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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…
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Citadel Cadets Went Caroling Dressed in KKK-Style White Hoods
Eight cadets at South Carolina’s Citadel have been suspended after photos spread throughout social media showing them in white, Ku Klux Klan-style hoods and singing Christmas carols, WCIV reports. In a statement by Lt. Gen. John Rosa, the cadets were said to have been singing the carols as part of a “ghosts of Christmas past”…
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Former Oklahoma City Officer Daniel Holtzclaw Found Guilty on 18 of 36 Charges, Faces 263 Years in Prison
After more than 45 hours of deliberations over the course of four days, an Oklahoma City jury has found former Oklahoma City Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw guilty of 18 of the 36 charges against him. As previously reported by The Root, Holtzclaw was arrested last August amid accusations that he had raped 12 black women…
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NC Man Dies in Police Custody After Being Pepper-Sprayed
A North Carolina man died in police custody Wednesday after he was pepper-sprayed in a reported struggle with Winston-Salem police. According to WXII 12, officers were responding to a call made around 7:30 p.m. about shots fired when they encountered Travis Nevelle Page, 31, of Winston-Salem, who, they claim, matched the description given by the…
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Muslim Family in Texas Victims of Possible Hate Crime
Plano, Texas, investigators are trying to determine whether two back-to-back attacks on the home of a Muslim family were just a simple case of vandalism or a hate crime, CBS DFW reports. According to the report, someone threw a rock through the house window twice over the past few days. Grainy security footage captured what…
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La. Man Accused of Raping Couple 1 Day After Shooting Student
A New Orleans man who was indicted in the shooting of a Tulane University medical student has now been charged with kidnapping and raping a couple, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, video and DNA evidence links Euric Cain to the couple’s kidnapping and rape, less than 24 hours after Cain reportedly shot…
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Houston Company Gives Every Employee $100,000 Christmas Bonus
A Houston company just made all of its employees’ Christmas dreams come true after everyone, no matter his or her position or salary, received a $100,000 Christmas bonus. That’s right: All 1,380 employees at Hilcorp, “one the largest privately held oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States,” according to KTVU,…