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Mo. Man Arrested After Telling Black Waitress He Wanted to Show Her Where He ‘Hung’ Her Grandpa
A 65-year-old white Missouri man was arrested and charged with a hate crime after he reportedly used racial slurs toward a black waitress whom he also allegedly told, “I have a place I would like to take you where I hung your grandpa.” Tommy Dean Gaa, of Maryville, reportedly told the waitress, after she asked…
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Norfolk State University Student Brutally Attacked by Police Dog
Editor’s note: This article contains a graphic image of the wounds sustained by London Colvin during an encounter with a police dog. A Norfolk State University student suffered several injuries when, she claims, a police dog attacked her while she was being arrested for not giving information about a fight she was not involved in. According…
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Marissa Alexander Released From Prison
Marissa Alexander, the Florida mother who fired warning shots to stop her abusive ex-husband’s attack in 2010, may finally see the dark days of prison behind her, with a judge releasing her late Tuesday to serve the rest of her sentence on house arrest. “Today, after the sentence given by Judge Daniel, my family and…
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CBS Sports Analyst Greg Anthony Caught in Sting, Agreed to Pay Escort $80 for Sex
Greg Anthony’s days as a CBS sports commentator have been on hold since he was suspended indefinitely after news broke that the former NBA player had been arrested for soliciting a prostitute. Now new details have surfaced that Anthony agreed to pay a “D.C. police officer who was working undercover as a prostitute $80,” according…
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Detroit Man Faces Jail for Refusing to Pay Child Support for Child Who Is Not His
The state is still after a Detroit man who has been ordered to pay $30,000 in back child support for a child he says is not his, a DNA test proves is not his and whose mother admits is not his child. Carnell Alexander was back in court Friday to face a Detroit judge at…
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Kendrick Johnson’s Parents Head to Court, Could Face Jail Time
The parents of Kendrick Johnson, who have been relentless in pursuit of justice for the son they believe was murdered, are set to face a judge Monday for a protest that blocked a courthouse entrance. According to CNN, Kendrick’s parents, Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson, along with five family members, all of whom have dubbed themselves…
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Watch: 3 Baltimore Teens Injured in Fight With School Police Officer
A Northeast Baltimore school is investigating a fight involving a female school police officer and three middle school girls that ended with the students being rushed to the hospital. According to security video footage obtained and released by WBAL-TV, the incident, which happened in October, began inside Vanguard Middle School between the school officer and…
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Fired Home Depot Employee Returns to NYC Store, Shoots Supervisor, Then Himself
A fired Home Depot employee reportedly returned to the New York City store where he worked in Manhattan’s Flatiron District and opened fire, fatally shooting his supervisor before turning the gun on himself. The New York Daily News identified the shooter as Calvin Esdaile, Jr., 31, who was found dead at the scene Sunday from…
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Mich. 4-Year-Old Helps Save Pregnant Mom
A Kalamazoo, Mich., 4-year-old is being hailed as a hero after she called 911 to help save her mother, who was nine months pregnant and experiencing a seizure. “I got up and that’s all I can remember,” Centerria Manning told News Channel 3 about the scary incident that took place Wednesday. “I woke up and…
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2nd-Grade Teacher in Ark. Shows Kids Racial-Slur-Laced MLK Parody Video
Some Cedarville, Ark., parents are upset after learning that a group of second-graders were shown a Martin Luther King Jr. parody video that used the racial slur “n—ger” some 14 times. According to KFSM 5News, Latia Hernandez was shocked to hear her daughter describe the video she had watched in her second-grade class at Cedarville…
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