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Ben Carson: Obama Is a ‘Psychopath’
Ben Carson—neurosurgeon, Tea Party superstar and potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate—is well-known for his controversial comments, whether he’s comparing the Affordable Care Act to slavery or claiming that prison makes people gay. According to GQ, on the night of Obama’s State of the Union address in January, Carson implied that the president was a psychopath…
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NY Cop Under Investigation for Captioning Photo of Topless African Women as ‘Michelle Obama’s Class Reunion’
An Irondequoit, N.Y., Police Department investigator is being investigated for a Facebook page that is being called “offensive and racially insensitive,” Raw Story reports. Officer Jim Frascati allegedly posted the insensitive messages, which included a photo that showed a group of topless tribal African women dancing, with the caption “Michelle Obama’s class reunion.” In another…
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NYPD Cop and Pastor Arrested, Charged With Rape of 16-Year-Old Girl
An officer with the New York City Police Department has been arrested and is facing charges of rape, sexual misconduct, sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child after allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old girl whom he met at his church, the New York Daily News reports. Vladimir Sosa, 38, was arrested by…
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Bodies of 2 Detroit Children Found in Freezer; Mother Arrested
Wayne County, Mich., sheriff’s bailiffs made a grisly discovery Tuesday morning while executing an eviction notice at the Martin Luther King Apartments in Detroit. According to the Detroit News, authorities found the bodies of two of the homeowner’s children—identified as a boy who would have been 11 now and a girl who would be 14—stuffed…
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Ga. Police Fatally Shoot 25-Year-Old Man Outside His Job
A Georgia family is left wondering what happened Tuesday when police shot and killed a 25-year-old man outside his job in Cobb County. Channel 2 News reports that the victim was Nicolas Thomas, but police have not confirmed his identity. “I guess now I just want to understand what happened, because I hear so often,…
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Chicago’s Stop-and-Frisk Program Worse Than NYC’s: Report
New York City’s stop-and-frisk program has captured national headlines because of how black and Hispanic men are disproportionately affected by the tactic, but according to the Associated Press, Chicago’s stop-and-frisk program is much more robust than New York’s. According to a report released Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union, Chicago officers stopped and frisked people…
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A Third of Atlanta Patients Tested for HIV Already Have AIDS: Study
Because HIV testing is not available in the places where most people in Atlanta see their doctors, by the time Atlanta residents are diagnosed with the virus, nearly 3 out of 10 already have full-blown AIDS, WABE reports. That’s what experts found after they went digging for why Atlanta emerged fifth on a list of U.S.…
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Family of Black Teen Killed by Police Asks, ‘Why?’
That 18-year-old Brandon Jones was wrong when he broke into Parkwood Grocery in Cleveland last week is undeniable. However, his family is questioning the teen’s death after a responding police officer fatally shot him. “If he’s unarmed, and there’s two of you all and one of him, why is my baby dead?” Jones’ mother, Tanya…
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Texas A&M Corpus Christi Student Threatened With Lynching
She had just returned from spring break and was greeted with horrific threats and slurs. According to KRISTV, a black student at Texas A&M Corpus Christi found racial slurs and threats written all over her apartment, left there by individuals who apparently broke in while she was gone. A scrawl on one of the apartment…
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Ga. Twins Confessed to Grisly Murder of Their Mother
Editor’s note: Every now and again a story finds new life on social media, and this is one of those times. The story of the Georgia twins who murdered their mother in 2010 started appearing as the anniversary of their confession approached. Turns out the confession took place more than a year ago, but since…