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Ga. Man Says He Was Beaten for Allegedly Stealing a Tomato He Says He Purchased
An Atlanta man claims that he was severely beaten by an off-duty police officer working as security for Wal-Mart and spent three days in jail after he was accused of stealing a tomato that he had purchased. Tyrone Carnegay told WSB-TV that the security guard confronted him during the October 2014 incident as he tried…
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Add Riding a Bike to Growing List of Things Black People Can’t Do
Add riding a bicycle in Tampa, Fla., to the growing list of everyday activities that black people can’t do. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, which released findings Tuesday from an investigation into the Tampa Police Department’s bike-ticketing practices, some 80 percent of all bicycling tickets issued were made out to African Americans, 10…
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Ga. State University Student Missing After Shared Uber Ride
The last time Georgia State University student Monique Priester spoke with her mother was Friday evening. ” ‘Mom, I saw you called,’ ” the 21-year-old told her mother, Jacqueline VanLoo-Al Kush, in their last conversation around 6:15 p.m. Friday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. “‘Everything OK?’ I was like, ‘Yeah. Where are you?’ “ The 21-year-old…
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Mo. Boy, 9, Raises Over $7,000 Selling Lemonade to Pay for His Own Adoption
When Tristan Jacobson was just 5, his mother left him on the stoop of a Springfield, Mo., homeless shelter in 17-degree weather and went back to her addiction. A year later, Donnie Davis and her husband, Jimmy, onetime friends of the boy’s mother, took Tristan in, and he has stayed with them ever since. Now…
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Watch: Draymond Green Shuts Down Reporter Who Asked Stupid Question About the Floods in Houston
Draymond Green had just helped his Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets to take a 3-1 lead without Stephen Curry, who was down with a knee injury. So Green really wasn’t having it when it came to stupid questions. A reporter wanted him to talk about the connection between Warriors wins and the floods…
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Jimmy ‘Rent Too Damn High’ McMillan to Run for Mayor of NY
Jimmy McMillan, the New Yorker who grew to fame as the founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High party, is set to run against current New York Mayor Bill de Blasio next year, the New York Daily News reports. “I’m putting my hat in the race to become the 110th Mayor of NYC early,”…
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La. Woman Claims She Was Refused Service at Family Dollar Because She Is Gay
A Louisiana woman says that a New Orleans Family Dollar cashier refused her service because she is gay. According to the Times-Picayune, Melissa Langford, 34, says she overheard the cashier making derogatory statements about gay people. “My mind was blown. I couldn’t believe the things I was hearing this woman say,” Langford told the newspaper.…
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‘The Person Is Dead Here’: Read the Prince 911 Call Transcript
Whoever called 911 to report that Prince was in dire need of medical assistance didn’t seem to know that he was at Paisley Park or the address or the city in which it is located. Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson, died Thursday at his Paisley Park compound in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen. A transcript…
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Del. Teen Dies After Fight in High School Bathroom
Amy Inita Joyner-Francis didn’t believe in fighting. She was a quiet teen, who managed her Wilmington, Del., high school’s wrestling team and was focused on her studies. Nik Stryminski remembered an incident when Amy, 16, stopped an argument between himself and another student that was headed toward violence. “She wasn’t worried about herself. She was worried…
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