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Wait, the Ariz. Senate Just Passed Bill Allowing Cops to Do What to Protesters?
Looks like the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate is following the Trump playbook to denounce all things it doesn’t like, since it has passed a bill to allow authorities to seize the assets of protesters. That’s right. If a protest turns violent, whether people were engaged in the violence or not, just being at the protest would…
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Cellphone Video Captures Off-Duty LAPD Cop Firing Weapon During Confrontation With 13-Year-Old Boy
An off-duty Los Angeles police officer has been captured on cellphone video discharging his gun during a physical altercation with a 13-year-old boy. According to KTLA, the disturbing incident occurred Tuesday afternoon close to Loara High School in Anaheim, Calif. Anaheim police said in an updated statement Wednesday that the confrontation began as a result…
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Suspect in Killing of T-Pain’s Niece Found Dead
Last August, rapper T-Pain made a public plea for people to help find Tavon Jackson, the man accused of killing his niece Jovana Glover while she was working at a West Tallahassee, Fla., Walgreens. Jovana Glover’s death was captured on surveillance camera, and Jackson was seen fleeing the scene. And now, months later, Jackson’s body…
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#Flint: City’s Plan for $100,000,000 in Federal Grant Money Submitted to EPA
A request submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality indicates that the city of Flint intends to use $100 million in federal funds to improve its water-treatment plant, replace underground pipes and make other system improvements. The request is part of the process for the city to…
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Texas From Removing Medicaid Funds From Planned Parenthood
A federal judge in Texas ruled Tuesday that state health officials cannot remove Planned Parenthood from Medicaid, ensuring that the women’s health provider will remain in the federal program at least until a federal lawsuit is settled. U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks issued the preliminary injunction that temporarily blocked the move and said the state…
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#NoDAPL: Police Arresting Water Protectors Who Remain at Camp After Deadline
Water protectors who fought against the construction of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline and remained at the Standing Rock encampment in North Dakota past the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Wednesday deadline for evacuation faced arrest Thursday as officers moved in to remove those who were still at the site. USA Today reports that…
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Supreme Court Orders New Hearing in Case of Texas Inmate’s Racially Biased Death Sentence
Duane Buck may get justice yet. On Wednesday the Supreme Court of the United States ordered a new hearing for Buck, a black Texas inmate who has sat for years on death row, after hearing claims that improper testimony about his race got him sentenced to death. As The Guardian reports, justices voted 6-2 in…
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Anti-Defamation League Evacuated After Bomb Scare
On Wednesday, the Anti-Defamation League received a bomb threat to its New York headquarters, a building that also houses the headquarters of Univision properties, including The Root, making this the latest in a recent series of threats against Jewish organizations. “This is not the first time that ADL has been targeted,” Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL’s CEO,…
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Trump Kept a Copy of Hitler’s Speeches Near His Bed: Report
Now, this is getting interesting. Turns out that President Donald Trump isn’t just found of Hitler’s politics; he’s reportedly also fond of his speeches. In a lengthy 1990 piece in Vanity Fair, Trump begin waxing poetic about his German heritage, noting that his father’s parents were German—or Swedish, really (you know Trump can never give…