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‘I Hate N–gers, and I’m Going to Kill Me 1 Today’: Texas Man Charged With Hate Crime After Trying to Stab Black Man
A Houston man was charged with a hate crime Wednesday after, authorities say, he hurled racial slurs before attempting to stab a black man at an apartment complex in northwest Harris County on Tuesday. James Scott Lee, 32, was heard saying, “I hate niggers, and I’m going to kill me one today,” before brandishing a…
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Texas High School Football Team Mourns Loss of Jordan Edwards, 15-Year-Old Killed by Police
Monday morning was meant to be the first day of spring football practice at Mesquite (Texas) High School. Instead, a group of grieving high school athletes gathered in the hour before classes were scheduled to begin, mourning the loss of one of their very own, who lost his life in a police shooting. According to…
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Jordan Edwards Killing: Police Chief, on His Claim That Vehicle Was Backing Toward Officers Aggressively, Says ‘I Misspoke’
Updated Monday, May 1, 2017, 7:06 p.m. EDT: Balch Springs, Texas, Police Chief Jonathan Haber has retracted his earlier statement that the car in which Jordan Edwards, 15, was traveling Saturday night was “backing down the street toward officers in an aggressive manner,” which he initially claimed prompted a police officer to open fire with…
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Texas Mother Facing Child-Endangerment Charges After Recording Abuse of Toddler, Sending Images and Videos to Ex-Boyfriend
A Humble, Texas, mother is prohibited from seeing her 1-year-old son after apparently taking photographs of herself putting a plastic bag over the toddler’s head and putting the bag in the child’s mouth, along with other documented abuse. Janelle Andrea Peterkin, 23, is facing charges of child endangerment after she was seen on video and…
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Once Again, Judge Rules Texas Voter-ID Law Intentionally Discriminates Against Minorities
A federal judge ruled for the second time Monday that Texas’ stringent voter-ID laws were crafted with the intention of discriminating against minorities, a ruling that follows on the heels of another court finding evidence of racial gerrymandering in how Republican lawmakers drew the state’s election maps. As the Associated Press notes, U.S. District Judge…
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Texas Mother Raises Enough Money to Visit Son Before His Execution
A Texas mother whose son is on death row will be able to visit him a final time before his execution thanks to generous donors on a YouCaring campaign. “I can’t thank everyone enough for the donations. It has helped me to be there for my son when he needs his mother,” Marilyn Shankle-Grant wrote…
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Life Comes at You Fast: Trump Voters Mad That Border Wall Would Put Their Homes on Mexican Side
When you live under the rule of a dictator, even one that you helped vote into office, you can forget that you live in a dictatorship. I know it’s cool as long as all the weight of his office falls on people who don’t look like you, but what about when you get swept up…
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Texas Teen Ebony Banks, Who Was Battling Cancer, Dies 4 Days After Meeting Beyoncé
Ebony Banks, a Texas teenager who was fighting stage 4 cancer, died Sunday, just four days after being able to meet with her idol, superstar Beyoncé Knowles. Ebony was undergoing treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston when she died, KHOU reports. The Alief Independent School District of Houston released the news of her…