south carolina
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Veteran TV Reporter Confronts Man Who Called Him the N-Word
A Virginia man was arrested, charged with harassing a veteran Charlotte, N.C., TV reporter during a confrontation in Charleston, S.C., the Charlotte Observer reports. Brian Eybers, 21, is being held in the Charleston County Detention Center and is due in court Friday on charges of disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia in the form of a…
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Independent Autopsy Shows Keith Lamont Scott Was Shot in Back and Abdomen
The family of a black man shot and killed by a North Carolina police officer last month released details from an independent autopsy showing that the victim suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, attorneys for the family of Keith Lamont Scott said in a…
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Study: African-American Tourism in SC on the Rise Since Removal of Confederate Flag
A recent study from the University of South Carolina’s Richardson Family SmartState Center of Economic Excellence in Tourism and Economic Development has found that South Carolina’s tourism industry has been booming since the removal of the Confederate battle flag from Statehouse grounds in Columbia, according to the Columbia Regional Business Report. African-American tourists generate $2.4…
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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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SC Teacher Accused of Trashing 6-Year-Old Girl’s Sandals as Punishment for Fidgeting
Two South Carolina parents are outraged after they say a teacher threw away their 6-year-old daughters shoes because she was fidgeting with them while in class at Bryson Elementary in Simpsonville, WSPA reports. According to the report, Chartrese Edwards was getting her daughter, Taraji Edwards, ready for school when the little girl began to make…
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Accused Charleston, SC, Shooter 'Self-Radicalized' Online, Prosecutors Say
Accused Charleston, S.C., shooter Dylann Roof “self-radicalized” online, adopting viewpoints that were reportedly acquired through material found online and elsewhere, federal prosecutors say, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, rather than adopting his beliefs “through his personal associations or experiences with white supremacist groups or individuals or others,” prosecutors say, Roof adopted his…
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SC Teens Fatally Shoot Man Who Helped Pull Their Car Out of Ditch: Report
Two South Carolina teens are facing murder charges after allegedly shooting a man who helped them pull their car out of a ditch late Monday, the Post and Courier reports. According to arrest affidavits, Chadwick Garrett, 45, agreed to help the teens move their stuck vehicle for $20. A witness who has not been identified…
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Accused Charleston, SC, Shooter Dylann Roof Attacked by Inmate
Accused Charleston, S.C., mass church shooter Dylann Roof was assaulted by a fellow inmate at the Cannon Detention Center in South Carolina while in the shower Thursday morning, the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office confirmed, the Post and Courier reports. Roof, 22, who was medically evaluated at the detention center, was not seriously injured in the…
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Attorneys Argue Against 'Unconstitutional' Death Penalty for Accused Charleston, SC, Church Shooter
Federal prosecutors are trying to obtain the death penalty against Dylann Roof, 22, who is charged with opening fire in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 17, 2015, killing nine black worshippers during their Bible-study session. Roof’s attorneys, however, are arguing that the death penalty is unconstitutional and that he therefore…
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Descendants of Plantation Owner, Slave Reunite for Dinner 181 Years Later
Last week, two families sat down for dinner. That really isn’t unusual or special, but what made this gathering rare was that it took some 181 years to get there. Nkrumah Steward, the descendant of a slave, and Robert Adams, the descendant of a plantation owner, pulled together the meeting between their two families to…