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Dylann Roof Gives Brief Statement During Sentencing Phase of Trial
Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who was convicted of killing nine parishioners in a shooting at a historically black Charleston, S.C., church, did not ask jurors to spare his life or to give him the death penalty while giving a brief opening statement during his sentencing trial, the Associated Press reports. Instead, Roof told jurors…
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6 NAACP Members Arrested in Protest of Jeff Sessions Bid for US Attorney General
Six NAACP members were arrested late Tuesday at Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Mobile, Ala., office ending a sit-in to protest the nomination of Sessions (R-Ala.) as U.S. attorney general. According to CNN, five men and one woman, including NAACP President Cornell W. Brooks, were arrested and charged with criminal trespass in the second degree. The protesters…
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How JaVale McGee's Terrible Haircut Got Shaq Compared to a Minstrel Act
At this point, Golden State Warriors reserve center JaVale McGee doesn’t find it funny. In fact, McGee believes that the jokes about him stopped being funny long ago. Sure, McGee seems spaced out a lot of the time. You can see a montage of McVale’s greatest moments below: But he’s tired of being the butt…
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Fla. Family Finds Racial Slur and 'Trump 17' Painted on Burned Home
A Lake City, Fla., family say they’re shocked after finding racist graffiti painted on what was left of their home, which was lost in an unrelated fire on New Year’s Eve, Action News Jax reports. The family have a 6-year-old child who is battling leukemia and now cannot come home after having a bone marrow…
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Chicago Cop Stripped of Police Powers After Fatally Shooting Unarmed Man
The Chicago Police Department has stripped an officer who fatally shot an unarmed man of his powers, the department revealed Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reports. The shooting occurred Monday on the city’s Northwest Side. Police spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said the action against the officer is the “strongest step a department can take” during an open…
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Woman: 'Discrimination' Made Me Scream 'I Voted for Trump' in Michaels Meltdown
The Chicago woman seen on viral video going on a racially charged tirade at a Michaels arts and crafts store spoke out Tuesday, defending her actions in the face of what she says was the “discrimination” she faced, leading her to call black employees “animals” and to scream, “I voted for Trump!” “This wasn’t about…
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Black Teen Slammed to Ground at Texas Pool Party Sues Ex-Cop, City for $5,000,000
A Texas teen who was slammed to the ground and pinned down by a McKinney, Texas, police officer during a pool party in June 2015 has now filed a federal suit against the now former cop, the city and the McKinney Police Department, the Dallas Morning News reports. According to the report, Dajerria Becton and…
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NY Governor Proposes Free Tuition at State Colleges for Eligible Students
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged Tuesday to cover tuition costs at state colleges for hundreds of thousands of middle- and low-income students. Under Cuomo’s plan, college students who have been accepted to a state or city college or university in New York, including two-year community colleges, would be eligible if they or their family…
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Bill and Hillary Clinton Will Attend Donald Trump’s Inauguration
Bill and Hillary Clinton will be in attendance at Donald Trump’s inauguration Jan. 20, their aides confirmed Tuesday. Former presidents and their spouses are given prominent seats to witness the inauguration, but as the Los Angeles Times notes, never before has a former first lady lost the election, and Hillary Clinton’s attendance at the ceremony…
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Report: Ark. Woman Dies While Broadcasting on Facebook Live
An Arkansas woman died during a Facebook Live broadcast on Wednesday, police have confirmed. Keiana Herndon, 25, was reportedly broadcasting from a friend’s home when “something seemed to happen,” Sgt. Christopher Lutman of the El Dorado, Ark., Police Department told NBC News. Lutman told NBC that Herndon “started squinting like someone who had a headache.”…