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Report: Former NBA Star Darryl ‘Chocolate Thunder’ Dawkins Dead at 58
Darryl Dawkins, the former NBA player known for his monstrous backboard-breaking dunks, has died at age 58, WFMZ reports. According to the news station, in 1975 Dawkins became the first player ever drafted to the NBA directly from high school. Affectionately nicknamed Chocolate Thunder by Stevie Wonder, the 6-foot-11-inch center played for several teams over…
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Mich. Man Allegedly Robbed Bank to Pay for Daughter’s Chemo
A Michigan man who robbed a local credit union reportedly did so in a desperate attempt to help pay for his daughter’s chemotherapy, according to authorities, ABC News reports. Brian Randolph, 23, is accused of entering the Vibe Credit Union in South Lyon earlier this month and passing a note demanding money. The note said…
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George Zimmerman Says ‘Pansy’ Va. Shooter Committed a ‘Hate Crime,’ Calls Obama an ‘Ignorant Baboon’
This guy. On Wednesday the nation was left reeling after a gunman, identified as Vester Lee Flanagan II, who also went by the name Bryce Williams, fatally shot two WDBJ7 employees—reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward—during a live broadcast. Turns out that George Zimmerman, best known for gunning down unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin,…
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Trump Unfazed by White Supremacists’ Praise: ‘Everybody Likes Me’
Donald Trump’s name has made headlines in connection with two different white supremacists. A North Dakota supremacist wanted to rename a small town after Trump because he admired the Republican presidential candidate. A short time after that report, Trump seemingly hit the mother lode when notorious former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke endorsed…
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St. Louis Cop Takes 5-Year-Old Who Witnessed His Mother’s Slaying on Back-to-School Shopping Spree
On Aug. 12, a gunman fatally shot 24-year-old Whitney Brown as she sat in her car on a North St. Louis street. Her 5-year-old son, Jakeem, was in the backseat. On Tuesday, a St. Louis County police officer and his wife, both of whom were saddened by the story but wish to remain anonymous, took…
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Driver Who Flew Confederate Flag From Vehicle Runs Over 4-Year-Old Black Boy, Gets Beaten: Report
A white, 18-year-old driver in Minnesota was reportedly beaten by 10 people after he allegedly ran over a 4-year-old black child, the Daily Mail reports. The teen, identified only as “Ryan,” reportedly was known for flying a Confederate flag from his pickup truck before the flag was burned by neighborhood kids last month, WKOW reports.…
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Va. Gunman May Have Worked as a Male Escort and Other Strange Findings From the WDBJ Shooting
Early Wednesday morning, Vester Lee Flanagan II, reportedly upset over being fired from Virginia news station WDBJ7 in 2013 as well as the June church massacre in Charleston, S.C., targeted two of his former colleagues and fatally shot them during a live broadcast. If that wasn’t horrible enough, after killing WDBJ7 journalists Alison Parker and Adam…
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Suspected Gunman in Killing of 2 TV Journalists: Charleston, SC, Shooting Was Tipping Point
ABC News reports it received a fax from a man claiming to be alleged gunman Bryce Williams, legal name Vester Lee Flanagan II, in the form of a 23-page document titled a “Suicide Note for Friends and Family,” shortly after two reporters were shot and killed. According to ABC, the author wrote that the recent Charleston, S.C.,…
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Civil Rights Icon Amelia Boynton Robinson Dies at 104
Iconic civil rights activist Amelia Boynton Robinson, who almost died while helping to lead the march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., during “Bloody Sunday” in 1965, has passed away at the age of 104, her son, Bruce Boynton, confirmed to the Associated Press. Boynton Robinson was among the many individuals fighting for civil rights who…
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All the Bizarre Facts We Know About Vester Lee Flanagan II, aka Bryce Williams, the Suspect in Va. Journalist Shootings
Updated Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, 2:35 p.m. EDT: Vester Lee Flanagan II, 41, the suspect in the fatal shooting of two journalists on the air in Virginia, was arrested in critical condition after reportedly shooting himself. He has died from those wounds, according to Yahoo News. The news station notes that around 11:30 a.m., a…