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Russian Supermarket Apologizes for Selling Cutting Board With Racist Image of Obama
The Bakhetle supermarket in Moscow issued an apology Thursday saying it was unaware that President Barack Obama’s image was superimposed over a monkey’s face on a cutting board, according to Agence France-Presse. The apology came after protests from the U.S. Embassy over the offensive cutting board that had an image of a family of monkeys,…
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Airbnb Hosts Discriminate Against Black Renters, Study Says
A working paper (pdf) from Harvard Business School released Wednesday found “widespread discrimination” by hosts against people with black-sounding names seeking home rentals, reports the New York Times. The Times writes that fictional guests set up by three researchers “with names like Lakisha or Rasheed were roughly 16 percent less likely to be accepted than identical…
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‘Are You Going to Shoot Me?’: Rape Victims Speak Out About Convicted Ex-Okla. Cop
After a jury found a former Oklahoma City police officer guilty of multiple charges of raping black women, two of those women spoke out about the pain and suffering they endured at the hands of a man who was supposed to protect them from criminals. Instead, he was the very man from whom they needed…
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Al Sharpton to Call on Supreme Court Justice to Recuse Himself After Racially Insensitive Remarks
The Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday will call on U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself from Fisher v. University of Texas after he argued that blacks should attend slower-track schools, where they perform better. The longtime civil rights leader is scheduled to make the call Saturday during a rally at his National…
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New England Police Union Endorses Trump
A New England police union laid out its cards for Donald Trump Thursday, endorsing the controversial Republican presidential candidate, who claims that, as president, he would call for the death penalty for people who kill cops, the Associated Press reports. The New England Police Benevolent Association offered its praise and endorsement to Trump, even as…
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Judge Orders Muslim Man Arrested for Supporting ISIS to Eat or Be Force-Fed
On Thursday a California federal judge ordered a jailed Muslim inmate, who stopped eating after his May arrest for supporting ISIS, to eat or be force-fed. Muhanad Badawi, 24, appeared in court looking rail thin, having lost 30 pounds since his arrest in May. At the time of his arrest, Badawi weighed about 140 pounds.…
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La. Marshals Who Killed 6-Year-Old Are Indicted on Murder Charges
Two Louisiana marshals who shot dead a 6-year-old and wounded the child’s father after a brief pursuit were indicted on murder charges Thursday by a grand jury, CNN reports. Derrick Stafford, 32, and Norris Greenhouse Jr., 23, were indicted on charges of second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder for the Nov. 3 shooting that left…
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Verdict in 1st Trial Over Freddie Gray’s Death Could Come Next Week
There could be a verdict as soon as next week in the first trial related to the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. The defense’s case in the trial of Police Officer William Porter, charged with involuntary manslaughter in Gray’s death, concluded Friday. Gray died earlier this year from injuries he suffered while in police…
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NH Man Accused of Robbery While Wearing Obama Mask
A New Hampshire man is facing charges for a school threat and multiple robberies, including one in which he allegedly wore a Barack Obama mask, CBS Boston reports. Ronald Szettella, 43, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of armed robbery and one count of criminal threatening, the news station notes, after having kept…
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Hillary Clinton on Donald Trump: He Isn’t Funny Anymore, He’s Dangerous
Hillary Clinton, like most of America, isn’t laughing at Donald Trump anymore. The Democratic presidential candidate appeared on NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers Thursday and said that before Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims entering the U.S., he was laughable, but that now the GOP presidential candidate has crossed the line. “I think for weeks…