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Man Who Confessed to Shooting Ex-Wife on Facebook Live Found Dead in SC Motel
A man wanted for a shooting incident that killed his 15-year-old son and critically injured his ex-wife was found dead in a South Carolina motel room, North Carolina police say, according to CBS News. Authorities were searching for Earl Valentine, who confessed to the deadly shooting on Facebook Live. Norlina, N.C., Police Chief Taylor Bartholomew told…
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Man Shoots Ex-Wife and Son, Confesses on Facebook Live
Earl Valentine is facing first-degree murder charges for the death of his 15-year-old son. He also shot and critically wounded his ex-wife, Keisha Valentine, in her home in Norlina, N.C., according to the New York Daily News. After shooting both his son and ex-wife, Valentine took to Facebook Live to confess early Tuesday. “What’s up,…
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Racists Anonymous Meetings Held at NC Church
There’s Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous … and then there’s Racists Anonymous. According to WCNC, a Concord, N.C., church has been holding Racists Anonymous meetings on a weekly basis for the past month, and it’s been picking up new members. “What Jesus said is, ‘Come see,’” the Rev. Nathan King of the Trinity United Church of…
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Investigation Launched After NC State Trooper Fatally Shoots Deaf Man
The family of a deaf man who was shot dead by a North Carolina state trooper are left searching for answers as they wonder how 29-year-old Daniel Harris’ encounter with police led to his death. According to CNN, Sam Harris, Daniel Harris’ brother, wonders if the shooting occurred because of some sort of misunderstanding between…
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Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Giving Butt Injections to Woman Who Later Died
Vinnie Lysander Taylor, 44, was sentenced by a federal judge to 14 years in prison for illegally giving a woman silicone butt injections days before her death, according to the Washington Post. Taylor would travel around the country injecting women with silicone to give them larger buttocks. This particular woman in Maryland died a few…
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Lawyer: NC Man Who Fatally Shot Black Man After 911 Call About 'Hoodlums' Is 'George Zimmerman 2.0'
The lawyer for the family of a black man who was shot and killed in North Carolina after a 911 call reporting “hoodlums” in a Raleigh neighborhood has blasted the alleged shooter as “George Zimmerman 2.0,” CBS News reports. Chad Cameron Copley, 39, who is white, fired his shotgun from inside his garage early Sunday…
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NC Man Charged in Fatal Shooting After 911 Call About 'Hoodlums'
A North Carolina man who made a 911 call about “hoodlums” near his house is now facing charges in the fatal shooting of a black man who was outside the home at the time, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the early-Sunday-morning shooting occurred when Chad Cameron Copley, 39, who is white, fired…
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Donations Pour In for 10-Year-Old Boy Who Asked to Mow Lawns to Pay for School Supplies
Earlier this month, 10-year-old Tyran Bell, a boy from North Carolina, used his mother’s Facebook page to seek jobs mowing lawns because his mother could not afford to buy his school supplies for the school year. According to an earlier news report by WECT, Tyran’s mom had missed a lot of work recently because his uncle was…
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Huge Win for Voting Rights as Appeals Court Strikes Down NC’s ID Law
In a major victory for voting rights, a federal appeals court struck down North Carolina’s stringent requirement that voters show identification before casting ballots, and also reinstated an additional week of early voting, the Washington Post reports. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit came to the decision Friday, vindicating…
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White NC Man Arrested Alive After Pointing Gun, Firing Shot at Sheriff's Deputy
In the past two days, we’ve seen two black men—Alton Sterling and Philando Castile—fatally gunned down by police officers in two different states while legally carrying, but not holding or pointing, a firearm. And then there’s William Bruce Ray of Raleigh, N.C., who was safely apprehended after pointing a pistol at a Wake County sheriff’s…