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Baby ‘AirForceOne Barack Obama’ Born During Obama’s Weekend Visit to Kenya
Turns out that several Kenyans, in honor of President Barack Obama’s visit to his ancestral homeland over the weekend, took to naming their newborns after the president and even Air Force One. According to ABC News, Baby AirForceOne (full name: “AirForceOne Barack Obama”) was one of three babies born in Kisumu, Kenya, on Friday who…
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Ind. Officer’s Son Attacks Man Filming Arrest During Ride-Along: Report
Evansville, Ind., police are reviewing their ride-along policies after an officer’s son, who was with his father for the evening as part of the program, allegedly assaulted a man who was filming his dad making an arrest, the Evansville Courier & Press reports. One of the questions being asked in the process, according to the…
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Chicago Community Outraged After Cops Tow Car From Crime Scene With Dead Bodies Inside
Residents of a neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side were seen on video berating police officers after a car was removed from a crime scene with the bodies of victims still inside, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The video, titled “So Damn Disrespectful, This Is Just Not Right,” was uploaded to YouTube by user “Jay Hustle” and…
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37-Year-Old Woman Found Dead in Cleveland Jail: Update
Updated Monday, July 27, 6 p.m. EDT: Ralkina Jones, 37, of Cleveland argued with an ex outside a Save-a-Lot store in Cleveland Heights Friday before she was arrested and charged with “assault, domestic violence, endangering a child and criminal mischief,” according to CBS 5. According to Cleveland Heights police officials who spoke with the news…
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Cleveland Police Pepper-Spray Black Lives Matter Conference Attendees
What started as a peaceful gathering at the first Black Lives Matter conference to discuss police brutality against African Americans ended with a 14-year-old boy being arrested and several conference attendees being pepper-sprayed by police. The National Convening of the Movement for Black Lives began Friday at Cleveland State University and was ending Sunday when…
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Newark, NJ, Mayor Ras Baraka Likened to Gorilla in Reported Facebook Exchange Between 2 Cops
Newark, N.J., police are investigating an alleged Facebook exchange between a onetime city police officer and an active-duty city police lieutenant in which “Ras Baraka, the city’s African-American mayor, is referred to as a gorilla,” the Star-Ledger reports. According to the Star-Ledger, the reported incident, a screenshot of which was sent to police officials, violates the…
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Ex-NFL Player Catches Ex-Teammate Burglarizing His Home on Video
When former NFL wide receiver Bernard Berrian reviewed his home security tape after a burglary in April, he was surprised by what he saw, according to CBS Sports. What he saw was his former college teammate Therrian Fontenot burglarizing his home, writes the news outlet. The two played football together at California State University at…
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‘She Didn’t Kill Herself,’ Sandra Bland’s Mother Says at Funeral
As Sandra Bland was laid to rest on Saturday, mourners delivered powerful remembrances of the 28-year-old activist who reportedly died by suicide in a Texas jail after an arrest for a minor traffic infraction earlier this month. Her mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, was the last to speak at the service, attended by hundreds at DuPage African…
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Iranian Leader Allegedly Tweets Graphic of Obama With Gun to Head
Iran’s supreme leader allegedly tweeted a graphic Saturday that appears to show President Barack Obama holding a gun to his head, reports USA Today. The image surfaced just three days after the United States and other world powers reached a historic agreement with the country to limit Tehran’s nuclear program in return for lifting economic sanctions…
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Obama Is Proud to Be the 1st ‘Kenyan-American President’
Speaking before an affectionate crowd Sunday in his father’s homeland of Nairobi, Kenya, President Barack Obama reflected on his heritage before departing for Ethiopia during his historic trip to Africa, according to NBC News. “I am proud to be the first American president to come to Kenya, and of course I’m the first Kenyan-American to…