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#AlfredOlango Was in ‘Shooting Stance’ Aiming E-Cigarette When He Was Fatally Shot, Police Claim: Report
El Cajon, Calif., police say that the mentally ill African-American man who was shot and killed during a police encounter was in a “shooting stance” aiming an e-cigarette. According to NBC News, on Wednesday, 38-year-old Alfred Okwera Olango was killed after, police say, he took a shooting stance and aimed at officers what they later…
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NJ Train Crash Leaves 3 Dead and More Than 100 Injured
During Thursday morning’s rush hour, a NJ Transit train crashed into the Hoboken, N.J., train station, the last stop on the Pascack Valley Line, which starts in Spring Valley, N.Y., CNBC reports. According to a medical examiner, three deaths have been reported and up to 100 people are injured. Officials say that there are no…
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Obama Continues to Support Colin Kaepernick’s and Other NFL Players' Protests
This writer already knows that when President Barack Obama leaves office, I’m going to have to take a week off from work just to get my nerves together. During a CNN town hall, which aired Wednesday, the president was asked his position on NFL players protesting police violence in the black community during the national…
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Man Robs Indianapolis Bank While Dressed Like Rick James
Here’s something you don’t see every day. A bank robber in Indianapolis seemingly disguised himself as legendary musician Rick James to commit the crime, USA Today reports. The man had an accomplice who also seemed to disguise himself in classic garb, going for a more Youngblood Priest look from the 1970s movie Super Fly. The armed duo…
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Richard Gonsalves: El Cajon Police Officer Who Killed #AlfredOlango Identified
El Cajon police officer Richard Gonsalves has been identified as the officer who fatally shot Alfred Olango Tuesday afternoon after Olango’s sister called police for help because her brother was having a medical and mental health crisis. “I called three times for them to come help me,” Olango’s sister sobbed. “Nobody came; they said it’s not priority.”…
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Arizona Republic Backs Hillary Clinton for President
The Arizona Republic has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, and it is the first time in the history of the newspaper that it has backed a Democrat. The paper made its decision known in an editorial published Tuesday titled, “Hillary Clinton Is the Only Choice to Move America Ahead.” The editorial begins, “Since The Arizona…
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Congress Avoids Government Shutdown by Striking Deal to Aid Flint, Mich.
Congress appears to have avoided an Oct. 1 government shutdown by agreeing to a House vote Wednesday on federal aid for the water crisis in Flint, Mich. The Washington Post reports that senators voted 72-15 to pass the spending bill, which funds the federal government through Dec. 9, and the House is expected to vote…
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Congress Hands President Obama His 1st Veto Override
For the first time during his time in office, Congress overrode a veto by President Barack Obama on Monday, just four months before he leaves office. NPR reports that the House voted 348-77 and the Senate 97-1, well over the two-thirds majority needed to overcome the president’s objection to a bill that would allow the…