors, who came into Monday night’s game leading the NBA Finals series 3-1, pulled off a flawless victory and won the game with…
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6 Teenagers in Flint, Mich., Charged as Adults in Beating Recorded and Posted to Facebook
Six teenagers in Flint, Mich., have been charged as adults in connection with a Facebook video showing a 16-year-old being dragged from a home and beaten by multiple people on the front lawn of the house. MLive reports that Faith Trinae Richard, 16, and Rachael Nichole Hudson, 16, both from Flint, were arraigned in Genesee…