texas
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Texas Politician Kinda Apologizes After He’s Caught on Tape Using the N-Word
A Texas politician has apologized after social media users shared audio clips of him using the n-word in a racist rant. But his half-assed mea culpa was not to the people about whom he said the words. He also didn’t say he was sorry for using the words. He apologized for people finding out about…
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Texas Woman Fatally Shot Sleeping Boyfriend Before Dismembering His Body and Fleeing, Cops Say
A Texas woman has been taken into custody after police say she shot and killed her sleeping boyfriend before dismembering his body and running to Louisiana. According to KHOU-TV, Cierra Alexis Sutton was arrested Thursday night and charged with the murder of 32-year-old Steven Coleman, the Baytown, Texas, Police Department confirmed. Detectives say that Sutton,…
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US Appeals Court Says Racist Texas Voter-ID Laws Can Stand
In the latest win for white supremacy, a federal appeals court ruled that Texas can move forward in its bid to implement a “draconian” voter-identification law, at least temporarily. Reuters reports that on Tuesday evening, a three-member panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans voted 2-1 to put on hold…
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Mass. Sheriff Who Offered Free Inmate Labor to Help Build Trump’s Wall Now Proposes to Send Inmates to Help With Harvey Damage
Bristol County, Mass., Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is proposing to send county inmates to help the city of Houston clean up the devastating destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey. This is not the first time Hodgson has offered up his inmates as labor, drawing criticism earlier this year after proposing to send inmates to help build President…
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Houston Mayor Imposes Mandatory Curfew as Harvey Prepares to Hit the City Again
After already hitting the Houston area with record rainfall and deadly flooding, Harvey is expected to make landfall once again Tuesday night, this time somewhere along the Louisiana border, as residents in the area still look to find help and shelter from the storm. NBC News reports that Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has imposed a…
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Here’s Why This 2-Year-Old Photo of Barack Obama Is Trending
Someone posted a photo of former President Barack Obama feeding meals to homeless and at-risk veterans during Thanksgiving from two years ago and claimed that the photo was of Obama in Texas after Hurricane Harvey. Of course the photo began trending because, if nothing else, it showed the contrast between the two administrations: the Obama…
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Flooding Left in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey Could Force Some 30,000 People Into Shelters
The state of Texas continues to battle with the devastation brought on by Hurricane Harvey, and the danger is far from over as officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency expect more than 30,000 people to need shelter as a result of the rains and flooding that show no signs of letting up. “The sheltering…
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New Okla. Police Chief Resigns Over Neo-Nazi Ties, Claims He Was Hacked
Social media continues to rip the mask off white supremacy. This time, a police chief for a small town in Oklahoma said his goodbyes to his job after being exposed for having ties to not one, but two neo-Nazi websites. Bart Alsbrook, who was named interim Colbert, Okla., police chief on Tuesday, has denied the…
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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…