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Mich. Man Who Claims Cops Beat Him So Bad He Lost Vision in 1 Eye Files Lawsuit
A Michigan man has filed a lawsuit against the Eastpointe, Mich., police, claiming that he was strapped to a chair and beaten until he lost vision in one eye, and the entire incident was captured on video. According to Fox 2 Detroit, Frankie Taylor was arrested on drunken driving charges Aug. 10, 2015. In video,…
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Baltimore School Bus Driver in Fatal Crash Had History of Seizures, Crashes: Report
The Baltimore school bus driver who crashed into a transit bus, killing six people, including himself, in November, shouldn’t have been driving because he had a history of seizures and had been involved in a dozen previous crashes. According to the Baltimore Sun, Glen Chappell, 67, was traveling nearly double the speed limit when he…
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Ohio Passes Controversial 'Heartbeat Bill' That Would Ban Abortions 6 Weeks After Conception
Ohio legislators have passed a controversial bill that would ban women from having abortions as early as six weeks after conception, NPR reports. The bill is dubbed the “Heartbeat Bill” because six weeks is around the time that a fetus’s heartbeat can be detected by a doctor. The legislation, which doesn’t have exceptions for rape and incest, is…
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How Sway? Lee Daniels Says Racism Isn't Real to Him Because He Doesn't Embrace It
During a recent sitdown on the talk show The Real, Lee Daniels made some eyebrow-raising comments about racism. During a segment about the backlash against the Mall of America’s black Santa, the Empire creator said, “I wouldn’t be where I was if I embraced racism. If I embraced it, then it became real. And if it became real,…
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Heisman Winner Rashaan Salaam Found Dead in Colo. Park
Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam was found dead Monday night in a Colorado park, NBC News reports. Salaam was only 42 years old. Salaam’s body was found at Eben G. Fine Park in Boulder, Colo., only 2 miles from Folsom Field, where he played as a running back for the University of Colorado. Local authorities say they do not…
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First Lady Michelle Obama on Election Night: ‘I Went to Bed Before Trump Won’
While first lady Michelle Obama scorched President-elect Donald Trump on the campaign trail, she wasn’t interested in watching the returns come in on election night. “I went to bed. I don’t like to watch the political discourse; I never have,” she said in a joint interview with her husband, President Barack Obama, with People magazine. Michelle Obama went on…
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Charges Dropped Against Detroit Man in Wayne State Cop Killing
Charges have been dropped against a Detroit man accused of fatally shooting a Wayne State University campus police officer. Officer Collin Rose, 29, was shot and killed in November, and DeAngelo Davis, 31, was arrested the same night and charged with the murder, the New York Daily News reports. Davis had been in jail since…
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Iowa Officer Won't Be Charged in Shooting That Left Unarmed Black Man Paralyzed
A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, police officer will not be charged in a shooting that left an unarmed black motorist paralyzed because a grand jury has declined to return an indictment. The grand jury decision not to indict Officer Lucas Jones has infuriated supporters of Jerime Mitchell, 37, who was shot in the neck during a…
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Pallbearer Dies in Car Crash on Way to Best Friend's Funeral
Malik Cooper, 20, was on his way home to Atlanta from Tuskegee University in Alabama, where he was a business student. Cooper was carrying sadness with him on the road because his trip home was being made so that he could be a pallbearer for his best friend, 15-year-old Marquez Montgomery, who was fatally shot…