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White Supremacist Propaganda Attacking Black Lives Matter Distributed to Texas Residents
While America was either celebrating or mourning the projected ousting of Donald Trump from the White House this past weekend, racist propaganda flyers made by a self-proclaimed white supremacist organization were sent out to homes in several Texas neighborhoods. Photos of the messages, which were sealed in ziplock bags, were shared with News 4 San…
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Black Woman Wins $205,000 Settlement After Charging Texas Cop Yanked Out Her Tampon in the Middle of the Street
A woman has agreed to accept a payout of $205,000 from the city of San Antonio, Texas, to settle her suit charging that her constitutional rights were violated when a cop not only performed a vaginal cavity search in the middle of the street but yanked out her tampon in the midst of it. Natalie…
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Texas Police Call Shooting of Innocent 6-Year-Old a ‘Tragic Accident’
With reminders of the tragic death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, the 7-year-old shot down as Detroit police stormed her grandmother’s house—the wrong house—in 2010, yet another innocent child has been killed by police. Six-year-old Kameron Prescott was shot and killed by a stray bullet in his home Thursday afternoon when deputies in a suburb of San…
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Texas Police Officer Was Justified in Striking 14-Year-Old Girl in the Face, Department Says
Well, apparently, a San Antonio police officer did, in fact, strike a 14-year-old black girl in the face with either his hand or fist and, according to the city’s Police Department, was justified in doing so, the department ruled in a report released Monday by the city. According to My San Antonio, the supervisor of…
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8 Dead, 30 More Hospitalized in Texas ‘Hot Truck’ Smuggling Operation
Emergency responders found eight people dead in the back of a semitrailer at a Walmart in San Antonio early Sunday morning, the victims of what authorities say looks to be a human trafficking operation gone horribly wrong. CNN reports that a man from the truck went into the Walmart to ask for water and that…
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Kawhi Leonard Looks Like He Cut His Braids Off With a Rusty Spoon
Kawhi Leonard was probably born with braids. He’s had them ever since anyone can remember. He had them when they were fashionable, and then he kept them even when they weren’t. His braids always seemed to be firmly nestled atop a bed of new growth. Like Anthony Davis’ unibrow, Leonard’s commitment to a 1996 hairstyle…
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Texas Woman Stabs Elderly Hispanic Woman on Bus for Not Speaking English: Report
A San Antonio woman is facing charges of aggravated assault after police say she stabbed an 80-year-old woman on a Greyhound bus for not speaking English. According to KCEN, Reshunda Denise Pickens, 32, is currently being held on $10,000 bond. According to authorities, at around 12:30 a.m. June 12, Pickens was sitting next to the…
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Prosecutors Race to Keep Suspected Serial Killer of Infants, Known as the Angel of Death, Behind Bars
Genene Jones is a former nurse who made international headlines over 30 years ago as the suspected serial killer of more than a dozen infants in the pediatric intensive care unit of a hospital in San Antonio, and she’s scheduled to be released from prison in March 2018. Dubbed the Angel of Death, Jones was…
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Video Shows 3 Texas Cops Forcibly Detaining 14-Year-Old Girl; 1 Officer Accused of Punching Her in the Face
A controversial video that started circulating on social media Sunday shows at least three San Antonio police officers manhandling a 14-year-old black girl as they forcibly detain her. On the video, one of those officers appears to punch her in the face. It was dark when the video was taken, but the officers are seen…
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Suspect in Texas Police Shooting Death Got Married Hours Before His Arrest
A Texas man facing charges for allegedly ambushing and killing a San Antonio cop reportedly got married Monday, just hours before his arrest in the case, NBC News reports. Otis Tyrone McKane, 31, has been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of San Antonio Police Detective Benjamin Marconi during a traffic stop Sunday…