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Ohio Mom Charged in Taping of 2-Year-Old Son to Wall in Facebook Live Broadcast
A young Ohio mother is facing a felony charge after authorities got hold of a Facebook video that appeared to show her taping her 2-year-old son to a wall, CBS News reports. According to the network, the video was brought to the attention of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, police by local ABC affiliate WSYX, which obtained the…
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Protesters Pepper-Sprayed on Inauguration Eve Outside ‘DeploraBall’ in DC
Protesters took to the streets Thursday night, on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, to rally near locations of several inaugural balls and events, WUSA9 reports. According to the news station, protesters in Washington, D.C., clogged up F Street Northwest near 14th Street outside the National Press Club, where an event dubbed the “DeploraBall”…
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Michael Slager Headed Back to Court for State, Fed Trials in Walter Scott Death
The first preliminary hearing in the state retrial of a white former North Charleston, S.C., police officer charged with the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist is scheduled for Monday, and prosecutors in his federal civil rights trial are asking that the the jury pool be limited to the local area. Michael Slager, 35,…
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Los Angeles Police Officer Convicted of Sending ‘Harmful’ Texts to Teen
A Los Angeles police officer was convicted Tuesday of distributing “harmful matter” to a teenage girl he worked with through a Los Angeles Police Department youth program, authorities said. According to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Abel Montes de Oca, 32, was convicted of two misdemeanor counts: destroying evidence and distributing “harmful matter” to…
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Video Shows Fontana, Calif., Cops Fatally Shooting Legally Blind and Mentally Ill Man
Surveillance video from a convenience store shows police in Fontana, Calif., cornering and fatally shooting a legally blind and mentally ill man they say was armed with a rock and a knife. According to the Los Angeles Times, the recording of the Nov. 22, 2015, incident was made public by attorneys for the man’s family…
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El Chapo in Custody and Extradited to the US
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the drug lord who famously escaped a Mexican prison in July 2015, has been extradited to the United States and will stand trial in Brooklyn, N.Y., on drug-trafficking and murder conspiracy charges, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. The Los Angeles Times reports that a U.S. official confirmed…
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Chicago Judge Orders Release of Cop Charged in Off-Duty Killing of Unarmed Man
A Chicago police officer who faces charges of first-degree murder in an off-duty shooting was released on his own recognizance under electronic monitoring per a Cook County, Ill., judge’s orders, USA Today reports. According to the reports, prosecutors argued that the cop in question, 57-year-old Lowell Houser, brandished a gun and threatened the victim during…
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Obama Commutes 330 Prison Sentences Like a Boss
In his farewell lap around the track, President Barack Obama cut short the prison sentences of 330 federal inmates, all of whom were sentenced to lengthy terms for drug offenses. During his eight years in office, Obama commuted the prison sentences of some 1,715 people, more than any other president in history, the Associated Press…
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Report: Drastic Cuts to Government Jobs, Spending on the Horizon
Donald Trump’s team is looking to slash jobs the way a used-car salesman slashes prices. According to The Hill, the plan for the “great job creator,” as he likes to bill himself, is to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy. Clearly, Trump’s people don’t believe in, or care for, the arts, since they reportedly plan to…
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Accused Orlando, Fla., Cop Killer Markeith Loyd Claims Innocence, Curses at Judge
A Florida murder suspect who is accused of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando, Fla., police officer in two separate cases burst into an expletive-laced rant during his initial hearing Thursday, insisting on his innocence, the Associated Press reports. Markeith Loyd said that the allegations against him are “made up,” and claimed that authorities…