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Police Car Involved in Detroit Car Chase That Killed 2 Children Had No Functioning Dash Cam
The police car involved in an ultimately deadly pursuit with a parole violator did not have a working dash camera, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said, according to the Detroit Free Press. “The dash cam was not operational,” Craig told reporters at a news conference Monday. “It was an older marked scout car that a…
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MLK Statue to Be Placed on Ga. Statehouse Grounds
A statue of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. is scheduled to be erected on the Georgia Statehouse grounds, a short distance away from the newly opened Liberty Plaza, where demonstrations are now held, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The 8-foot statue will be set on a 3-foot base and will include King quotes on all…
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Bree Newsome Opens Up About Taking Down Confederate Flag on SC Statehouse Grounds
Bree Newsome, the woman who became renowned after scaling the flag pole on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse to remove the Confederate flag, has released her first full statement since the ordeal when she was arrested and later released on bail. Titled with the rallying cry “Now Is the Time for Courage,” the detailed statement…
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NBC Ends Business Relationship With Donald Trump
NBC has formally cut business ties with business giant and 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump over controversial remarks made about Mexicans. According to NBC News, the network will no longer air the Miss USA pageant, which was scheduled for July 12; nor will it air the Miss Universe pageant, which was to be aired next year.…
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Ole Miss Football Player Arrested After Allegedly Assaulting Stepfather in Defense of His Mother
An Ole Miss football player has been arrested after reportedly punching his stepfather in defense of his mother, the Clarion-Ledger reports. All-American left tackle Laremy Tunsil turned himself in in connection with an altercation that started Thursday night, university coach Hugh Freeze confirmed over the weekend. Freeze said that Tunsil went after his stepfather, Lindsey…
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Detroit Mom Pleads Guilty in Children’s Deaths, Doesn’t ‘Regret Any of It’
A Detroit mother has admitted guilt in the deaths of two of her children, whose bodies were found in the family’s deep freezer in March, the Detroit Free Press reports. Mitchelle Blair pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in the deaths of Stoni Blair and Stephen Berry, offering details of the horrifying abuse they…
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Bishop Michael Curry Wins Landslide Victory to Become Episcopal Church’s 1st Black Leader
The Episcopal Church General Convention Saturday elected Bishop Michael Curry to serve as the denomination’s new presiding bishop, making him the first African American to lead the 1.9-million-member church, the Associated Press reports. It was a landslide victory, according to AP. Curry earned 121 of 174 votes on the first ballot. None of the other…
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Exonerated Death Row Inmate Now Oversees Crime Lab
The Houston Texas City Council voted on June 24 to appoint Anthony Graves (pdf) to the board of the Houston Forensic Science Center, NBC News reports. Graves, 49, is capturing headlines because he spent 18 years in prison—most of that time on death row—before his murder conviction was overturned in 2010. He has the full…
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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,…