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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…
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Russell Westbrook Takes Them All On
Russell Westbrook is on a tear this season. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard is closing in on averaging a triple double and is in the conversation for MVP of the league. Last night the guard faced off against old teammate Kevin Durant and the Golden Skin State Warriors, and it looks as if the two…
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Australian Open Announcer Compares Venus Williams to Gorilla
I am going to need announcers to use their white-people words when talking about Venus Williams’ domination in tennis. Sure, Venus and Serena have been at the top of the tennis world for 20 years, so describing their game and the way they annihilate their opponents shouldn’t be new to announcers. Alas, an assclown still…
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Ga. Woman Says She Shot 15-Year-Old Black Boy in Self-Defense After He Threw Rocks
A white Georgia woman who once voiced concern about her neighborhood and “bad blacks” is now facing charges for shooting a black teenager in the head after he walked past her house Monday evening, the New York Daily News reports. According to the report, Elisabeth Cannon was charged with two counts of aggravated assault in…
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Someone, Please Go Get Uncle Jerry; He Out There in a Chicken-Wing Helmet
First, Jerry Rice had the audacity to criticize Colin Kaepernick for protesting police brutality against unarmed black men, women and children, and now the Hall of Fame wide receiver is in a Popeyes commercial wearing a damn chicken-wing helmet. The spot is titled “Popeyes Wingovations With Jerry Rice” and began running earlier this month. Not…