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White Women Wore Hoodies to a Tennessee Mall to Prove Its Hoodie Policy Only Targets Black Men
After footage of four black men being escorted out of a mall in Tennessee for wearing hoodies inside, four white women wore hoodies to the same mall to see if the policy was meant for everyone. And, yep, you guessed it, the women were able to walk freely around the mall with their hoodies—both up…
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Tennessee Woman Says She Was Racially Profiled, Accused of Shoplifting and Handcuffed at Victoria’s Secret Store
A Victoria’s Secret store in the Carriage Crossing mall in Collierville, Tenn., has issued an apology and offered a $100 gift card to a customer who was handcuffed and accused of shoplifting Monday after attempting to return an item to have a security tag removed. Instead of simply having the tag removed from her item,…
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Mother of Young Woman Killed at Tennessee Waffle House Accepts Her College Diploma
The mother of a young woman senselessly gunned down at a Tennessee Waffle House in April accepted her daughter’s posthumous college diploma this weekend. Shirl Baker, the mother of 21-year-old DeEbony Groves, walked across the stage Saturday evening to receive her daughter’s degree in social work from Belmont University. “Almost two weeks ago, our community…
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Emails Show That Cops Focused on Counterprotesters at Tennessee Rally but Were Totally Cool With Nazis
Newly discovered emails show that law enforcement officials planning the security for a Tennessee college event featuring hate group the Traditionalist Worker Party were much more concerned about the anti-racism counterprotesters than with the now-defunct neo-Nazi organization responsible for deaths and injuries at rallies across the country. Documents included in media collective Unicorn Riot’s Freedom…
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Tennessee Lawmakers and Waffle House Restaurant Show Support for Victims of Deadly Shooting
Following the deadly shooting of four people at a Nashville, Tenn., Waffle House early Sunday morning, business owners and lawmakers have tried to find ways to support the victims and survivors of the brutal attack. Among them is the Waffle House chain restaurant, which has offered to pay for the funerals of the four patrons…
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29-Year-Old James Shaw Jr. Hailed as Hero for Stopping Tennessee Waffle House Shooting
James Shaw Jr. is a lot of things, an electrician, a father … and, as of now, a bonafide hero after he wrestled a gun away from an active shooter at a Tennessee Waffle House, putting an end to the gunman’s massacre. The early-morning Sunday shooting left four dead and several others injured. As The…
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Nude Gunman Kills 4 at Waffle House in Tennessee; Still on the Run: Police
Police in Tennessee say they are on the hunt for a man named Travis Reinking in the killing of four people at a Waffle House in Antioch, Tenn., early Sunday morning. Authorities say that Reinking, 29, of Illinois, allegedly killed two people outside the restaurant and shot and killed two more, including a cook, inside…
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Tennessee Lawmakers Punish City of Memphis for Removing Confederate Statues
You think you know petty, but do you know Tennessee Legislature petty? Tennessee state lawmakers are still big mad about the removal of a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest—a Confederate general best known for his brutal massacre of black Union soldiers and for being the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard—from a Memphis public park.…
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Tennessee Store Clerk Charged With Murder in Shooting of Black Teen for Allegedly Stealing Beer
A Memphis, Tenn., store clerk is facing first-degree murder charges after authorities say he fatally shot a 17-year-old black boy he accused of stealing beer from the convenience store. WREG-TV reports that 28-year-old Anwar Ghazali, a clerk at Top Stop Shop, chased Dorian Harris after the teen allegedly stole a beer, shooting the teen from…