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Va. Man Convicted for Hanging a Noose Is Jailed Again for Sign in Yard
A Rocky Mount, Va., man who is facing sentencing after being convicted for hanging a noose in his front yard has landed himself back in jail after replacing the noose with a racially charged sign, the Roanoke Times reports. According to the report, during a September trial, 52-year-old Jack Eugene Turner was found guilty of…
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San Bernardino, Calif., Shooting Suspects Identified as Couple Who Left Baby Daughter With Grandma Before Massacre
Updated Thursday, Dec. 3, 11:50 a.m. EST: President Barack Obama spoke about the San Bernardino, Calif., mass shooting Thursday morning, announcing that the investigation would be handed over to the FBI. “At this stage we do not yet know why this terrible event occurred,” Obama said. “It is possible this was terrorist-related, but we don’t…
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Attorneys Deliver Opening Statements in Trial of Police Officer in Freddie Gray Case
Both sides in the trial of Baltimore Police Officer William Porter, one of six officers charged in Freddie Gray’s death while in police custody, delivered opening statements to a mostly black jury Wednesday, NBC News reports. After Gray’s arrest in April, police officers put handcuffs and ankle shackles on the 25-year-old. They placed him in…
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San Francisco Police Fatally Shoot Suspect
On Wednesday, San Francisco police fatally shot a suspect who had a knife in the Bayview District, CBS San Francisco reports. According to authorities, the man was allegedly involved in a stabbing earlier and was eventually caught by police. Police Chief Greg Suhr said that when officers attempted to detain him with nonlethal force, shooting…
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Active Shooter Reported in San Bernardino, Calif.; Multiple Victims Reported
Authorities are responding to an “active shooter” situation in San Bernardino, Calif., involving up to three suspects that has left at least 12 people dead and multiple injuries, NBC Los Angeles reports. The shooting was reported inside a social center—the Inland Regional Center—that serves people with developmental disabilities, the report notes, according to the local…
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Tenn. Officers Surprise Young Boy Who Had His Xbox Stolen in a Home Burglary
Four Memphis, Tenn., police officers gave back a little when they surprised an 11-year-old boy with a new Xbox after his old one was stolen from his home. According to the Memphis Police Department’s Facebook page, the child and his mother, who were not identified, returned home from church Sunday afternoon to find that their…
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Majority-Black Jury Selected in 1st Freddie Gray Trial
A majority-black jury will decide the fate of Baltimore City Police Officer William Porter, who was one of the officers indicted in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, the Huffington Post reports. According to the report, on Wednesday, court officials announced that eight black jurors and four white jurors will determine whether Porter—who has been…
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Man Charged in Case of Toddler Burned to Death in Oven Speaks Out: ‘I’m Not a Bad Person’
A Texas man who was charged in the gruesome death of a toddler who was found severely burned after her siblings put her inside an oven acknowledged that he and the children’s mother left them alone, but only for a short while, KHOU-TV reports. In an interview with the news station, Cornell Malone, 21, admitted…
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Black Alum Charged With Making Fake Threats Against Black Students at Kean University
A Kean University alum has been charged with making false threats against black students at the school last month and is facing one count of creating a false public alarm, the Associated Press reports. Kayla-Simone McKelvey, a New Jersey resident and self-proclaimed activist, allegedly participated in a Nov. 17 rally concerning racial issues but then…
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Chicago Police Superintendent Out, Fired Amid Laquan McDonald Video Controversy
Someone had to go, and according to the Chicago Sun-Times, the someone is Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, who was reportedly fired by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Tuesday amid multiple controversies involving the Chicago Police Department. “He has become an issue, rather than dealing with the issue, and a distraction,” Emanuel said, according to the…