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Seattle Seahawks Kam Chancellor Wanted to Buy a Gym and Gym Employees Called the Cops on Him
Kam Chancellor of the Seattle Seahawks was looking into an investment opportunity Wednesday when he ended up having to chat with police instead because two employees at the business got nervous and called 911, Fox Sports reports. According to the report, Chancellor was checking out a Redmond, Wash., gym that had recently lost its lease…
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Ala. Officer Charged With Murder in Death of Unarmed Black Man
Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey charged Montgomery, Ala., Police Officer Aaron Smith with murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man outside his mother’s house. “I will do everything in my power to protect a police officer who is operating within the law,” Bailey said Wednesday, CBS News reports. “I will…
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Texas Officer Who Arrested Sandra Bland Is Finally Fired
The Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland has formally been fired. Trooper Brian Encinia was officially fired after he failed to “rebut disciplinary charges leveled against him in January, Public Safety Director Steven McCraw wrote in a letter of final termination,” the Huffington Post reports. Encinia stopped Bland June 10, 2015, for reportedly failing to…
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Black Couple Upset Over Description Written on IHOP Receipt
A black couple are upset after realizing that the receipt they were given at an Austin, Texas, IHOP had the words “BLACK PPL” written at the top of it, Fox 7 reports. Even more surprising to them, they say, is the fact that their waiter was also black. “People being racist—and it’s your own people…
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Jesse Matthew Jr. Convicted of Murdering 2 Va. College Students
Jesse Matthew Jr. was convicted Wednesday for the murders of two Virginia college students as part of a plea deal that spared him from facing the death penalty, the Washington Post reports. The 33-year-old entered guilty pleas in Albemarle County court for the 2014 murder of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham and the 2009…
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Trump Watch: White Supremacist Given Press Credentials and Interview With Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump, the presidential candidate who refuses to denounce the Ku Klux Klan, has reportedly allowed James Edwards, a white supremacist radio talk show host, VIP access at his rallies. The “pro-white” host even landed a recent interview with the Republican front-runner’s son. According to the Huffington Post, Edwards spoke with Donald Trump Jr. in…
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Ben Carson Tells Supporters There Is No ‘Path Forward’ After Trouble-Ridden Campaign
It seems that Ben Carson’s run for president is all but over. On Wednesday the retired neurosurgeon announced to his supporters that he does not see a “path forward” and will not be attending Thursday’s debate in Detroit, the Washington Post reports. According to two Republican sources familiar with Carson’s plans, however, he will not…
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Baltimore City School Officials Investigating Video Showing Cop Slapping Young Man
The head of the Baltimore City Public School Police Force, Marshall Goodwin, was placed on administrative leave, and two officers were reassigned, after video started circulating of an officer repeatedly hitting and kicking a young man, CBS Baltimore reports. The profanity-laced incident at Reach! Partnership High School has left viewers of the footage outraged and in…
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DC Family Says Grandmother’s Body Is Missing After Finding Another Woman in Her Casket
A Washington, D.C., family are hoping that they can still have a proper burial for their beloved grandmother after finding a different deceased woman in her casket when they arrived at her viewing, NBC Washington reports. “I saw the body of another female that wasn’t my grandmother,” Tawana Murphy told the news station. “My heart…
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Trump Watch: Young Black Woman Assaulted at Ky. Rally
It’s clear that Donald Trump and his followers are willing to resort to violence to “Make America great again.” During his Super Tuesday rally in Louisville, Ky., Trump stopped his speech to demand that a young black protester be thrown out. Not ones to ignore the calling of their commander, supporters of Trump began shouting…