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Ga. Man Says He Was Beaten for Allegedly Stealing a Tomato He Says He Purchased
An Atlanta man claims that he was severely beaten by an off-duty police officer working as security for Wal-Mart and spent three days in jail after he was accused of stealing a tomato that he had purchased. Tyrone Carnegay told WSB-TV that the security guard confronted him during the October 2014 incident as he tried…
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Trump Takes All 5 States in Tuesday’s Primaries; Clinton Wins Md., Del., Conn. and Pa.; Sanders Takes RI
Updated Tuesday, April 26, 10:32 p.m. EDT: Hillary Clinton won four out of five Democratic primary contests Tuesday night, winning the state of Connecticut against Bernie Sanders, according to the Associated Press. A total of 55 delegates were at stake in the state. In Tuesday night’s contests, part of the so-called Acela primary, 172 delegates are…
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DC Mayor Announces New Regulation That Will Allow 107-Year-Old Who Danced With Obama to Obtain Photo ID
Longtime Washington, D.C., native Virginia McLaurin, famous for her gleeful dancing as she met with the President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, saw little hope in ever obtaining a government-issued photo ID. Speaking to the Washington Post over the weekend, the 107-year-old detailed how she had lost her ID when her purse was stolen several years…
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Add Riding a Bike to Growing List of Things Black People Can’t Do
Add riding a bicycle in Tampa, Fla., to the growing list of everyday activities that black people can’t do. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, which released findings Tuesday from an investigation into the Tampa Police Department’s bike-ticketing practices, some 80 percent of all bicycling tickets issued were made out to African Americans, 10…
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Detroit Youths Win National Chess Competition
A chess team coming out of Detroit’s University Prep Science & Math claimed victory in the Under 14 category at the 13th annual KCF All-Girls National Championships Sunday, the Detroit News reports. “I was pretty amazed,” Jada Hamilton, 13, told the news site. “It’s hard to describe how I felt that day because I was…
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Former NFL Player Sues Mich. Pub After Allegations of Racial Discrimination
Former NFL player Quentin Hines is taking his racial-discrimination allegations to court after not receiving any apology from the Mount Clemens, Mich., bar where a bartender-manager reportedly called him the n-word, WXYZ reports. Hines, who is currently the football coach at Mount Clemens High School, said that he was called the n-word by the bartender-manager…
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Documents Show Racist and Slur-Filled Texts Reportedly Sent by Former San Francisco Police Officer
Racist texts allegedly sent to and from a now-former San Francisco police officer are coming to light and have been released by CNN. “I hate that beaner,” one text proclaims, “but I think the nig is worse.” “Indian ppl are disgusting,” another reads. The dozens of messages obtained by CNN are not the complete list…
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Ga. State University Student Missing After Shared Uber Ride
The last time Georgia State University student Monique Priester spoke with her mother was Friday evening. ” ‘Mom, I saw you called,’ ” the 21-year-old told her mother, Jacqueline VanLoo-Al Kush, in their last conversation around 6:15 p.m. Friday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. “‘Everything OK?’ I was like, ‘Yeah. Where are you?’ “ The 21-year-old…