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McKinney, Texas, Girl Who Was Slammed to the Ground by Police at a Pool Party in 2015 Wins Settlement
Remember the teenage girl who got dragged by police at a pool party? Well, she’s getting her money and her own pool party. Dajerria Becton, who was 15 years old at the time, back in 2015, was last seen in a viral video getting wrestled to the ground by then-McKinney, Texas, Police Officer Eric Casebolt.…
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Michigan Woman Who Lied About Black Man Raping Her in College Parking Lot Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail
A 21-year-old woman who admitted to lying about being raped in a parking lot at Delta College in Bay County, Mich., has been sentenced to 45 days in jail, USA Today reports. Mary Zolkowski, 21, pleaded guilty back in March to falsely reporting a felony. She could have faced up to four years in prison…
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Your President Is a Stunt Queen Who Manufactures Drama
I hate this administration. I hate this Congress, including some of your faves that y’all lift up like they’re the way and the light, when really, they are part of the same evil machine that has put us in the position we are in right now. I hate that we continue to live by outdated…
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Trump Threw Starburst Candy Toward German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Told Her Not to Say He Never Gave Her Anything: Report
It’s widely known that President Donald Trump loves his Starburst. Sure, it’s been speculated (and by “speculated,” I mean that I believe) that Trump licks the orange Starbursts until they are soft and then rubs them on his skin to get the right complexion, which makes him look like the worn skin of a giraffe’s…
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NYC Mayor Changes Marijuana Policy to Reduce Arrests
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday that the New York City Police Department will ticket marijuana smokers instead of automatically arresting them, unless they already have past arrests or convictions. The New York Times reports that the policy will begin Sept. 1. The new policy won’t stop police from stopping and…
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Black Teen Incarcerated for Days After Judge’s Release Order Despite No Probable Cause: Lawsuit
A San Francisco mother has filed a lawsuit alleging that the city kept her teenage son locked in a cell for days even though a judge determined that there was no reason that the boy should have been arrested in the first place and ordered his release. On June 29, 2017, Tureko Straughter’s 15-year-old son…
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Trump Administration Drafts Executive Order Ending Separation and Detainment of Migrant Children
The Associated Press is reporting that Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen has drafted an executive action that would end the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant families caught crossing the border. Nielsen was at the White House today, where Donald Trump also told reporters that he would be “signing something” on immigration soon, AP…
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‘White Civil Rights’ Rally Coming to DC After National Park Service Approves Application
On the first-year anniversary of the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., history is set to repeat itself, with hundreds of people expected to gather in the nation’s capital for a White Civil Rights rally. According to WUSA-TV, the National Park Service has approved an application for a White Civil Rights…
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It’s Not Slavery, It’s Not Japanese Internment: Trump’s Immigration Policy Is Like the Great Migration
America tried everything to keep the migrants out. Men and women were arrested at the border. Children were separated from parents. People got thrown in jail for violating random rules that nobody knew or understood. Kids went missing and the white nationalist president blamed his political opponents and the victims at the border. As much…