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Tennessee Has Fined Residents Almost $100,000 for Braiding Hair Without a License … Seriously
Getting your hair braided is something I’ve always taken for granted. You grab your bundles (if you want added hair); you go to your favorite salon, family member, friend, friend of a friend or acquaintance; you may or may not drop some coin; and you walk away feeling like a million bucks. But apparently, in…
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‘I Love This Shit’: Tennessee Sheriff Recorded Boasting After Ordering Officers to Shoot Unarmed Man During Slow-Speed Chase
A Tennessee sheriff is being sued for excessive force after he was recorded laughing and boasting about how he told his officers to shoot a man during a slow-speed chase rather than risk damaging police cars attempting to drive him off the road. According to News Channel 5, White County Sheriff Oddie Shoupe did not…
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Episode 2: The Tragic Deaths of Robert Walker and Echol Cole Sparked 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike
Robert Walker, 30, and Echol Cole, 36, woke up on Thursday, Feb. 1, 1968, and went to work for the Memphis (Tenn.) Sanitation Department. They left their families for a long day of collecting garbage with the full expectation of returning home to them. Instead, as their shifts were about to end and heavy rain…
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White Nationalists Want to Rain on Women’s March in Tennessee
Women’s groups around the country are gathering again this weekend to recognize the anniversary of the Women’s March, a nationwide mass protest that became the largest demonstration in U.S. history. Now white nationalist snowflakes say they plan to protest a women’s march in Knoxville, Tenn., causing organizers to change the march’s original route and beef…
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Pastor Who Admitted to Sexually Assaulting Teen Put on Leave
Updated Friday, January 12 2018, 8:55 AM EST: CNN reports that a pastor who admitted to having a sexual encounter with a teen will be placed on leave. Andy Savage, a pastor at Highpoint Church in Tennessee, confessed on Sunday to his congregation that he had a “sexual incident” with a high school senior in…
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‘The Confederacy Falls in Memphis’ and 1 Paper Says Good Riddance
Newspaper Applauds as 2 Statues Come Down Magic Johnson-Isiah Thomas Reconciliation a Hit Roland Martin Signs Off From ‘NewsOne Now’ Efforts to Find Puerto Rico’s Missing Inadequate Faulkner Wants to Be Part of Harassment Solution More Ideas for Covering Refugees and Race . . . 5 Takeaways from Live Conversations Nothing Funny About Stereotyping Sean…
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Former Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford Jr. Fired After Woman Says He Harassed Her
Investment banking behemoth Morgan Stanley fired former Democratic Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford Jr. on Thursday for what it called “conduct inconsistent with our values” in the latest case of a high-profile man to lose his livelihood for allegedly acting terribly with women in a professional setting. HuffPost broke the story, and spoke to a woman…
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Tennessee High School Students Stage Walkout After Racist Messages That Reference ‘Stringing Up’ Black Students
Students at Haywood High School in Brownsville, Tenn., staged a walkout on Monday after it became public knowledge that black students were the target of racist threats made by other students. WREG-TV reports that a student at the school contacted the news station and detailed how members of the baseball team posted threatening, horrible messages…
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Idiot Gun Owner Shoots Himself and Wife in Church While Speaking About His Right to Have a Gun in Church
In today’s “What Would Jesus Do?” news, a Tennessee man shot himself in church while trying to advocate for his right to bring guns to church. According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, the incident occurred at the First United Methodist Church in Tellico Plains, Tenn., after an 80-year-old man pulled out his gun during a…