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  • Watch: Cincinnati Man Slammed Into Wall and Arrested for ‘Jaywalking’

    The Cincinnati Police Department is investigating a videotaped pedestrian arrest that took place Feb. 6. According to Cincinnati.com, Charles Harrell, 29, began filming Police Officer Baron Osterman, who was slowly following him on a bicycle. “This is what we have to go through in Cincinnati,” Harrell said in the video. “You can’t be a black…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 7, 2016
  • Photo Showing 3 Pa. High School Students Dressed as KKK Resurfaces on Web

    A photo showing three Pennsylvania high school students dressed in Ku Klux Klan outfits resurfaced on social media, and once again it has the superintendent of the Upper Darby School District apologizing. “A project was assigned in an Upper Darby High School history class with the intention of illustrating the historical impact of the 1920s,”…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 7, 2016
  • 2 Injured in Shooting During Air Jordan Sneaker Release in Minn.

    Two people were injured in a shooting near a Minneapolis Foot Locker Saturday while waiting for a chance to buy the limited-release Air Jordan 2 Retro Wing It sneakers. According to KARE 11, some men began arguing in the Brooklyn Center shopping center. That argument spilled out into the parking lot, where witnesses told the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 7, 2016
  • Ex-Ala. Trooper Accused of Raping Woman in Cruiser Gets 6 Months in Plea Deal

    Samuel McHenry II, an ex-Alabama state trooper who faced charges of raping a woman after handcuffing her inside his police cruiser and threatening her with jail unless she had sex with him, has been sentenced to six months in jail. As part of a plea agreement Thursday, McHenry pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual misconduct, AL.com…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 4, 2016
  • 911 Audio: Gym Employee About Seahawks Player Kam Chancellor: ‘I Know There Used to Be a Lot of Heroin Addicts Around Here’ 

    TMZ has obtained audio of the 911 call placed by a Redmond Athletic Club employee as Seattle Seahawks player Kam Chancellor and friends were looking to get more information about the recently closed gym. Chancellor, who the employee admits was outside taking pictures, was interested in buying the location. The woman can be heard telling a…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 4, 2016
  • Watch: Michael Jackson Impersonator Does Spot-On Impression of Late Singer

    Michael Jackson’s is one of the most distinct voices in all of music, so it is pretty impressive that this M.J. impersonator does a really nice job. See below: 

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 4, 2016
  • Report: New Orleans Woman Charged With Rape of Younger Male Relative

    A 21-year-old New Orleans woman has been arrested and charged with first-degree rape of a younger male relative over a five-year period. According to the Times-Picayune, police arrested Dereka Chair after authorities said an investigation revealed that Chair had had sexual encounters with a male relative beginning when he was 11 and she was 15.…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 4, 2016
  • Lawyer for Teen in False NYC Park Rape Case Speaks Out 

    Their faces—and names—were all over the Internet. Five teens accused of raping an 18-year-old woman inside a Brooklyn, N.Y., park Jan. 9 were arrested and charged with the crime. Now that charges against them have been dropped, an attorney for one of the teens is lashing out at the prosecutor for the way the case…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 4, 2016
  • Fla. Teen Who Posed as Doctor Arrested Again

    The 18-year-old Florida teen who was arrested last month on charges he impersonated a doctor has been arrested again, this time on charges he used another person’s identity. According to the Sun-Sentinel, Malachi Love-Robinson was taken into custody Tuesday and charged with one count of larceny and five counts of using another person’s identification without…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 3, 2016
  • Ala. Officer Charged With Murder in Death of Unarmed Black Man

    Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey charged Montgomery, Ala., Police Officer Aaron Smith with murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man outside his mother’s house. “I will do everything in my power to protect a police officer who is operating within the law,” Bailey said Wednesday, CBS News reports. “I will…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 3, 2016
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