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DC-Area Schools Walk Out of Class in Protest of Trump
One week after the presidential election, students from Woodrow Wilson Senior High School in Washington, D.C., walked out of class in protest of Donald Trump, CBS DC reports. Students from many other schools followed, and the protest went on to Trump’s D.C. hotel and the Capitol on Tuesday. The principal of Wilson, Kimberly Martin, sent…
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2 White South African Men Arrested After Chilling Video Shows Them Forcing Black Man Into Coffin
Horrific footage that has since been taken down from YouTube shows a black South African man’s harrowing ordeal as he was forced into a coffin by two white men who threatened him. According to the Washington Post, Victor Mlotshwa was walking and minding his own business when he was approached by two white men who…
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Fliers Saying ‘White Women Shouldn’t Date Black Men’ Appear on SMU Campus
The latest college campus under scrutiny for alleged racist actions is Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where fliers have been put up warning white women not to date black men, the Huffington Post reports. The fliers, found in a dorm and the science building on campus, are titled, “Why White Women Shouldn’t Date Black Men.” “SMU…
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Minn. Officer Who Fatally Shot Philando Castile Charged With Manslaughter
The St. Anthony, Minn., police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile earlier this year during a traffic stop will be facing manslaughter charges, NPR reports. According to the report, Rasmey County Attorney John Choi has claimed that the use of force by Officer Jeronimo Yanez was not justified and that a review of dashcam…
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Atlanta Man Gunned Down After Joking About Voting for Trump
Mitchell Mormon Jr., 32, was outside the Church Bar in Atlanta on a first date Saturday when he got into an argument with another man and was eventually gunned down after jokingly saying that he voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election, the New York Post reports. Shaunita Walker, 25, the woman Mormon was…
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Elementary School Volunteer Indicted on Additional Charges in Federal Child-Porn Case
A former elementary school volunteer who was already facing several charges related to allegedly producing child pornography was indicted Monday on two additional sex charges by a federal grand jury, the Washington Post reports. Deonte Carraway, 23, of Glenarden, Md., is now facing 15 federal counts of sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography,…
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Suspect Arrested in Case of Dismembered Toddler Found in Chicago's Garfield Park Lagoon
Chicago police arrested a suspect Tuesday in the death of a toddler whose dismembered remains were found in a lagoon last year, BuzzFeed reports. Kamel Harris, 41, is accused of killing 2-year-old Kyrian Knox because the child would not stop crying in pain after drinking some milk. Harris was caring for the lactose intolerant toddler at…
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NFL Player’s Father Identified as Victim Killed in Okla. Airport Shooting
The father of a Kansas City Chiefs player has been identified as the victim killed in a shooting at an Oklahoma airport Tuesday. Michael Winchester, 52, was a Southwest Airlines employee and the father of James Winchester, a long snapper with the Kansas City Chiefs. Michael Winchester was killed Tuesday in a shooting at Oklahoma…