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How a Nosy Woman Got a Doctoral Candidate Beaten and Arrested
Lawrence Crosby, a black man and an engineering doctoral candidate at Northwestern University, was fixing his car in a suburb outside Chicago on Oct. 10, 2015, when a woman passing by called police. “Hi, somebody’s trying to break into, somebody’s trying to break into a car,” the woman told the dispatcher, according to Fox 32.…
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Feds Confirm: Chicago Police Department Is as Corrupt as You Thought It Was
The Chicago Police Department has always had a violent history plagued by corruption. On Friday a yearlong investigation by the U.S. Justice Department confirms that the CPD has continued to build on its bankrupt legacy. According to DOJ findings, the Chicago police “have violated the constitutional rights of residents for years, permitting racial bias against…
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Punter Marquette King Kicks Balls and Tickles the Ivories
Marquette King is a man of many talents. When he’s not kicking the shit out of a football, he’s making mediocre rap music sound better. Watch King kill this version of Post Malone’s “White Iverson”: He also nailed Anita Baker’s classic “Sweet Love”: And some Maroon 5 song, because apparently Maroon 5 is still…
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Talladega College Ballin’ After Appearance on Fox News
Want to know how you know you’re on the wrong side of history if you’re an HBCU president? First you agree for your school, Talladega College, to play at the incoming president’s inauguration—a gig so despised, the lineup includes a 16-year-old second-place reality-show contestant, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (because nothing says hotness like a tabernacle…
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The First Family’s Dog Sunny Is Not Here for Your Games
Four-year-old Sunny is on edge, and rightfully so. Donald Trump keeps tweeting about her dogfather, and her family is moving out of the only house she’s ever known, so when one of Malia Obama’s friends came through the crib and got too close to Sunny, a female Portuguese water dog, Sunny lost her shit and…
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Lady Liberty Is a Black Woman
For the first time in American history, the United States Mint and Treasury Department have put a black woman on money. On Thursday the agencies unveiled the 2017 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin, which portrays Lady Liberty as a woman of color. “We are very proud of the fact that the United States Mint…
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NYC Correction Employee Busted for Prostitution
A New York City correction employee was arrested on charges of prostitution after authorities say she offered an undercover cop sex for $120. Geliesha Smith, 26, went by the name “Lisa” in ads offering sexual services on sites like Backpage.com, authorities say. Smith, who made $75,000 working for the city, promised clients a “one-of-a-kind experience”…
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Obama Surprises Biden With Presidential Medal of Freedom
The greatest bromance ever told got even sweeter Thursday when President Barack Obama shocked Vice President Joe Biden by awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Biden and the president had gathered with others for what was described as a final tribute to the vice president, the Washington Post reports. Obama began by delivering a…
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#Flint: Government, Independent Experts Say Water System Improving; Residents Skeptical
At a town hall meeting Tuesday night meant to update the public on the status of Flint, Mich.’s water system, government and independent experts told the gathered crowd that the city’s lead-contaminated water system is improving. But after a year of being told one thing and later finding out another, the people were unmoved. Flint’s…