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David Duke, Former KKK Grand Wizard, Contemplating Run for Congress in Aftermath of Dallas Shooting
So … David Duke is considering a run for Congress. According to the Daily Beast, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan is seriously considering challenging House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) in the upcoming congressional election. “I’ve very seriously set up an exploratory committee to run for the United States Congress against…
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Black Yale Employee Arrested, Loses Job After Smashing Stained Glass Panel Depicting Slaves Carrying Cotton
An employee at Yale University is out of a job and now has an arrest record after smashing a stained glass panel in the university’s Calhoun residential college dining hall that depicted slaves carrying cotton, the New Haven Independent reports. Corey Menafee said that he was tired of looking at the “racist, very degrading” panel…
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5 Suspects Arrested After Allegedly Opening Fire at DC Police Officers; ‘Not a Planned Attack’
Washington, D.C., police have arrested five people who reportedly took shots at officers, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, no injuries were reported as of early Tuesday. The shooting comes days after the fatal shooting of five police officers in Dallas last week. Washington Post reporter Peter Hermann tweeted that police said the…
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Store Owner Accuses Police of Ilegally Confiscating Security System After Alton Sterling's Death
The owner of the Baton Rouge, La., convenience store in front of which Alton Sterling was fatally gunned down by police is suing the city and the police department, WAFB reports. Abdullah Muflahi is accusing authorities of illegally taking him into custody and confiscating the entire security system of his store without a warrant. The…
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Off-Duty Cops Walk Off Job as Security for Minn. Lynx Game After Players Warm Up in Black Lives Matter Shirts
Players from the WNBA team the Minnesota Lynx are taking a stand against police brutality, choosing, as many others have done, to warm up in shirts making a political statement. The shirts, according to the Washington Post, read, “Change Starts With Us—Justice and Accountability” on the front. On the backs of the shirts were the names…
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9-Year-Old Girl Uses Money to Buy Lunch for Detroit Cops Following Dallas Shooting
Instead of spending her birthday treating herself, a 9-year-old Detroit girl decided to show her appreciation for some of the city’s cops by bringing them lunch, WWJ reports. According to the news station, Samya McLaughlin brought the city’s 11th Precinct officers bagged lunches of sandwiches, chips, fruit and a cookie, paying for the lunches with…
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Off-Duty NYPD Officer Who Fatally Shot Delrawn Small Stripped of Badge, Gun
The off-duty NYPD officer who fatally shot Delrawn Small during a road rage incident July 4 has been placed on modified duty, CBS New York reports. It had been previously reported that the officer, identified as Wayne Isaacs, shot and killed Small after Small got out of his vehicle and punched Isaacs repeatedly in the head, prompting…
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Mich. Courthouse Shooter Identified as Larry Darnell Gordon
The man who fired shots inside the Berrien County (Mich.) Courthouse Monday, killing two bailiffs and injuring two others, has been identified as Larry Darnell Gordon, WOOD TV reports. According to the report, a deputy was escorting Gordon from a holding cell to the courtroom when Gordon overpowered the deputy, snatched his gun and started…