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Former Okla. City Cop Daniel Holtzclaw Is No Longer in Prison Database
Daniel Holtzclaw is no longer listed on the website for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, and officials are citing security reasons, KFOR reports. The news station notes that the website, which shows criminal convictions, mug shots and inmates’ locations, has deleted Holtzclaw, who was recently sentenced to 263 years in prison for raping several women…
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Family of Ramarley Graham, NYC Teen Fatally Shot by Cop, to US Attorney’s Office: ‘Foot-Dragging Is Unacceptable’
The family of Ramarley Graham, a black teen who was gunned down in his Bronx, N.Y., home by a police officer, is demanding justice in the teen’s case, telling the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara that the “foot-dragging is unacceptable,” the New York Daily News reports. Tuesday will mark…
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Minn. High Schoolers Face Suspension Over KKK-Like Costumes
A handful of Minnesota high school students are facing disciplinary action because of Ku Klux Klan-like costumes that they donned during a school fundraiser last week, WCCO reports. At least seven students at Mound Westonka High School were said to have worn outfits resembling KKK robes at a dodgeball event held at the school Wednesday.…
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Journalist Michael J. Feeney, Who Was Set to Start Dream Job at CNN, Dies at 32
The journalism world suffered a great loss Sunday when Michael J. Feeney, a veteran journalist who was set to start his dream job as an entertainment reporter at CNN.com, died of complications from a staph infection in his kidneys. He was 32. “Mike did everything to help everyone,” his mother, Reba Willis, told the New…
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Department of Justice to Investigate San Francisco Police Department After Mario Woods Shooting
The U.S. Department of Justice is set to open an investigation into the San Francisco Police Department after disturbing video captured the shooting of a young black man and, in a separate incident, some officers reportedly shared homophobic and racist text messages. According to the Los Angeles Times, details of the review are expected to…
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Fla. Burger King Employee Burns Uniform After Getting Fired, Gets Arrested
A St. Augustine, Fla., Burger King worker was arrested Wednesday after he reportedly set his uniform on fire after learning he had been let go. Timothy Alejandro Ortiz, 24, was supposed to return his uniform to his manager, but he allegedly stormed out of the store with his shirt and hat in hand and then,…
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Chicago Man Guilty of Murder After Giving Niece Gun to Settle Facebook Dispute
A Chicago man was found guilty Saturday of first-degree murder for giving a gun to his niece to handle a Facebook dispute. According to the Chicago Tribune, 27-year-old Donnell Flora was convicted over an April 2014 incident in which he gave his then-14-year-old niece a .38-caliber revolver, which prosecutors say the teen then carried to…
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UN Reveals New Cases of Child Sex Abuse by European Peacekeepers in Africa
The United Nations revealed six new alleged child-sex-abuse cases by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, the Associated Press reports. U.N. officials said at a press conference Friday that five girls and a boy accused European troops of abusing them. According to a statement from the U.N. human rights office, the youngest victim, a 7-year-old…
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Ky. Civil Rights Leader Georgia Davis Powers Dies
Georgia Davis Powers, a leading figure in the struggle for racial equality in Kentucky, died at age 92, the Associated Press reports. Powers reportedly passed away Saturday at her brother’s home in Louisville, Ky. Her longtime friend Muhammad Ali said, “She was fighting for equality for all people while I was still fighting for my…
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Fla. Toddler Dies in Drive-By Shooting
Jacksonville, Fla., police said Saturday that a 22-month-old boy died in a drive-by shooting, NBC News reports. The toddler, Aiden Michael McClendon, was in a parked car Friday night with his mother and grandmother when a white vehicle opened fire. Aiden was struck three times and taken to a hospital, where he died from the…