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#WalterScott: Former Police Officer Michael Slager Cries Broke, Asks for Public Funding for His 2nd Murder Trial
Former North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager, who is charged with the murder of unarmed black motorist Walter Scott after a routine traffic stop in April 2015, is asking for public funding to pay for his second trial. The Charleston Post and Courier reports that Slager appeared to qualify for a court-appointed lawyer earlier…
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Jeff Sessions Believes Increase in Violent Crime Is Result of Lack of Respect for Police Officers
Jeff Sessions gave his first speech as U.S. attorney general on Tuesday, and in it he tied a recent increase in violent crime to a lack of respect for police officers. He vowed that his Justice Department would be more supportive of local police departments and “not diminish their effectiveness.” The Washington Post reports that…
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Spray Paint Marks Howard University as ‘Trump Plantation’
This probably won’t end well. Twitter user @Italia_calino shared the image above on Tuesday morning, depicting sidewalks in Howard University’s Yard with the spray-painted message “Welcome to the Trump Plantation. Overseer: Wayne A. I. Frederick.” That message was not the only one marked on school premises, with others claiming that Frederick, the university’s president, doesn’t…
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Betsy DeVos Is a Stupid, Stupid Person
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is so out of her depth, it’s not even funny anymore; it’s embarrassing. And pretty much this is what everyone who didn’t vote for President Asshat expected. On Monday, after Asshat met with leaders of HBCUs, DeVos, who is so pro-school choice that she damn near hates conventional public education, issued…
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Bernie Sanders Is All of Us After Hearing Trump Admit He Doesn’t Know Shit About Health Care
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), aka “Mr. You Should’ve Been Our President,” had the reaction just about all of us had after hearing President Spray Tan say that “nobody knew health care could be so complicated.” During an appearance with Anderson Cooper Monday on Anderson Cooper 360º, Sanders burst out laughing after hearing that the leader…
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La. House Candidate Caught in Blackface in Racist Tiger Woods Costume
It’s almost March, but the ghosts of Halloweens past still haunt us. Every year, without fail, particularly on Halloween, there is that one (usually more, let’s be honest) white person who seems incapable of coming up with a creative costume of a black individual without resorting to blackface. By now we shouldn’t be ignorant of…
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Ga. Couple Get Prison for Confederate Racist Terror at Black Child’s Birthday Party
Because there is still a little justice left in this world, a Georgia couple reportedly broke down in tears Monday after being sentenced to prison for their involvement in a 2015 racist incident in which a group they were a part of waved Confederate flags, shouted racial slurs, and made armed threats at adults and…
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Muhammad Ali Jr. Speaks Out About Being Detained at Fla. Airport Because of Muslim Name
Muhammad Ali Jr., son of the boxing great who made news last week after it was reported that he and his mother had been detained by immigration officials at a Florida airport because of their Muslim names, is speaking out about his ordeal and said Monday that he felt “violated” when he was asked about…