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Cop Fired for Stomping on Head of Man in Handcuffs Gets Job Back Because … I Don’t Even Know Anymore
The Columbus, Ohio, police officer caught on tape stomping a subdued, handcuffed suspect’s head into the concrete will be reinstated at the police force after his firing was reversed on the grounds of no one giving a damn about black people. In April 2017, Columbus police responded to a call of a weapon being fired…
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Ohio College Students Say Restaurant Manager Demanded They Pay for Meal Up Front Because ‘You People Steal’: Report
As it turns out, black people really can’t seem to eat in peace sometimes. A group of college students in Ohio are the latest in the nation to accuse a dining establish of racial discrimination, or some sort of profiling, after a manager demanded that they pay for their meal up front because, you know,…
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21-Year-Old Killed by Off-Duty Cleveland Police Officer Remembered as Someone Who Loved to Help His Community
A Cleveland family is still trying to find answers after 21-year-old Thomas Yatsko was shot and killed over the weekend by an off-duty police officer. According to Cleveland.com, Yatsko, who had turned 21 less than two months ago, was killed Saturday by Sgt. Dean Graziolli, who was working security at the Corner Alley bowling alley…
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Ohio Teacher Keeps Job After Telling Black Student Classmates Would ‘Lynch’ Him if He Didn’t Behave
Renee Thole, a middle school social studies teacher who told a 13-year-old black student that he would be lynched if he didn’t behave, will not be suspended or fired. According to Cincinnati.com, Thole, who teaches at Mason Middle School in Mason, Ohio, made the comment in December. Thole submitted a statement during the district’s investigation…
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Ohio Police Officer Who Killed John Crawford III Claims There Was ‘Imminent Threat’
It’s been well over three years since John Crawford III was killed in an Ohio Walmart store while holding an air rifle, browsing though merchandise and chatting on the phone. Now, though, during a deposition in a federal lawsuit, Beavercreek, Ohio, Officer Sean Williams claims that he faced an “imminent threat” during his encounter with…
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Ohio Teens Charged With Murder After Sandbag Thrown From Freeway Overpass Kills a Man
Four young teens in Toledo, Ohio, have been charged with murder after they allegedly threw a construction sandbag from a freeway overpass and killed a passenger in a car. The three 14-year-olds and one 13-year-old threw multiple sandbags and other objects onto the southbound lane of Interstate 75 on Dec. 19, according to CNN. One…
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Ohio Woman Convicted of Murder Is Released on Christmas Morning After Serving 22 Years
After 22 years in prison, an Ohio woman falsely accused of being an accomplice to murder at the age of 19 finally got to spend Christmas by her mother’s side. Tyra Patterson, a Dayton native, was sentenced to life in prison for robbing and murdering 15-year-old Michelle Lai in 1994. In Ohio, accomplices to murder…
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Naked Postal Worker Allegedly Shoots and Kills 2 Supervisors
A United States Postal Service employee appeared naked at a Dublin, Ohio, post office and allegedly killed one of his supervisors before killing another supervisor at her home Saturday, according to the Columbus, Ohio, Police Department. DeShaune Stewart has been charged with aggravated murder in the deaths of his supervisor, Lance Herrera-Dempsey, and Dublin postmaster…
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Ohio Man Harassed, Threatened Elderly Black Neighbor, Encouraged 4-Year-Old Son to Call the 70-Year-Old Racial Slurs
There are assholes, there are monumental assholes, and then there are people like this Cleveland man who was arrested after harassing his elderly black neighbor while using racial slurs, and encouraging his 4-year-old son to call the woman the n-word. According to Cleveland.com, Keirian Kelly also threatened to stab the woman multiple times over a…
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Anti-Gay Politician Sexually Harassed More Than 30 Men and Teenagers Before He Was Caught: Report
When Ohio state Rep. Wes Goodman was caught in his congressional office heroically helping another man release the Krakken, some people felt sorry for the politician. Even though he had a long history of anti-LGBTQ advocacy, including trying to block same-sex marriage in Washington, D.C., there were a few people who sympathized with Goodman’s wife…