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South African Judge Placed on ‘Special Leave’ After Facebook Rant Claiming Rape Is Black People’s Pastime
A South African High Court judge is under heavy scrutiny for comments made about black culture and rape, saying that rape is a pastime for black people, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, the Facebook rant is from an exchange between activist Gillian Schutte and Judge Mabel Jansen that occurred about a year…
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Pistol Owned by Sammy Davis Jr. Purchased in Los Angeles Gun Buyback
Some 791 guns were collected over a gun-buyback program in Los Angeles over the weekend, according to the Los Angeles Times. Returns to the program included “364 handguns, 144 shotguns, 237 rifles, 42 assault-style weapons”; four of the firearms submitted didn’t fit into a specific category. A 1911 .45-caliber pistol owned by Sammy Davis Jr.…
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‘I Don’t Do Black Hair’: SC Barber Arrested for Pulling Gun on Black Man
Larry Thomas, a 65-year-old Rock Hill, S.C., barber, was arrested and charged after authorities say he refused to cut a black man’s hair and placed his hand on his gun when the customer asked about getting a shave. “He said, ‘I don’t do black hair,’ ” the customer, Arthur Hill, of Fort Mill, S.C., told…
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‘Affluenza’ Teen to Serve 720 Days in Prison
Ethan Couch, the Texas teen who used the now infamous “affluenza” defense after a 2013 drunken driving crash killed four people and seriously injured two others, is set to serve nearly two years in prison. Couch was sentenced in April, but a judge allowed his legal team to prepare a defense against the order. On…
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George Zimmerman Is Auctioning the Gun Used to Kill Trayvon Martin
George Zimmerman is auctioning the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman, the overzealous former neighborhood watchman, has listed the Kel-Tec PF-9 9 mm on a gun broker website, CNBC reports. Zimmerman contends that he used the gun to stop a “brutal attack” by unarmed teen Trayvon Martin in 2012, killing the teen. “The firearm…
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2nd Officer’s Trial to Begin in Freddie Gray Case
The trial of Baltimore Police Officer Edward M. Nero in the arrest and subsequent death of Freddie Gray is set to begin Thursday. It starts after months of delays over appeals involving whether officers will testify against one another. The state eventually ruled that officers are compelled to testify in the trials of other officers. Nero has…
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Del. Teen Didn’t Expect High School Bathroom Assault to End in Death, Attorney Says
Attorney John Deckers is calling the Delaware high school bathroom assault that left a 16-year-old dead an “unforeseeable tragedy,” saying that his client—who is charged with criminally negligent homicide—had no way of knowing that the incident would end in death, the Associated Press reports. Deckers says that his client, who is also 16, has maintained…
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Susan Rice Promotes Diversity in National Security at Fla. International University Commencement
While giving a commencement address at Florida International University in Miami on Wednesday, National Security Adviser Susan Rice spoke passionately about the importance of diversity in the national security space. Rice highlighted the importance of having the field reflect “America’s best self to the world.” “A diverse national security workforce enables us to unlock all…