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Detroit 19-Year-Old Arraigned After Accidentally Shooting 2 Police Officers He Thought Were Burglars
Nineteen-year-old Juwan Alexander Plummer was arrested last week after shooting two Detroit police officers when he thought they were men attempting to burglarize his mother’s house. In his arraignment video, a teary-eyed Plummer entered his not guilty plea before the judge, who in turn seemed sympathetic to Plummer after the prosecutor tried her best to…
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TrumPutin’s Vacation Plans Have Small NJ Town Worried
Because President TrumPutin can’t stop vacationing, an entire town in New Jersey is shaking in its boots after learning that 45 may be taking his vacationing ass to one of his golf resorts as nasty Mar-a-Lago closes for the hot season. Trump is expected to make the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., “a…
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Police Video Shows 5 Black Mich. Kids Held at Gunpoint in Case of Mistaken Identity
Police in Grand Rapids, Mich., said they were just doing their job when they held a group of kids, ranging in age from 12 to 14, at gunpoint after receiving a phone call about a possible teen having a gun during a fight at a basketball court. Video of the March 24 incident was recently…
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Memphis, Tenn., High School Students Receive $80,000,000 in Scholarship Offers
Students at Whitehaven High School in Memphis, Tenn., have 80 million reasons to be proud of their academic endeavors because its graduating class has secured more than $80 million in scholarships. Last week the students were honored at their Academic Signing Day, but one student took home the largest piece of the scholarship pie, according…
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New Orleans Begins Confederate-Monument Removal
New Orleans is severing its ties to the racist Confederate history that lingers in the city by removing several Confederate statues. Early Monday morning, city workers were to begin to take down the statues while it was still dark to avoid clashing with those wanting to preserve the history. “There’s a better way to use…
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7 More Black Employees Plan to Sue Fox News for Racial Discrimination: Report
Sexual harassment is apparently not the only thing toxic about Fox News’ culture. New York magazine reports that there are mounting allegations that there was also blatant racial discrimination at the network and that next week, seven black Fox News employees plan to join an existing racial discrimination suit filed last month. The original lawsuit,…
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Black Nurse, Sylvia Trent-Adams, Becomes Surgeon General After Obama Appointee Is Pushed Out
As has happened to other holdovers from the Obama administration, reps of Team Trump asked U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy to resign Friday. Murthy was replaced by his deputy, Rear Adm. Sylvia Trent-Adams, one of the first nurses to serve as surgeon general. According to the New York Times, Trent-Adams will be in an…
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Jesse Jackson Calls for Facebook Live Moratorium
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is echoing the thoughts and feelings of many by calling for an end to Facebook Live—at least temporarily. Jackson and other Chicago officials want the company to drop its live function for 30 days In the wake of the death of 74-year-old Robert Godwin, who was shot and killed by Steve…
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Kamala Harris: ‘Trump’s Wall Is a Stupid Waste of Money’
Looks like those “California girls” (in this case elected officials) continue to tell it like it t-i-s. Like her colleague Rep. Maxine Waters, Sen. Kamala Harris had some direct words for President Donald Trump and his proposed border wall between the United States and Mexico, calling it “a stupid use of money.” The senator tweeted…
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Family of Aaron Hernandez Found Out Death Details on Twitter: Lawyer
Impossibly, the life and death of former NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez is becoming ever more tragic. His longtime lawyer now alleges that his family got information about his suicide earlier this week via “salacious details on Twitter.” According to Courthouse News Service, lawyer George Leontire said to Judge Thomas McGuire on Friday that these…