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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…
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50 ACLU Affiliates File Demands for Documents on Implementation of Trump’s Muslim Ban
Fifty affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union filed 18 coordinated Freedom of Information Act requests Thursday with local U.S. Customs and Border Protection offices in an effort to expose how Trump-administration officials are interpreting and executing the president’s Muslim ban at international airports across the country, violating federal court orders that stayed the ban’s…
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Uber CEO Leaves Trump Advisory Council After Catching a Fade From #DeleteUber Campaign
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has not had the best week. After accusations surfaced that his company was trying to profit off of immigration-ban protests over the weekend at San Francisco International Airport and word got out that he was on President Donald Trump’s Business Advisory Council, a #DeleteUber social media campaign was started against him…
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Ronald Gasser Indicted on 2nd-Degree Murder Charge in Shooting Death of Joe McKnight
The man accused of shooting and killing former NFL player Joe McKnight during a road rage incident in Terrytown, La., has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Ronald Gasser, 55, was originally arrested and charged with manslaughter on Dec. 5, four days after McKnight’s death, NOLA.com…