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Detroit Police Sergeant’s Facebook Post Comparing Beyoncé Dance Troupe to KKK Sparks Investigation
A Detroit police sergeant is now the focus of an internal investigation by the city’s Police Department after comparing Beyoncé’s backup dancers to the Ku Klux Klan, WJBK reports. The officer in question posted a picture of the dance troupe in their outfits reminiscent of the Black Panthers above a picture of the notorious hate…
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White Miss. Police Officer Files Lawsuit Claiming Racial Bias After Being Fired for Shooting Death of Black Man
A former Columbus, Miss., police officer has filed a lawsuit claiming that he was fired from his job only because he is white and the man he shot dead was black, The Guardian reports. Canyon Boykin detailed in a seven-page complaint how he felt that he was being racially discriminated against and that his 14th…
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NYC University Student Faces Backlash After Threatening Classmate Over Trump Sticker on Social Media: Report
A student at St. John’s University in Queens, N.Y., sparked outrage online after threatening to smash a fellow student’s computer because of a Donald Trump presidential-campaign sticker, the Daily Mail reports. The student in question, whom the Daily Mail says was identified online as Clifford Durand, tweeted an image of the female student behind her…
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Ingrid Williams, Wife of NBA Coach Monty Williams, Dead at 44
Ingrid Williams, the wife of Oklahoma City Thunder assistant coach Monty Wililams, succumbed to injuries sustained in a car accident Wednesday at the age of 44, ESPN reports. Williams was hit head-on by another car that crossed over the center lane Tuesday night in Oklahoma City and was rushed to the hospital. The team announced…
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‘Insult to Homicide’: Cleveland Bills Tamir Rice’s Family $500 for Ambulance Ride
On Nov. 2, 2014, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed by a Cleveland police officer while he played with a toy gun in a park near his home. No officer was ever charged in the shooting, and on Wednesday, some 15 months after his death, Cleveland charged the Rice family $500 for Tamir’s final…
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Tenn. Hospital Performs Surgery on Wrong Newborn
The Melton family delivered a healthy baby boy at a Tennessee hospital. Shortly after his birth, they believed, little Nate was taken for a routine evaluation that is done of all newborns. When the nurse returned to Jennifer Melton’s hospital room talking about surgery, the mom broke down crying hysterically. “The nurse started to mention…
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Justice Department Sues Ferguson, Mo., to Force Police Reform
Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Wednesday that the Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit against Ferguson, Mo., after the City Council voted Tuesday to change the terms of a deal that would have brought sweeping changes to the city’s embattled Police Department. “The residents of Ferguson have waited nearly a year for their city…
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Watch: Md. Cop Pulls Gun on Pizza-Delivery Driver
A pizza delivery driver says that during a routine traffic stop, he was just trying to pull over in a safe spot when a Bladensburg, Md., police officer drew his gun and demanded that he get out of the car. Christopher Jeffries, 25, captured the exchange between him and the Bladensburg police officer, which…
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Fla. Man Charged After Throwing Live Alligator Through Wendy’s Drive-Thru Window
A Florida man was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly throwing a live alligator through a Wendy’s drive-thru window, the Washington Post reports. Joshua James, 24, of Jupiter was identified as the suspect in the incident, which occurred last fall, and faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly wapon; unlawful…
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Md. School Volunteer Arrested, Charged With Making Child Porn: Report
A 22-year-old Prince George’s County, Md., elementary school volunteer was arrested Friday for filming child pornography. On Wednesday the school’s principal was placed on paid administrative leave. According to ABC7, Deonte Carraway, who volunteered at Judge Sylvania W. Woods Elementary School in Glenarden, Md., is facing 10 counts of felony child pornography, sexual abuse of…