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NYC Cop Involved in Forceful Arrest of Mail Carrier Stripped of Badge and Gun
Luis Machado, the New York City police lieutenant involved in the forceful arrest of a Brooklyn postal worker delivering mail, has been stripped of his gun and badge, the New York Post reports. According to the Post, Machado, who has been placed on modified duty, was overseeing the arrest of letter carrier Glen Grays on…
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Delrish Moss Named Ferguson, Mo., Police Chief
Veteran Florida cop Delrish Moss has been picked to lead Ferguson, Mo.’s Police Department, a department that became the subject of national news after a white officer fatally shot unarmed teen Michael Brown in 2014 and a federal probe concluded that there was racial bias throughout the city’s justice system. “Change doesn’t come easily, but…
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6 St. Louis Teens Charged with Robbery After Storming Apartment Armed with AK-47s
Six St. Louis-area teenagers reportedly stormed an apartment in west St. Louis County armed with AK-47s and other weapons Saturday leaving with two wallets from at least two people inside the home. Police arrested Landon Cremeens, 18; Caleb Hester, 18; Kerion James, 17; Nikolas Kebrdle, 18; Carlos Perkins, 17, and Matthew Peterson, 18. All of…
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Forget Microsoft and Google! Student Turns Down Full-Time Job Offers to Focus on Black Dating App ‘Bae’
Online dating stats show a clear racial bias in how black men and black women are viewed as romantic partners. In general, those two groups are the lowest rated in terms of attraction, as a 2014 OkCupid study demonstrated. Concerned about this obvious inequity, Jordan Kunzika, Brian Gerrard and Justin Gerrard created the mobile app Bae: Before Anyone Else…
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Lead Levels in Flint, Mich., Kids’ Blood Could Rise in Summer Because of Soil
The children of Flint, Mich., are expected to be exposed to even more lead contamination over the next few months—not because of the city’s drinking water but because of the high levels of lead in the soil that they will inhale during the dry summer months, the Detroit Free Press reports. Richard Sadler, an assistant…
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Chicago Police Union Hires Officer Charged With Murder in Laquan McDonald’s Shooting Death
The Chicago police union has hired the officer charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of black teen Laquan McDonald, the Associated Press reports. Jason Van Dyke, the report notes, was hired by the Fraternal Order of Police to work as a janitor about three weeks ago. Dean Angelo, president of the union, told…
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Pittsburgh TV Anchor Fired After Racist Facebook Post
A Pittsburgh-area news anchor was fired Wednesday after engaging in racial profiling of the worst kind on her official Facebook page, saying that the killers in a brutal area murder were “young black men,” reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. After a horrific mass shooting in early March in Wilkinsburg, Pa., near Pittsburgh, WTAE-TV news anchor Wendy…
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Coca-Cola Divests Significant Support From Republican National Convention
Coca-Cola, a longtime sponsor of the Republican National Convention, has declined to match the $660,000 it provided for the 2012 Republican National Convention, dropping its donation to $75,000 for this year’s gathering. At this point, most bets are on businessman Donald Trump as the presumptive nominee, and the New York Times reports that many companies…