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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,…
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Trump: ‘I’m Going to Win the African-American Vote’
Donald Trump wants to clear a few things up. He has not insulted blacks or Asians. He is not Islamophobic. He has many Muslim friends. He is the least racist person Don Lemon knows. And he is going to win the African-American vote. Or so he said during an interview Wednesday on CNN Tonight With…
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NYC Man Accused of Killing Ex-Girlfriend Commits Suicide
A Bronx, N.Y., man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in their home last week took his own life Tuesday, police sources told the New York Post. A passerby found 30-year-old Tyrone Lowe with a single gunshot wound to the head in the back of a Honda minivan parked in front of a bowling alley in the…
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Protests Erupt in Chicago After Mayor Apologizes for Laquan McDonald’s Death
Hundreds of protesters took to Chicago’s streets Wednesday, blocking traffic and reportedly attempting to storm business buildings while calling for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s resignation. The protest came just hours after the mayor, during a special Chicago City Council meeting, publicly apologized for the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by a police officer, Newsweek…
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Trial Begins for Chicago Police Commander Who Allegedly Put Gun in Suspect’s Mouth
The trial for a Chicago police commander accused of putting his gun in a suspect’s mouth began Tuesday, Reuters reports. Glenn Evans, who has been praised for his efforts in combating crime in some of the city’s toughest areas, has been relieved of his duties while his case is being decided, the newswire reports. Evans…