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Texas Shouldn't Execute Chris Young for Murder Even Though He Is Guilty of the Crime [Updated]
Updated: Monday, July 17, 2018; 3:53 EDT: When I wrote this piece, I was not aware that, according to court records, Chris Young sexually assaulted a woman in front of her three children at gun point the morning before the murder. Gunpoint. Three children. I have no words. That act is evil; the man who did…
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Former Firefighter Arrested on Charges He Hanged Doll With Noose Outside His Black Neighbor’s Apartment
When 28-year-old Dante Petty moved to Grapevine, Texas, with his young daughter in June 2017, he says they immediately began to have issues with his white neighbor who lived in the apartment beneath them. Back in January, Petty made a Facebook post describing the torment he had been put through, the acts of aggression that…
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Dear Melania Trump: Please Stop Trying to Be the Moral Compass for the White House—You’re Trash, Too
On Thursday, first lady Melania Trump made a surprise trip to see firsthand a border detention facility where children were being held after being separated from their parents. According to Reuters, Melania, aka Ofdonald, popped up in McAllen, Texas, so that she could see the devastation that her husband’s administration has caused. If Melania doesn’t…
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Texas Deputy Accused of Sexually Assaulting 4-Year-Old Girl, Threatening to Deport Victim’s Undocumented Mother
A Bexar County, Texas, sheriff’s deputy is being accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl while threatening the girl’s mother with deportation in order to get her to stay quiet about the abuse, authorities revealed Sunday. Jose Nunez, who has worked with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Department for 10 years, was arrested early Sunday,…
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Black Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Casting Illegal Ballot Will Not Get New Trial
A Texas woman and ex-offender who received a harsh five-year jail sentence for voting illegally will not get a new trial, a judge decided Monday. According to the New York Times, Judge Ruben Gonzalez, the same judge who sentenced 43-year-old Crystal Mason to the lengthy jail term, turned down her bid for a retrial. In…
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Police Called on Oregon Senator After He’s Barred From Entering Immigration Detention Center
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) was hoping to visit with those being held in an immigration detention center in Texas; instead he was barred from entering and had the police called on him, and the whole encounter was recorded and posted to Facebook on Sunday. According to HuffPost: Merkley traveled to the facility in Brownsville,…
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White Man, Furious That Jack in the Box Employee Wouldn’t Accept Coupon for Free Burger, Threatens to Send Her ‘Back to Mexico’
Today in white bros doing racist shit, a furious customer at a Texas Jack in the Box restaurant was caught on video threatening to send a female employee “back to Mexico” because she declined to accept his coupon for a free burger. According to an eyewitness, the white man apparently couldn’t deal with the fact…
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Texas 13-Year-Old Abducted, Assaulted After Getting Off School Bus; His Mom Believes He Was Targeted Because of His Race
On Monday afternoon, Michelle Lee called police in Houston to report that her 13-year-old son, Zavion Parker, had not returned home from school after she received threatening messages on her phone coming from his cellphone. As officers were collecting information, Zavion was found alive—but his shirt was torn and he had on no shoes. According…
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Happy Mother’s Day: Chris Bosh’s Mom Sues the Former NBA Player for Cutting Her Off
Chris Bosh, 34, and his mother, Frieda, have a complicated relationship. In October 2017, Bosh reportedly tried to have his mother evicted from the DeSoto, Texas, house that she claims they built together. In December of that same year, Frieda was arrested for allowing a drug ring to be run out of the house where…
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Family Sues American Airlines for Wrongful Death After 25-Year-Old Nurse Dies on Board
The family of a black South Carolina woman who died in April 2016 on a Dallas-bound American Airlines flight has filed a wrongful death suit against the airline. The parents of Brittany Oswell, who was only 25 at the time of her death, allege that the airline refused to divert the plane for an emergency…