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Minn. Father Charged With Murder in Son’s Death
A Minnesota father has officially been charged with murder after his 10-year-old son’s body was found in the Mississippi River over the weekend, KARE-TV reports. The 33-year-old father, Pierre Collins, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Barway Collins, although Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman believes that there is enough evidence for the…
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Judge Frees Another Person Framed by Crooked Brooklyn Detective Louis Scarcella
A Brooklyn, N.Y., judge has ordered the release of Rosean Hargrave, a man convicted in 1991 of murdering an off-duty corrections officer, the New York Daily News reported. Hargrave’s case is the latest overturned conviction involving former New York City Detective Louis Scarcella, who has been accused many times of framing suspects. “The finding of…
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Dozens Arrested in Coast-to-Coast Protests Against Police Violence
The recent police shooting of Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, in North Charleston, S.C., sparked a fresh wave of national protests against police violence. Authorities arrested scores of demonstrators from coast to coast as part of a national day of action to end police killings of unarmed minorities, according to Reuters. In New York…
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Los Angeles Man Accuses Officers of Retaliation After Police Beating Caught on Camera
Last year Clinton Alford Jr. sued the Los Angeles Police Department, accusing officers of holding him down and beating him. On Wednesday, Alford’s attorney announced intentions to add new allegations to the lawsuit, claiming that Alford and his family have since been harassed by officers in retaliation, the Los Angeles Times reports. Alford told reporters…
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The FBI Launches Investigation Into the Police Killing of Chicago Teen Laquan McDonald
Several police officers were already working to detain 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was walking though the Chicago streets wielding a knife, when another police vehicle pulled up and one of its officers fired 16 shots into Laquan’s body, killing him. The FBI announced Monday that it is launching a criminal investigation into the actions of…
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Bill O’Reilly: It’s ‘Open Season’ on White Men and That’ll Help Hillary Clinton’s Campaign
Cry for white men, Argentina. It seems that’s how it ought to be if you ask Bill O’Reilly. The Fox News TV host described Monday how he feels people are coming down on white men, Raw Story reports, and all of that dumping, O’Reilly suspects, will give Hillary Clinton a leg up during her 2016…
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Ariz. Police Officer Seen Ramming Suspect With Car in Dash-Cam Video
An Arizona police officer is being backed by his chief after he drove his police cruiser into an armed suspect who was walking on the sidewalk, USA Today reports. Marana Police Chief Terry Rozema released footage of the Feb. 19 crash, and the moments leading up to it, this week, according to the news site.…
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Jury: Aaron Hernandez Guilty of 1st-Degree Murder
Aaron Hernandez has been found guilty of first-degree murder by jurors after a lengthy trial in Fall River, Mass., CNN reports. The conviction means that the former New England Patriots tight end faces life in prison without the possibility of parole for the shooting death of Odin Lloyd, whose body was found in June…
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V. Stiviano Owes Donald Sterling’s Wife $2,600,000, Judge Rules
Shelly Sterling, the estranged wife of disgraced, former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, is owed $2.6 million by V. Stiviano, her husband’s alleged mistress, a judge ruled Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. According to the news wire, Judge Richard Fruin Jr. decided that Shelly Sterling is due money and gifts given to Stiviano that…
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Baltimore Man Arrested by Police Hospitalized in Critical Condition
A Baltimore man is currently hospitalized at Maryland Shock Trauma in a medically induced coma with spinal injuries after an arrest by police Sunday, WJZ reports. According to the news station, 26-year-old Freddie Gray’s condition raises question about what happened to the young man after his arrest that landed him in the hospital. Gray’s godbrother,…