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Leaked Documents Reveal How the NYPD Ignored Abusive History of the Cop Who Killed Eric Garner
On July 17, 2014, New York City Police Department Officer Daniel Pantaleo grabbed Eric Garner, wrapped his arm around Garner’s neck and—even though the NYPD banned the use of choke holds in 1993—squeezed. When Garner muttered, “I can’t breathe,” Pantaleo still squeezed. Pantaleo continued to press Garner’s face into the sidewalk as the victim repeatedly…
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FBI Has Information Suggesting Trump’s Team Worked With Russians to Hurt Clinton’s Campaign: Report
The heat is turning up on the White House with news reports claiming that an FBI investigation into this Beverly Hillbillies administration has found that President Vladimir TrumPutin’s associates communicated with suspected Russian operatives before the presidential election to release damaging information about Hillary Clinton’s campaign. On Monday, FBI Director James Comey told Congress that…
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#BurnBabyBurn: White Supremacist Craig Cobb’s Church Went Up in Flames
Ever wonder what karma looks like? For white supremacist Craig Cobb, it takes on the shape of his “church” going up in flames, with only the steeple left in the rubble. Cobb’s Zion Lutheran Church in Nome, N.D., burned Wednesday night, according to CNN. Cobb purchased the church last year, and one member of the…
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White Woman Jailed After Lying About Being Raped and Kidnapped by 3 Black Men: Police
Eighteen-year-old Breana Harmon Talbott of Denison, Texas, ran into a church and told people she had been kidnapped and raped by three masked black men. Talbott, who was wearing only a bra, T-shirt and underwear, was bloodied and looked battered. News of the incident swept the community and incited racist tweets on social media. One…
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Supreme Court Rules Unanimously for Better Education for Students With Disabilities
On Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that school districts must provide students with disabilities the opportunity to make “appropriately ambitious” progress in their education, and that decision will likely have an impact on the 6.5 million students with disabilities in the United States. According to NPR, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District…
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Is NYPD Illegally Recording Black Lives Matter Protests, or Just Really Bad at Record Keeping?
Imagine there was a police department that sent video teams to record Black Lives Matter and Occupy protests hundreds of times over the course of a few years, going against specific department guidelines for when and how such operations are to take place, and when called and questioned on it, it reportedly refused to give…
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ACLU Files Claim Against Customs and Border Protection for Alleged Sexual Assault of Teen Sisters in Texas
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California on Wednesday filed two claims with the federal government on behalf of two sisters who were allegedly sexually assaulted by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection last year. According to the ACLU, the sisters “continue to suffer severe emotional distress as a result of the assault,” which…
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Former Student Arrested for Allegedly Threatening Violence Against Calif. High School
A 15-year-old teen in Southern California was arrested Tuesday after allegedly making threats against his former high school on Twitter and suggesting that he would repeat the Columbine massacre, according to authorities. Bob Dowling, founder and president of the Tactical Institute, which is a Washington, D.C., organization that monitors social media for threatening statements and…
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Md. Man Accused of Murder Traveled to NYC to Target Black People: Police
A white man from Baltimore, who allegedly stabbed a 66-year-old black man to death in New York City, reportedly traveled all the way to New York to commit the crime in the “media capital of the world” and make the biggest statement he could, police said. The Associated Press reports that James Harris Jackson, 28,…
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Mom Says 15-Year-Old Daughter Who Was Sexually Assaulted on Facebook Live Is Now Receiving Online Threats
A 15-year-old Chicago girl who allegedly suffered through being sexually assaulted on a Facebook Live broadcast is now the target of online threats, adding insult to an indescribably horrific injury. According to the Associated Press, the mother of the teenager told police that the child has been receiving the threats online ever since the attack,…