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A West Bloomfield, Mich., mother is upset that her daughter ordered a pizza from a local Domino’s Pizza, only to receive the pie along with a receipt with the words “[f—k] this [c—t]” printed on it.   Kenyatta Robinson says she believes that this all stems from an argument she had with the restaurant’s manager, which…

The family of a 14-year-old black girl accuses Mall of America security guards of using excessive force to restrain her over a curfew violation, as the local NAACP calls for a boycott, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. According to Isabella Brown’s family, mall guards approached her around 5 p.m. on Dec. 26 and asked Isabella…

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Friday that he’s calling on the state’s attorney general to investigate comments made by a local councilman, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. Jackson Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes said, “When you have these police officers coming from other jurisdictions and they will not respect human life, then I said we should…

Samaria Rice told MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Saturday that she’s “mad as hell” that a grand jury declined to indict the Cleveland cop who fatally shot her 12-year-old son, Tamir. “Due to the corrupt system, I have a dead child,” she told Harris-Perry. Rice added: “I feel like breath has been taken out my body again,…

The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab released a recruitment video Friday targeting African Americans and Muslims, which features Donald Trump, the Associated Press reports. It appeared on Twitter and reportedly recounts the stories of several Somali-Americans from Minnesota who journeyed to East Africa to fight alongside al-Shabab. The nearly hour-long video points to Ferguson, Mo., and…

Texas Christian University quarterback Trevone Boykin was arrested and charged with a felony early Thursday morning after allegedly hitting a bicycle patrol officer after a bar fight, according to ESPN. Boykin was formally charged with a third-degree felony, posted a $5,000 bond and was released from custody late Thursday morning.  The quarterback, along with wide receiver Preston Miller,…

Renowned psychiatrist Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, author of the seminal 1991 work The Isis (Yssis) Papers: The Keys to the Colors (Third World Press), has died. She was 80 years old.  “Media Assassin” Harry Allen reported via Twitter that Welsing died at 5:30 a.m. Saturday from a stroke she suffered earlier in the week.  Welsing was…

Philadelphia’s annual Mummers Parade hit the scene once again on Friday and was yet again mired in a series of racist and homophobic acts along the parade route, including the assault of a gay man, according to reports.  The 116-year-old folk festival, considered the oldest in the United States, was created by Scandanavian, European and,…