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Disturbing Video Footage Shows Another Father Pleading, ‘I Can't Breathe’ Before Dying in Jail
Michael Sabbie, 35, was found dead in his jail cell July 22, 2015, and news reports suggested that he died in his sleep. A medical examiner deemed his death “natural” because of his obesity and heart-muscle damage, implying that the tragedy was unavoidable. However, a recently released video suggests otherwise, the Huffington Post reports. Sabbie was being…
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2 Ga. High School Students Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide
Two Georgia teens were found dead late Monday in what authorities believe to be a murder-suicide, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. A relative of 15-year-old Christopher Andrews found the bodies of Christopher and his girlfriend, 16-year-old Samyah Copeland, inside a home in Riverdale. Both teens attended Riverdale High School. “It appears that the male subject shot…
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Jerry Rice Is Sorry, Y’all; He Didn’t Realize That All Lives Matter Wasn’t Our Fight
Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice admits that he dropped the ball. As it turns out, Rice wasn’t well-versed in social happenings surrounding police killings of unarmed African-American men, women and children when he spouted off, “All Lives Matter” in a recent tweet. But after being dragged on Twitter for his ill-timed tweet, the…
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Cleveland Running Back Makes Good on Promise to Donate Game Check to Police Foundation
Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell made good on his word to donate his first game paycheck to the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation after he posted a drawing of a hooded man slashing a kneeling police officer’s throat. “I said I was going to do it, and I wanted to follow through,” Crowell told Cleveland.com.…
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14-Year-Old Va. Boy Charged With Stealing 65-Cent Milk Carton to Face Trial
A 14-year-old Virginia boy will go to trial after being hit with multiple charges for “stealing” a 65-cent milk carton from his school cafeteria, even though he was enrolled in the free-lunch program, the Huffington Post reports. Back in May, Ryan Turk was charged with petit larceny and disorderly conduct after a Prince William County…
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Ga. Sheriff’s Deputy Fired for Racist Facebook Messages Targeting Black Motorists
Two former McIntosh County, Ga., sheriff’s deputies were caught in a social media scandal in which an internal-affairs investigation uncovered racist and sexist messages they exchanged on Facebook, including one message that appeared to show an effort to target black motorists, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. One officer was terminated, while the other officer abruptly resigned…
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University of Ala. Student Suspended After Racist Threats on Facebook
Editor’s note: This article contains social media posts that some may find offensive. The University of Alabama has suspended and removed a student from campus after he allegedly made racist threats on Facebook, AL.com reports. According to the news site, it is not clear what led up to the racially charged threats, but posts of…
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#FreeBresha Day of Action in Support of Teen Jailed for Killing Her Abusive Father
Updated Wednesday, Oct. 5, 8:30 p.m. EDT: The pretrial hearing for Bresha Meadows has been delayed because of “voluminous evidence being exchanged,” according to Bresha’s attorney Ian Friedman. “When we learned that Bresha was on suicide watch, we recognized the urgency of getting her released from jail,” said Mariame Kaba, a member of Survived & Punished…
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Donald Trump Appeared in Softcore-Porn Videos for Playboy Magazine
Donald Trump should have kept his mouth shut a few weeks ago when he attacked former Miss Universe Alicia Machado on Twitter, telling his followers to check out her “sex tape.” Andrew Kaczynski, formerly of BuzzFeed, now with CNN, has uncovered three videos Trump made for Playboy, dating back to 1994. In a video from…
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Atlantic Coast Prepares for Evacuations as Hurricane Matthew Approaches
The Atlantic coast is braced for the arrival of Hurricane Matthew, a deadly storm with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph that is expected to make landfall Thursday. The New York Times reports that the governors of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina have declared emergencies, and more than 7,800 National Guard soldiers were…