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Allen West: Confederate Flag Debate ‘Manufactured’ Crisis to Distract From Chicago Violence
One Republican politician isn’t too impressed with the recent, heated debate concerning the Confederate flag, calling it a “manufactured political crisis” meant to distract. Former Rep. Allen West of Florida quoted Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s statement to “never let a good crisis go to waste” on Fox & Friends Monday morning, adding that the discussion…
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Mike Huckabee Invokes MLK, Expects Civil Disobedience Over Supreme Court Gay-Marriage Ruling
Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Sunday that he believes same-sex-marriage opponents will continue to fight against the Supreme Court’s ruling and use MLK-like tactics of civil disobedience. When Stephanopoulos asked the politician if he supported individual citizens’ use of civil disobedience to oppose the court’s historic 5-4 ruling Friday,…
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Calif. Residents Find KKK Fliers on Their Lawns
Whittier, Calif., residents found Ku Klux Klan fliers on their front lawns Sunday morning, prompting shocked responses from neighbors, the Los Angeles Times reports. According to the report, one block in the neighborhood received plastic bags with the fliers, which declared “Wake Up WHITE AMERICA!” along with a rock and some candy, local police told…
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Bobbi Kristina’s Family Gathers at Bedside Amid Concerns Over Waning Health
Bobbi Kristina Brown’s family gathered Saturday at an Atlanta-area hospice-care center where the 22-year-old daughter of the late Whitney Houston was moved last week amid concerns about her deteriorating health, according to People magazine. She was transferred to the facility Wednesday after her condition began to worsen. The move came at the same time her…
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Pro-Confederate Flag Rally Held at SC Statehouse
Just hours after a Black Lives Matter activist scaled a pole outside the South Carolina Statehouse to remove the Confederate flag, dozens of supporters rallied in defense of the divisive banner Saturday at the capitol in Columbia, S.C., according to USA Today. A new flag was hoisted within an hour after Black Lives Matter activist…
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Here’s Everything We Know About Bree Newsome
Brittany “Bree” Newsome became a social media rock star Saturday in Internet warp speed, of course, after she clambered up a flagpole outside the South Carolina Statehouse and removed the Confederate flag at the break of dawn. The flag was hoisted just hours after Newsome’s effort, which took place about 6:30 a.m. EDT. She and…
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Bill Cosby’s Lawyer Fights to Keep ‘Terribly Embarrassing’ Court Docs Sealed
A lawyer representing Bill Cosby argued in court Friday that it would be “terribly embarrassing” for the comedian if documents from a 2005 sex-assault lawsuit were ever unsealed, reports the Associated Press. The embattled comedian is fighting efforts by AP to unseal motions from a civil lawsuit he settled with Andrea Constand, a former Temple…
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Clarence Thomas Under Fire for Invoking Slavery in Dissent to Ruling on Gay Marriage
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday invoked examples of slavery and internment camps in his ardent dissent in response to the court’s 5-4 decision that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry. The dissent (pdf) takes issue with the use of the concepts of “liberty” and “dignity,” saying that the petitioners in Obergefell…
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3 Ex-FAMU Students Sentenced in Hazing Death
Three former Florida A&M University marching-band members who were convicted of manslaughter in the 2011 hazing death of drum major Robert Champion were sentenced Friday in Orlando, Fla., to 10 years’ supervised probation, reports the Associated Press. They were convicted in April. In announcing the sentences for Benjamin McNamee, 24, Aaron Golson, 22, and Darryl…
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Marilyn Mosby Wants Separate Trial for 2 Cops in Freddie Gray Death
Marilyn Mosby has asked a judge to order a separate trial for two of the six officers charged in Freddie Gray’s death, according to the Associated Press. For reasons that are unclear, the Baltimore state’s attorney filed court documents Friday asking a judge that the officers, William Porter and Lt. Brian Rice, be tried separately…