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Cleveland Cop Michael Brelo Arrested 4 Days After Being Acquitted in 2012 Shooting of Unarmed Couple
Just four days after he was acquitted in the 2012 shooting of an unarmed black couple, Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo has been arrested and is facing assault charges after an altercation with his twin brother. According to CNN, Brelo, 31, and his brother Mark both surrendered to police on Wednesday after a drunken fight…
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Ala. Senate Votes to Rename Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge
The historic Edmund Pettus Bridge, known for its significance during the civil rights movement as the site of Bloody Sunday and the starting point of the Selma-to-Montgomery march, could be getting a new name following a vote Wednesday by the Alabama Senate, the Montgomery Adviser reports. Democratic state Sen. Hank Sanders of Selma sponsored the…
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4 Former CVS Employees Sue, Claiming They Were Forced to Racially Profile Black and Hispanic Shoppers
Four former CVS employees—all of them African American—are suing the pharmacy chain because they say they were forced to racially profile customers as a way of preventing shoplifting, the New York Daily News reports. The employees also claim that they themselves were harassed because they are black. In their lawsuit, the four—Sheree Steele, Kerth Polock,…
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Study: Black and Hispanic Retail Workers Paid Less Than Whites
African-American and Hispanic retail workers are at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to staffers who are most likely to be paid more, promoted or given full-time jobs, a study conducted by the NAACP and the public policy group Demos found. African-American sales clerks, cashiers and low-level managers are paid the least…
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A Calif. Teen With Special Needs Gunned Down for Wearing Red Shoes in Wrong Neighborhood
Nineteen-year-old Tavin Price and his mother, Jennifer Rivers, stopped at a South Los Angeles car wash Friday on their way to the beach. Rivers began vacuuming out the car. Price, who had special needs, went inside to buy some cigarettes. A man told Price to take off his red shoes because the color is associated…
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Texas Dad Charged With Murdering Son, Reportedly Over Potty Training
A Texas father has been charged with capital murder after allegedly beating his sons so severely over their lack of progress in potty training that one of the children died, KHOU-TV reports. According to the news station, 24-year-old Anthony Trakemon Powell could face the death penalty for the death of 3-year-old Tristan Powell. Charges for…
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Colo. School Kitchen Manager Fired for Giving Lunch to Students Who Couldn’t Pay
A former elementary school employee is not sorry she broke the law when she decided to give school lunches to kids who didn’t have money for food, CBS Denver reports. Della Curry, who worked as a kitchen manager at Dakota Valley Elementary School in Aurora, Colo., was fired by the Cherry Creek School District after…
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Pregnant Texas Teen Allegedly Beaten and Kicked in the Stomach by Relatives
Editor’s note: This article contains gruesome details about the alleged killing of an unborn baby. Four Dallas adults were recently arrested for severely assaulting a pregnant 14-year-old girl, and police believe the attack was an attempt to end the pregnancy, WFAA reports. The assault took place sometime between January and March 2013, according to court documents.…
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Warrants Issued for 4 People Who Cheered During Miss. Graduation
June is graduation month, so when the person at the lectern says save your applause until all the graduates’ names have been called, it is probably best to heed that warning, especially if you live in Mississippi. Police have issued warrants (that’s right, warrants) for four people who shouted or cheered during Senatobia High School’s graduation…
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NY Teen Arrested After She Rejected Cop’s Advances Settles Lawsuit for $45,000
New York City paid out $45,000 to a Bronx teen who filed a lawsuit after being arrested on drummed-up charges after rejecting a police officer’s advances, the New York Post reports. Natalie Erlich, who was 17 at the time, says that she was hanging out with two female friends, grabbing a snack, after school in…