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Herschel Walker Is Losing His Black Friends Over His Support for Trump
Former Dallas Cowboys running back and Celebrity Apprentice contestant Herschel Walker is losing his black friends over his love for Donald Trump. According to TMZ Sports, Walker’s black friends aren’t cool with the fact that Walker has been Team Trump this election, and they’ve even resorted to calling Walker names. Walker says that his friendship…
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Ex-Cowboy Greg Hardy Indicted on Cocaine Possession
Greg Hardy’s woes continue, with USA Today reporting that the former NFL defensive end was indicted Monday on felony cocaine possession. Hardy was arrested in September after authorities said a search of his car turned up a “purple plastic Baggie containing a white pasty substance” that weighed 0.7 grams, the newspaper reports. A Richardson (Texas) Municipal…
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Ga. Mom Faces Charges After Allegedly Forcing Son to Walk Naked in School Parking Lot
A Georgia mother is facing charges of child cruelty after police say she forced her 11-year-old son to walk naked through his elementary school parking lot Halloween morning as punishment, Fox 5 Atlanta reports. According to the report, Joyce Sweetheart Cole told her son that she would embarrass him in front of people if he…
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Ga. Brothers Plead Guilty to Parents' Brutal Attack, Get Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
Two Georgia brothers pleaded guilty to a brutal attack on their parents late Monday afternoon, expressing remorse for their actions even as they were sentenced to 20 years in prison, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Christopher Ervin, the older brother, told the court and everyone in it that he had been in a bad place at…
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#NoDAPL: Water Protectors Participate in 3 Demonstrations Sunday
Water protectors who have been protesting against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota participated in three different nonviolent protests Sunday. Independent news site Unicorn Riot was live at the scene when a group of several dozen water protectors drove into Bismarck, N.D., on Sunday morning and held a demonstration at Fairview…
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Justice Department Will Monitor Polls in 28 States on Election Day
The U.S. Justice Department announced Monday that its Civil Rights Division will deploy more than 500 personnel to 67 jurisdictions in 28 states to monitor the polls on Election Day, Nov. 8. Although states and local governments have the primary responsibility of administering elections, the Civil Rights Division enforces the federal voting rights laws that…
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Baton Rouge, La., Police Officer Sues DeRay Mckesson for Protest Injury
A Baton Rouge, La., police officer who says that he was injured during a protest of a deadly police shooting filed a lawsuit against prominent activist and Campaign Zero co-founder DeRay Mckesson on Monday. According to the Associated Press, the officer, who is identified only as John Doe in the lawsuit, says he was struck…
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NYC Woman Dies After Being Thrown in Front of Subway Train
A 46-year-old Queens, N.Y., woman is dead after being pushed in front of a subway train in Times Square on Monday, the New York City Police Department said. Assistant Chief William Aubry, the commander of Manhattan detectives, told the New York Times that witnesses on the train and the subway platform pointed out the suspect…
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Assemblywoman Charged With Beating 12-Year-Old Son With Broomstick
A New York state assemblywoman, Diana Richardson, is facing charges for allegedly beating her 12-year-old son with a broomstick, CBS News reports. Richardson, who represents Brooklyn, N.Y.’s 43rd Assembly District, was arrested Saturday after her son told police that she caused an abrasion on his arm during an argument they were having at home. According…