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Ala. Toddler Dies After Drinking Babysitter’s Grape Soda Spiked With Methadone
Demonie Hendon would have turned 3 this Saturday, but he lost his life last week after taking a drink from his babysitter’s methadone-spiked grape soda, according to the New York Daily News. Bessemer, Ala., police have charged the 31-year-old sitter, identified as Cassie Townsend, with “chemical endangerment exposure to a child resulting in death,” the…
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Jazz Musician Wynton Marsalis Cancels Venezuela Concert Amidst Tension
Award winning trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis has decided to cancel his concerts in Venezuela, Caracas, after political tension surfaces between the South American country and the U.S., the Guardian reports. According to the report, Marsalis was supposed to play alongside the Simón Bolívar Orchestra in the first of three concerts on Friday. Marsalis’ plans…
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Don Lemon Interviews KKK Leader in Unsurprisingly Racist Interview
On Wednesday night Don Lemon interviewed a Ku Klux Klan leader—and, well, it went pretty much as you would expect. Lemon was interested in talking about the white supremacist’s thoughts on the outrage about the notorious video of now-former members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Oklahoma singing a racist chant. “I…
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Watch: Comedy Central Hosts Blast SAE Racist Frat Chant and Morning Joe
The University of Oklahoma’s disgraced and disbanded Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter is (rightfully) not getting any slack, and this week Comedy Central hosts Larry Wilmore and Jon Stewart went in on their respective shows, pulling zero punches. On Tuesday night, The Nightly Show host Larry Wilmore spent time mocking those who don’t believe that racism…
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Watch: NYC Girl, 15, Savagely Beaten Inside McDonald’s as People Watch
A 15-year-old girl who was brutally beaten inside a McDonald’s restaurant in Brooklyn, N.Y., has refused to speak with police about the attack—which happened Monday and went viral after footage was loaded to Facebook. She apparently fears retaliation from the girls, who police believe to be members of a gang called the Young Savages. According…
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Fla. Student Is Held Down by Students and Paddled by Teacher
Roshika Smith, 18, felt the wrath of her private school’s corporal-punishment policy March 4 when she was held down by fellow students at Florida’s Zarephath Academy so that a teacher could paddle her, News4Jax reports. The incident was caught on video. Smith’s mother is threatening to take legal action against the school and the parents…
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After Drinking, 2 Secret Service Agents Allegedly Crash Their Car Into White House Barricades
Adding to what is becoming a long list of President Barack Obama’s Secret Service agents dropping the ball or behaving inappropriately, the Washington Post is reporting that two senior agents attended a party, consumed alcohol and allegedly crashed their government car into security barricades that were positioned by the White House on March 4. One…
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2 Cops Shot at Protest Outside Ferguson Police Headquarters After Police Chief Resigns
Two police officers in Ferguson, Mo., were shot outside police headquarters early Thursday morning after protesters gathered there following news that embattled Police Chief Thomas Jackson would be resigning. According to the Associated Press, a 32-year-old officer from Webster Groves, Mo., was shot in the face and a 41-year-old St. Louis County officer was shot…
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Ferguson Police Chief Will Reportedly Step Down
Thomas Jackson, chief of the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department, will resign Wednesday, Reuters is reporting via Fox News. The news comes nearly a week after a Justice Department investigation found that the Ferguson police force harbored racial biases and acted on them, much to the detriment of the city’s African-American community. The DOJ investigation was prompted by…
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La. Transit CEO ‘Would Love’ Fewer Black Bus Drivers to Put White Passengers at Ease
Over the last week, Baton Rouge, La.’s Capital Area Transit System CEO Bob Mirabito has been under fire for opining that white passengers don’t use the bus system because there aren’t enough white drivers. Needless to say, Mirabito is now making the necessary apologies in light of the fallout. “I apologize,” he said in a…