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Nick Gordon Accused of Giving Bobbi Kristina Brown a ‘Toxic Cocktail’
Just a week after 22-year-old Bobbi Kristina Brown was laid to rest amid extreme family drama comes this: an allegation that she was killed. Her court-appointed conservator, Bedelia Hargrove, on Friday amended a lawsuit to add a wrongful death claim alleging that Brown’s longtime boyfriend, Nick Gordon, gave her a “toxic cocktail” after an argument…
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19-Year-Old Unarmed College Student Fatally Shot by Texas Police
Arlington, Texas, police fatally shot a 19-year-old college student who they claim broke into a car dealership early Friday morning, but some members of the dead man’s family find the police version of the story hard to believe. According to the Star-Telegram, around 1 a.m. Friday, police were notified of a burglary in progress at…
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Brooklyn, NY, Man Accused of Stabbing 2 Children in Elevator Doesn’t Want Psych Exam
A Brooklyn, N.Y., man who is facing life is prison since being charged with stabbing two children in an elevator, denied needing a psychiatric evaluation and insists that he is innocent, the New York Daily News reports. Daniel St. Hubert steadfastly denied needing a second mental evaluation, countering his lawyer’s request. “I’d like to refuse…
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5 Takeaways From the 1st GOP Debates
Unless you were living under some virtual (or literal) rock, you should already know that the first Republican debates occurred last night on Fox News. There were actually two: The first one, with the seven “second tier” candidates, aired on Fox News earlier in the evening. The second one, in prime time, featured the top…
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Kalief Browder’s Family Plans $20,000,000 Lawsuit Against NYC
In May 2010, Kalief Browder, then 16, was stopped and arrested on a New York City street for reportedly stealing a backpack. Browder’s family was unable to pay Browder’s bail, and although no charges were filed against Browder, he spent some three years in the jail at Rikers Island. While locked away, he endured beatings from prisoners…
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Pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church Considering Run for US Senate: Report
The pastor of Atlanta’s renowned Ebenezer Baptist Church, which was once headed by Martin Luther King Jr., is considering a run for U.S. Senate, which would pit him directly against Republican Sen. John Isakson, who will be running for his third term, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The Rev. Raphael Warnock, 46, in an exclusive interview,…
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All Lives Matter? Autopsy Pokes Holes in Police Account of Fatal Shooting of Unarmed White Teen Zachary Hammond
An independent autopsy has concluded that Zachary Hammond, an unarmed white 19-year-old killed by a Seneca, S.C., police officer July 26 during a drug bust, was shot from the side, contradicting what the officer said led up to the fatal shooting, The Guardian reports. The officer claimed that the teen was driving the vehicle toward…
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Sister of Alleged Memphis Cop Shooter: ‘It Was Kill or Be Killed’
The sister of a 29-year-old man charged with fatally shooting a Memphis, Tenn., police officer said the shooting was in self-defense because the officer was too aggressive and left her brother no choice. Callie Watkins, 28, claims that before her brother, Tremaine Wilbourn, turned himself in to police, he told her his version of events.…
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NYC Taxi Driver Fined $25,000 for Refusing to Pick Up Black Family
A New York City yellow-taxi driver was hit with a $25,000 penalty after refusing to pick up a black family but then picking up two white passengers shortly after, according to DNAinfo New York. The cabdriver, Baqir Raza, reportedly told Cynthia Jordan and her two daughters that he was off-duty when they tried to hail…
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11-Year-Old Detroit Boy Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Shooting of 3-Year-Old
An 11-year-old Detroit boy has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of 3-year-old Elijah Walker in what police are calling a tragic accident. According to ClickonDetroit, the 11-year-old, who has not been identified because he is not being charged as an adult, took the gun from his father’s closet and tossed it out…