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Seattle Cop Who Arrested an Elderly Man Using Golf Club as a Cane Is Fired for Racial Bias
On Tuesday the Seattle Police Department fired an officer who claimed that a 69-year-old man had swung a golf club at her that he was using as his walking stick. According to the Seattle Times, Officer Cynthia Whitlatch, 48, who is white, was adamant that William Wingate, who is African American, had taken a swing…
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Richard Sherman Uses Press Conference to Clear Up His Position on Black Lives Matter
Never one to shy away from the spotlight, a big moment or a microphone, the Seattle Seahawks’ outspoken cornerback, Richard Sherman, was supposed to be talking about the upcoming game against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, but he took the moment to address the Black Lives Matter movement. According to ESPN, Sherman started…
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Family: Carey Gabay, Aide to NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Dies
Carey Gabay, an attorney for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration who was shot in the head last week as he ducked for cover during a gang shootout at an early-morning West Indian American Day Parade celebration, died Wednesday evening. Gabay, 43, had been in critical condition since being hit by a stray bullet in…
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Lawyer for NY Governor’s Administration Who Was Shot During West Indian Celebration Is Brain-Dead, Family Says
Carey W. Gabay, a lawyer for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration who was shot in the head before the West Indian American Day Parade on Labor Day, is brain-dead, his family announced Tuesday night, the New York Times reports. Gabay, 43, was caught in a shootout in the Crown Heights neighborhood of New York…
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NC Police Chief Forced to Retire After Calling Black Lives Matter ‘an American-Born Terrorist Group’
A North Carolina police chief claims he was forced to retire after he called Black Lives Matter “an American-born terrorist group” in an “open letter” posted to his Facebook page in early September, Reuters reports. Surf City Police Chief Mike Halstead retired effective immediately after an emergency Town Council meeting was held on Tuesday in…
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Muslim Teen Arrested After Texas School Believes Homemade Clock Is a Bomb
The photo of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed is jarring. The slender Muslim teen is wearing a NASA T-shirt, glasses and a confused look on his face. He is also wearing handcuffs; a police officer stands in the background. Ahmed’s charge: being smarter than the small-mindedness displayed by those at an Irving, Texas, high school who saw…
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University of Mo. Student Posts Epic Facebook Response After Being Called ‘N–ger’
It wasn’t the first time that Payton Head had been called “n—ger” on the University of Missouri campus, but this time he figured he was going to do something about it. So the senior and president of the Missouri Students Association took to his Facebook page to vent about the most recent event during which…
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‘Oh My God, I Just Shot Vista’: Wis. Teen Charged as Adult in Shooting Death of Teen Girlfriend
On Thursday, Wisconsin teens Keller McQuay and his girlfriend, Vista Jackson, were inside Keller’s Racine home when a sawed-off shotgun discharged. Keller reportedly ran from the home saying, “Oh my God, I just shot Vista.” On Monday, Keller, 14, was charged as an adult in the shooting death of Vista, also 14. According to WMTV,…
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Police: Ky. State Trooper Was Trying to Help Man Who Fatally Shot Him
A Kentucky state trooper who was fatally shot by a suspect Sunday night was trying to help the man who ended his life, Kentucky State Police say, according to NBC News. State Trooper Joseph Ponder pulled over Joseph Johnson-Shanks around 10 p.m. Sunday on an interstate highway. It is not clear why Ponder initiated the…
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Black Journalists Group Denounces Op-Ed That Diminishes Slavery’s Legacy
A black journalists organization slammed a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist for his op-ed in which he says that American slavery wasn’t so bad, Raw Story reports. The Pittsburgh Black Media Federation called the piece “egregiously ignorant,” and said a response was necessary because the newspaper gave the column credibility by printing it. Jack Kelly’s column, titled…