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SC Lawmaker Plans Bill to Remove Confederate Flag From Capitol
A South Carolina lawmaker plans to introduce a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the statehouse after officials were slammed this week for continuing to fly the divisive banner after nine black people were fatally shot at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on Wednesday, Raw Story reports.…
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Watch: Chicago Cop Probed After Video Shows Him Firing on Black Teens in Car
A shooting by a Chicago police officer is under investigation by federal authorities, and a retired judge recently released dash-cam video of the white officer firing on a car occupied by black teenagers, according to ABC 7. Court documents identify one of the officers involved as Marco Proano, who has been on desk duty since…
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Ohio Man Allegedly Chases Kids With Gun, Shouts Racial Slurs
A Struthers, Ohio, man is due on court Friday after allegedly chasing several children while waving his gun and screaming racial slurs earlier this week, WKBN reports. According to the report, Gust Mamounis was charged with aggravated menacing, disorderly conduct and inducing panic in the incident Monday evening. Two kids had reportedly gotten into a…
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Relatives of Charleston Shooting Victims Speak Directly to Accused Shooter at Court Hearing
The notorious alleged Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal shooter is now being held on a $1 million bond for a weapons charge in the crime that left nine people in Charleston, S.C., dead and a community reeling. Appearing before a magistrate judge via video on Friday, Dylann Storm Roof spoke only when asked direct questions and remained…
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Son of Charleston Church Victim Says, ‘We Forgive the Shooter’
Chris Singleton—a college student who lost his mother, the Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, in the Charleston, S.C., church massacre Wednesday—admitted that his knees were a little weak during a press conference Thursday, but he vowed to push on because his mom “was a God-fearing woman.” “We are mourning right now, but I know we’ll get through…
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NRA Board Member Blames Slain Emanuel AME Pastor for Congregants’ Deaths
National Rifle Association board member Charles L. Cotton opined on an online gun-rights forum that if deceased Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal pastor Clementa Pinckney had allowed congregants to carry weapons into the Charleston, S.C., church, innocent people might not have died, the Washington Post reports. According to the news site, Cotton, who also runs the…
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NC Lawmakers Agree to Allow Exceptions to State’s Controversial Voter-ID Requirement
North Carolina lawmakers passed legislation June 18 that would allow voters without photo identification to cast provisional ballots, the News & Observer reports. The General Assembly sent the measure to Gov. Pat McCrory for his signature. The proposed change would allow voters to declare a “reasonable impediment” to explain not having a photo ID. It…
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White Topeka, Kan., Residents Find KKK Fliers on Their Property
The Rev. Ben Scott, president of the Topeka, Kan., chapter of the NAACP, says that his organization is concerned about Ku Klux Klan activity in the city, the Topeka Capital-Journal reports. That concern stems from the news that residents in several neighborhoods woke up June 15 to find fliers on their property, apparently from the…
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Man Who Allegedly Shot at George Zimmerman in Road Rage Incident Charged With Attempted Murder
The man accused of shooting at George Zimmerman during a traffic confrontation in Florida is now being charged with attempted murder, the Associated Press reports. On Thursday a prosecutor upgraded the charges of Matthew Apperson—who was initially charged with aggravated assault and battery—to attempted second-degree murder. Zimmerman escaped the alleged scuffle in May with minor…
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Va. Man Threatens Richmond Churchgoers: ‘I’m Gonna Kill All You and All You Are Gonna Get Killed Tonight’
A raging Virginia man threatened churchgoers at a Richmond church, banging on the door and threatening to kill the people within while yelling racial slurs during a regular Thursday-night service, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. The man reportedly had something resembling a weapon in his hand, which a police officer, who was working security at the…