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Justice Department, State of Okla. Launch Investigation Into Death of Terence Crutcher
Oklahoma has launched a criminal investigation into the police officer who shot and killed Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man who was seen on video walking with his hands in the air, Reuters reports. Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Shelby fatally shot Crutcher, 40, after his vehicle broke down Friday. Authorities have said that Crutcher…
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Steve Harvey: ‘I Don’t Want No Damn Race Team!’
Steve Harvey doesn’t want “no damn race team.” Harvey went on his radio show today to correct a story that TMZ Sports reported (and The Root picked up) noting that Harvey wanted to start a racing team with Terrance Cox, CEO of Diversity Motorsports, but NASCAR shot them down. Cox then filed a $500 million lawsuit…
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Ga. Man Pulls Gun on Construction Crew Blocking Way Home: ‘N–gers Off the Road’
A Coweta County, Ga., man is behind bars and facing multiple charges after he was caught on video threatening a road construction crew with a gun and yelling racial slurs, Fox 5 Atlanta reports. Nelson King, who was part of the construction crew on the road at the time, told Fox 5 that he was…
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Family of Minn. Mall Stabber Shocked
Dahir Ahmed Adan, 20, stabbed 10 people at a mall in Minnesota on Saturday before getting shot and killed by an off-duty police officer, CBS News reports. Adan, who worked part time as a private security guard for an Electrolux factory, put on a uniform and went into the Crossroads Center shopping mall in St. Cloud,…
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C'mon, Son! Cris Carter Is Mad That ESPN Fired Him and Moved on With Stolen 'C'mon, Man' Bit
Cris Carter is in his feelings after ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown debuted a new lineup without him. ESPN let Carter walk before the 2016 season began and introduced a whole new team with Steve Young, Randy Moss, Trent Dilfer, Matt Hasselbeck and Charles Woodson. One of Carter’s signature segments was “C’mon, Man,” in which they…
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How NASCAR Shot Down Steve Harvey and Earned a Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
Steve Harvey wanted to start a racing team, but his efforts stalled before they even got started because NASCAR is a good-ol’-white-boys league and Steve Harvey is … well, Steve Harvey. At least that is what Terrance Cox, CEO of Diversity Motorsports, says he believes, and he has filed a $500 million lawsuit against NASCAR…
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2 Arrested After 4-Year-Old Girl Killed While Playing With a Gun
Police have arrested two individuals in connection with the death of a 4-year-old Florida girl, who shot and killed herself while playing with a gun, the Sun Sentinel reports. According to the report, little Amirra Jacques died in her home from a gunshot wound around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Her uncle, 25-year-old Nathaniel Lowe, reported a home…
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Woman Uses Couponing to Feed Thousands in Need
One East Coast woman has set a lofty goal, feeding some 30,000 meals to people in need by her 30th birthday, using a little bit of extreme couponing to help, NJ.com reports. Twenty-nine-year-old Lauren Puryear said that if she does it correctly, she can feed some 150 people with just $20, depending on the items.…
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Conn. State Police Caught on Camera Fabricating Evidence Against a Protester
State police in Connecticut are facing a lawsuit after accidentally recording themselves conspiring to fabricate evidence against a protester. The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut filed the suit Sept. 15, a year after Michael Picard was arrested for protesting near a DUI checkpoint in West Hartford, Conn. Picard often protests DUI checkpoints, which he feels…
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Tulsa, Okla., Police Release Graphic Video of Unarmed Black Motorist in Fatal Shooting
Police in Tulsa, Okla., released video footage Monday of an officer-involved shooting of an unarmed black man. Both dashcam footage and helicopter footage show that 40-year-old Terence Crutcher had his hands in the air and was unarmed when he was shot by white Police Officer Betty Shelby on Sept. 16. PBS NewsHour reports that Police…