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Man Accused of Running Over, Killing Black Teen Is Linked to White Supremacist Prison Gang: Cops
Investigators say that that an Oregon man accused of running over a black teen and killing him is associated with a white supremacist prison gang, the Washington Post reports. According to the Post, police are not sure what started the fight between Russell Courtier and Larnell Bruce or why, according to authorities, Courtier chased the…
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Minn. Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Firebombing Somali Restaurant in Hate Crime
A Minnesota man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to a federal hate crime for starting a fire at a Somali restaurant in North Dakota, the Associated Press reports. Prosecutors said that Matthew Gust did not like Somalis and did not want them living in the area. Gust, of East…
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Student Killed at NYC J'Ouvert Event Told Man to Stop Grinding on Her, Cops Say
A St. John’s University student who was killed during J’Ouvert festivities in Brooklyn, N.Y., had reportedly told a man to stop grinding against her, police said Tuesday, according to the New York Post. According to the report, 22-year-old Tiarah Poyau was walking the J’Ouvert route with three friends when she was accosted by a man. Poyau told…
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Man Who Killed Wife's Would-Be Rapist Cleared of All Charges
On Wednesday, Mamadou Diallo, a Bronx, N.Y., man who killed his wife’s would-be rapist, became a free man, the New York Daily News reports. Diallo’s wife called him when she fought off Earl Nash in their apartment. Diallo, 61, arrived shortly after to save her, armed with a tire iron, the weapon that killed Nash. The medical…
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Video Footage Shows Questionable Arrest of Black Teenage Girls in Texas
Vanae Wright, 17, and her friend Leilani Green were eating at a Whataburger restaurant in San Antonio on Friday when sheriff’s deputies arrested them because of what the lawyer for one of the teens is calling racial profiling, according to the Huffington Post. Deputies were responding to reports of a fight in the Whataburger parking…
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Man Shoots Ex-Wife and Son, Confesses on Facebook Live
Earl Valentine is facing first-degree murder charges for the death of his 15-year-old son. He also shot and critically wounded his ex-wife, Keisha Valentine, in her home in Norlina, N.C., according to the New York Daily News. After shooting both his son and ex-wife, Valentine took to Facebook Live to confess early Tuesday. “What’s up,…
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NYC Man Tried to Hail Cab After Being Beaten but Was Rejected, Later Dies
Willy Montilla, 41, was knocked unconscious and later died after being punched three times in the chest by a man Monday morning in the Bronx, N.Y., the New York Daily News reports. At about 9:45 a.m. in the Parkchester section of the New York City borough, Montilla was attacked by a man who hit him…
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Graffiti of 'Racist' Maine Gov. Depicted Wearing KKK Hood Sparks Debate in Portland
The mural is for sure a controversial one. An unknown artist or artists in Portland, Maine, painted the state’s Gov. Paul LePage wearing a white hood and robe, complete with a red Ku Klux Klan insignia next to bold words declaring “racist,” “homophobe” and “moron.” “Governor” was written underneath them all, but that was marked…
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New Ill. Law Aims to Train Drivers on What to Do if Stopped by Police
Illinois has a new law intended to help drivers figure out what to do if they are stopped by police, the Chicago Tribune reports. As the site notes, the new piece of legislation comes in the middle of widespread tension over how traffic stops can often escalate and even be deadly. The bill, which was…
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Chicago Father Prays for Son's Safety on 1st Day of School
As summer draws to a close and the remaining schools in the nation open, social media has been flooded with cute back-to-school photos of proud parents showing off their children all geared up for the new school year. However, for some parents, like those in Chicago, the school year brings some apprehension as they worry…