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Texas Mom and Boyfriend Charged in Death of 19-Month-Old Found in Oven
A Houston mother and her boyfriend face four counts each of child-endangerment charges following the death of a 19-month-old who was found burned to death inside an oven. The child and her siblings had been left home alone, the New York Post reports. Racqual Thompson, 25, and Cornell Malone, 21, remain in custody, with their…
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Burger King Manager Believes Chicago Cops Erased Security Footage Showing Laquan McDonald Shooting
Jay Darshane, the district manager for a Chicago Burger King, confirmed to NBC Chicago that on Oct. 20, 2014, shortly after Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer, four cops entered the store and asked to see security footage. Darshane says he gave the officers the passcode to the footage and…
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3 White Men Arrested in Minneapolis Black Lives Matter-Protest Shooting
Minneapolis police arrested three white men Tuesday in connection with a Monday-night shooting that left five Black Lives Matter protesters wounded. According to the New York Daily News, police arrested a 23-year-old man in Bloomington, a suburb outside Minneapolis, around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. A 26-year-old man and a 21-year-old man turned themselves in around 2:30…
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Trump Adviser: Maybe Black Lives Matter Protester ‘Deserved’ to Be Roughed Up
Donald Trump’s adviser went on CNN’s New Day to defend his boss’s comments about a Black Lives Matter protester deserving to be roughed up at a recent Trump rally, Mediaite reports. “The guy’s a professional agitator. Supposedly, rumors are out there on the Internet and social media, the guy has been tased, what, 30 times?…
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Video Released Showing Police-Shooting Death of Laquan McDonald
Video was released Tuesday night of the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officers in October 2014. Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the case. The video shows Laquan being shot 16 times as he turns away from several officers who surround him. City officials tried unsuccessfully to…
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2 Men Charged in Killing of Ind. Pastor’s Pregnant Wife Plead Not Guilty
Two men facing multiple charges in the shooting death of an Indianapolis pastor’s pregnant wife pleaded not guilty Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reports. The pair, 18-year-old Larry Taylor Jr. and 21-year-old Jalen Watson, reportedly did not say much during the hearing, answering the judge’s questions about whether they understood the charges they faced, but saying…
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Formerly Homeless Wal-Mart Employee Fired for Redeeming $2 in Cans, Gets Outpouring of Support
The entire story centers around three key elements: empty cans, the proximity of said empty cans to an East Greenbush, N.Y., Wal-Mart and $2 in cash. That was all it took for 52-year-old Thomas Smith of Albany, N.Y., to lose his $9-an-hour job. Didn’t matter that he was formerly homeless and an ex-convict trying to…
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Future Pa. Police Chief in Email About Book-Drive Fundraiser: ‘N–gers Gotta Learn How to Read’
Thomas Burke, who is set to become the chief of the Farrell, Pa., Police Department on Jan. 1, gave a public apology on Monday for using the n-word in an email sent out earlier this year, WKBN reports. Burke, who is white, issued his formal apology on Monday in the rotunda of the city’s municipal…
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Chicago Cop Who Shot Black Teen 16 Times Is Charged With Murder: Report
The white Chicago police officer who shot a black teen 16 times in a fatal encounter that was caught on video has been charged with first-degree murder, multiple sources report. According to Reuters, local newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, are both reporting that murder charges were filed Tuesday against Officer Jason Van Dyke,…
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‘White Power’ Written in Snow on Several Cars Across Mich.’s Calvin College Campus
Students at Michigan’s Calvin College were greeted by fresh snow Monday morning, only for the winter wonderland to be marred by “white power” scrawled into the fresh snow on several cars on campus, Talking Points Memo reports. College President Michael K. Le Roy on social media slammed the messages, calling them “hateful, racialized and profane.”…