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Former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing Posts Bond, Demands His Job Back
The former University of Cincinnati police officer who has been indicted for murder in the fatal shooting of Sam Dubose during a routine traffic stop has posted bail, and a union representative has filed a grievance demanding that he be reinstated with the school’s Police Department. Thomas Fehr, a representative of the Fraternal Order of…
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Tampa, Fla., School Board Suspends Music Teacher Who Allegedly Duct-Taped Child’s Eyes
A Tampa, Fla., school district will most likely fire the music teacher who allegedly duct-taped a kindergartner’s eyes shut as a form of punishment. However, for now, according to the Tampa Bay Times, the Hillsborough County School Board has voted 6-0 this week to suspend Lindsay Blanc, the music teacher in question. The 29-year-old reportedly earns…
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Chicago Man Wrongly Imprisoned Shot Dead During Drug Deal 3 Years After Walking Free
A Chicago man who was wrongly imprisoned 17 years for a murder he did not commit was killed during a drug deal Tuesday, three years after finally walking free, the New York Daily News reports. Alprentiss Nash was shot multiple times during an argument with a man in a “drug deal gone bad,” Chicago police…
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Houston Parents Break Into Day Care Center After 10-Month-Old Is Locked Inside Alone
A Texas mother is outraged that her 10-month-old son was forgotten and left alone in the dark at a locked day care center in Houston, KTRK reports. Authorities are currently investigating 30-year-old Sharonda Ross’ claims after she and her husband, Lawrence Matthews, were forced to break into the day care to retrieve their crying little boy,…
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Confederate Battle Flags Found on Grounds of Ebenezer Baptist Church Near MLK Center in Atlanta
A maintenance worker discovered four Confederate battle flags on the grounds of the Ebenezer Baptist Church—a national historic site that includes the new church, the original historic church were Martin Luther King Jr. preached and his boyhood home—near the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta early Thursday morning, the Associated Press reports. The flags…
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University of Cincinnati Officer Charged in Death of Sam Dubose Held on $1,000,000 Bail
Ray Tensing, the University of Cincinnati campus officer who fatally shot Sam Dubose during a traffic stop over a missing front license plate, has pleaded not guilty to murder and involuntary manslaughter charges, the Associated Press reports. During an arraignment on Thursday, Tensing’s bond was set at $1 million. Prosecutors have claimed that the officer…
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Drunken Underage Student Kills 3 in Wrong-Way Crash; Family Posts $1,000,000 Bail: Report
An underage University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student reportedly drank at two local bars before getting behind the wheel and driving the wrong way on the interstate, causing a head-on collision that left three people dead, authorities said. Chandler Michael Kania has been charged with second-degree murder in the July 19 accident on…
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8-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Patient to Undergo Dual Hand Transplant
Eight-year-old Zion Harvey of Owings Mill, Md., lost his hands and feet to a dangerous infection when he was just 2 years old. Now Zion is the youngest person to receive a dual hand transplant, and while there are several hurdles to cross before Zion gets the all-clear, doctors are hopeful that this will be…
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At Least 5 Black Women Have Died in Police Custody in July; WTF?!
It’s been a little over two weeks since Sandra Bland was discovered dead in her Texas jail cell from what authorities say was a suicide. In those 17 days since Bland’s controversial death, which has sparked social media fury and a plethora of unanswered questions, at least four more black women have died while in…
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University of Cincinnati Officer Charged With Murder of Sam Dubose; ‘He Purposely Killed Him,’ Prosecutor Says
Updated Wed., July 29, 3:15 p.m. EDT: Officer Ray Tensing is in custody and reportedly broke down in tears when he was notified that he was being charged with murder in the death of Samuel Dubose, according to his lawyer, Stew Mathews, NBC 12 reports. Tensing reportedly turned himself in and will be arraigned Friday, according to…