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Chicago Mayor Blames Rising Murder Numbers on Viral Videos of Cop Violence
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is blaming his city’s murder rate on what he calls “the chilling effects of high-profile protests against police brutality and officers’ fear of cell phone videos of their actions going viral,” according to CNN. “We have allowed our police department to get fetal and it is having a direct consequence,” Emanuel said…
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Conservative Website Posts Photo of Malia Obama at Brown University Near Beer Pong Game
First daughter Malia Obama whipped social media into a frenzy last weekend when she visited Brown University in Providence, R.I., for a tour of its campus, according to BuzzFeed. While the visit was worthy of social media posts, it was a Snapchat photo that sent fingers flying across keyboards about the high school senior, who…
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NYC Mom Accused of Tossing Infant Out of 6th-Floor Window
A 27-year-old Bronx, N.Y., mother who was once licensed to operate a home day care center has been charged with murder after allegedly tossing her infant daughter from a sixth-floor apartment window, according to NBC 4 New York. Tenisha Fearon is accused of dangling her 6-month-old daughter, Janillah Lawrence, from the window of their home…
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2 Ex-Ga. Deputies Cleared of Involuntary Manslaughter in Death of Matthew Ajibade
A jury in Savannah, Ga., on Friday cleared two former Chatham County sheriff’s deputies of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Matthew Ajibade, a 22-year-old mentally ill college student who died earlier this year in police custody, according to CNN. Jason Kenny, 31, and his former supervisor, Cpl. Maxine Evans, 56, were found guilty of…
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NAACP Decries ‘Lynching’ Halloween Display in Utah
The celebration of Halloween brings up all sorts of interesting debates. If it’s not reports of blackface and cultural appropriation for Halloween parties, it’s stories centered on nooses and depictions of lynching as decorations. This time, a Roy, Utah, man prompted an NAACP response after he put up an animated lynching display in front of…
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Prairie View, Texas, Residents Demand Answers in Tasing of Black Councilman Jonathan Miller
Thursday’s special City Council meeting in Prairie View, Texas, which was meant to address the tasing and arrest of black Councilman Jonathan Miller, was abruptly canceled late Wednesday. The cancellation didn’t stop more than two dozen residents from gathering at City Hall demanding answers, the Los Angeles Times reports. Tensions have remained high in Prairie…
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Missing Army Reservist Found Dead in St. Louis Alley
Demolition workers in St. Louis made a gruesome discovery Thursday morning when a decomposed body was found in an alley. The body has been identified as that of a missing Army reservist, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Authorities confirmed that they found the body of Robert Lovings Polk, who was last seen Oct. 3, when,…
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Pa. High School Soccer Player, Born Without Lower Legs, Inspires Teammates
Emmanuel Hilton is a 17-year-old soccer goalie at Blackhawk High School in Chippewa, Pa. Emmanuel, however, was born without his lower legs. Despite this, the bright young man, who was adopted from an orphanage in the Republic of Congo, continues to kill the game as a backup goalkeeper for his school’s junior varsity team, WPXI reports. …
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10 Arrested During RI High School Protest After Video Shows Teen Slammed by Cop
A Rhode Island high school student was cuffed and another student was slammed to the floor by a school resource officer who claims the two students attacked him, although video of the incident seems to tell a different story. According to ABC 6 News, a 40-second video posted to social media shows the tail end…
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Double-Amputee Football Player ‘Motivates and Inspires’ Okla. High School Teammates
Playing football, even at the high school level, takes a lot of tenacity and willpower. Joe Martel III, who happens to have prosthetic legs, has tenacity and willpower in spades. According to MaxPreps, the freshman is a defensive lineman for his high school in Beggs, Okla., and is already having a huge impact on his…