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Anti-Gay Ga. Pastor Found Guilty of All 8 Charges in Child-Molestation Case
What’s done in the dark will always come to light. On that note, a controversial, anti-gay Brunswick, Ga., pastor was found guilty on Monday on all eight charges in a child-molestation case. Jurors deliberated for less than an hour before returning with their verdict. As News4Jax reports, Ken Adkins was convicted on two counts of…
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The Trump Administration Is About to Ruin Easter
This Beverly Hillbillies administration can’t do anything right. Currently, we are kind of at war with Syria. We still don’t know if Russia hacked the election, except, we totally know that Russia hacked the election. The president is still playing more golf than presidenting, and now it looks like he and his team are about…
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In Case You Forgot About Police Brutality, Here’s Video of a White Cop Stomping a Handcuffed Black Man’s Head
I know you might be concerned about Russia, Donald Trump, Syrian chemicals, Underground, Pepsi commercials, the new Kendrick Lamar album or how much of an asshat Tyrese turned out to be. But just in case the schizophrenic news cycle made you forget about the prevalence and urgency of police brutality, this clip of Columbus, Ohio,…
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Ala. Gov. Robert Bentley Resigns Because He’s a Messy Thot
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley resigned Monday as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors, who allege that Bentley abused his position as the state’s chief executive to cover up an affair with his former aide Rebekah Caldwell Mason. “I can no longer allow my family, my dear friends, my dedicated staff and cabinet to be…
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Woman Accused of Driving Back and Forth Over Victim in Fatal Hit-and-Run
A Wisconsin woman who is facing charges after authorities say she hit a pedestrian with her vehicle before fleeing in a hit-and run crash drove back and forth several times over the victim in an attempt to dislodge her before being stopped by witnesses, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday. Shaniece T. Davis, 28,…
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Controversial Video Shows Colo. Police Body-Slamming 22-Year-Old Woman
A nine-second video that went viral over the weekend shows a Fort Collins, Colo., police officer tossing a 22-year-old woman to the ground like a rag doll. According to The Coloradoan, police say the arrest technique was “relatively standard,” and that the woman had already assaulted the officer. The report indicates that officers were dispatched…
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Once Again, Judge Rules Texas Voter-ID Law Intentionally Discriminates Against Minorities
A federal judge ruled for the second time Monday that Texas’ stringent voter-ID laws were crafted with the intention of discriminating against minorities, a ruling that follows on the heels of another court finding evidence of racial gerrymandering in how Republican lawmakers drew the state’s election maps. As the Associated Press notes, U.S. District Judge…
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Shooter, Teacher, Student Killed at San Bernardino, Calif., School Shooting Identified
Update: April 11, 2017 Family members are now raising funds on GoFundMe for Jonathan Martinez’s family. Earlier: Cedric Anderson, 53, of Riverside, Calif., arrived at the North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., on Monday morning, where his estranged wife, Karen Elaine Smith, 53, worked as a special education teacher. According to San Bernardino…
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Judge to Officer Who Killed Terence Crutcher: Please STFU
After allegedly criminally shooting Terence Crutcher (because despite two separate videos showing her shooting an unarmed man walking away from her with his hands in the air, we still must legally preface any accusation with “allegedly”), Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Jo “Bad Dude” Shelby has been reprimanded by a District Court judge for her…
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2 Killed in Possible Murder-Suicide at San Bernardino, Calif., Elementary School
Two people were killed and two others injured Monday in what authorities are calling a possible murder-suicide at an elementary school in San Bernardino, Calif. According to USA Today, Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said that two adults were dead and that two students had been wounded and taken to the hospital. “We believe this to be…