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Brazilian Transgender Woman’s Face Is Severely Beaten and Mutilated While She’s in Police Custody
Veronica Bolina—a 25-year-old transgender woman in Brazil who was arrested for allegedly attacking her 73-year-old neighbor—was beaten beyond recognition while in jail, the Daily Mail reports. In photos that have circulated online, Bolina’s eyes are swollen shut, her face is puffed out and deformed, and her lips are swollen. There are also several lacerations on her…
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‘I Sat in Jail for 7 Months Because Someone Lied on Me’
John Blue, of Georgia, says he wants justice after he spent seven months in jail on an assault charge of which he was eventually found not guilty, WSB-TV reports. Blue was charged with aggravated assault last summer for allegedly ramming his van into a state welfare worker’s vehicle. Blue, his girlfriend and his sons,…
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Baltimore Burns After Freddie Gray Is Laid to Rest; Mayor Issues State of Emergency
Freddie Gray was laid to rest Monday morning, and Monday evening Baltimore was ablaze. According to the Baltimore Sun, some 27 protesters were arrested and more than a dozen police officers were injured in separate incidents. Police confirmed to the Sun that shots were fired at police around 10 p.m. “Too many people have spent…
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6 Prison Officials Are Fired and 29 Suspended for Leaving Mentally Ill Inmate in Disgusting Cell
Pink slips are flying in a Houston prison after Deterrius “Terry” Rashad Goodwin, an inmate with a history of mental illness, was placed for several weeks in an unkempt isolation cell that contained dozens of food trays, “an infestation of gnats” and Goodwin’s feces, KRPC reports. Six officials at the Harris County Jail have been fired, and…
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La. Oil Executive and Son Allegedly Killed by Armed Teens
Two teens have been charged with murder in the deaths of a Louisiana oil-company manager and his son, authorities revealed Sunday, according to the Daily Mail. Neither Haraqyon Degruy, 18, nor her friend Dexter Allen, 17, have any “significant” criminal history, officials say, and authorities are still trying to figure out the motive for the…
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Ga. Teacher Killed in Car Accident While Driving to School to Chaperone the Prom
A Georgia high school teacher lost her life on Saturday after a car she was driving collided with a vehicle carrying two students from her school, the New York Daily News reports. Both parties were en route to the school prom, where O’Brien was going to be a chaperone. Leah O’Brien, a teacher at Lakeside…
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Thousands Attend Freddie Gray’s Funeral in Baltimore
Thousands of people, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), attended the funeral of Freddie Gray at the New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore on Monday, USA Today reports. Senior members of the Obama administration were also expected to attend, CNN reports, including officials who manage the White House’s outreach to the public and…
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Bronx Man Arrested After 18 Pounds of Pot Found in Checked Luggage at Airport: Report
A Bronx, N.Y., man preparing for a trip to the Caribbean was taken into custody at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y., after authorities found 18 pounds of pot in his checked baggage, the New York Post reports. According to the report, Kelvin Smith, whom the Post described as “a career … drug criminal,” was pulled…
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Del. Woman Charged in Stabbing Death of ‘Cheating’ Husband
Police were called to the Delaware home of a couple after an argument between the two turned violent. By the time authorities arrived, they found 37-year-old Adeyinka Adebamiro unconscious on the floor suffering from a stab wound to the upper body. Paramedics pronounced him dead shortly after their arrival. The victim’s wife, Temitope Adebamiro, has been…