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Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies Cleared of Any Wrongdoing in Death of Mitrice Richardson
A nearly yearlong criminal investigation conducted by the California Attorney General’s Office failed to find any evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies for their handling of the 2009 disappearance and death of Mitrice Richardson, according to an official letter sent to Richardson’s family. Richardson, 24, went missing in 2009 after…
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#Flint: Judge Dismisses Major Class Action Lawsuit
A major class action lawsuit filed by Flint, Mich., residents over how the state handles changes in the city’s water that led to the lead-contamination crisis was dismissed by a federal judge Thursday. The Detroit News reports that U.S. District Judge John Corbett O’Meara dismissed the case brought by Flint activist and resident Melissa Mays…
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Pastor Finds Burned Cross Outside Historically Black Texas Church; Authorities Say Vandalism
Pastor Bill Burton of the St. Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historically black church in Alto, Texas, is convinced that a burned cross found near his church was the result of a hate crime, although local authorities are hesitant to label it as anything more than vandalism, CBS19 reports. According to the news station,…
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Attack on Korean Woman, 83, That Went Viral Is Not Being Investigated as Hate Crime: Report
The assault on an 83-year-old Korean woman in Koreatown in Los Angeles that reportedly went viral on social media is not being investigated as a hate crime, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The assailant allegedly yelled “white power” before running away, according to a post reportedly shared across Facebook that has since been…
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Texas High School Students Did Nazi Salute for ‘Silly’ Class Photo
Honestly, the racism (and overall general ignorance) present in American schools is just out of this world. And in our latest update of “Who’s going to be expelled next?” Cypress Ranch High School students are now under intense scrutiny after apparently doing a Nazi salute for a class photo, Click2Houston reports. According to the site,…
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Sure, the Bowling Green Massacre Is Fake, but That Doesn’t Mean We Can’t Mourn Fake Deaths
It isn’t funny. Thousands of fictional people lost their lives! Fictional families are still in mourning trying to pick up the fictional pieces that have been scattered since the fictional Bowling Green Massacre! And it is disrespectful for us to collectively make fun of this fictional tragedy just because it didn’t happen. Senior Trump adviser…
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Nordstrom Drops Ivanka Trump Brand From Stores, Citing Poor Sales
The American people are showing businessmen and businesswomen that while they may be able to ignore the voices of protest that are currently resonating across the country over the Donald Trump presidency and all the controversial executive orders that have come with it, they’re not going to be able to ignore this coin. The #DeleteUber…
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Dylann Roof’s Attorneys Argued He Has Mental Disorders: Report
Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who was sentenced to death in the murders of nine black parishioners at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., suffers from several mental disorders, attorneys claimed in an unsealed court document, CNN reports. According to the network, his legal team filed the document Dec. 6, the day before opening…
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‘Ashy Knees’: Fans Taunt Black Student-Athlete at NJ High School Basketball Game
New video has been publicized from a New Jersey high school basketball game that occurred Jan. 27 between Dover High School and Jefferson High School, in which the Jefferson crowd shouted racially charged comments at a black Dover student-athlete during the pregame warmups, NJ.com reports. Jefferson Superintendent Patrick Tierney apologized Monday after students “allegedly made…