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Ore. Militants: We Need Eggs, Cigarettes and ‘French Vanilla Creamer’
As the occupation of an Oregon national wildlife area enters its second week, the armed militants are recognizing that if they are really going to stay there forever, they are going to need some supplies. And whenever an armed group of adult men with a hell-bent drive against the government needs supplies, it asks the…
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NYC Police Sgt. Stripped of Gun and Badge Following Internal Charges in Eric Garner Case
A New York City Police Department sergeant has been stripped of her gun and badge and barred from doing any street enforcement for her role in the 2013 death of Eric Garner, according to the New York Times. Garner died on a street in the New York City borough of Staten Island on July 17,…
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Maine Governor Believes Guys Named ‘D-Money’ and ‘Shifty’ Are Bringing Heroin Into the State and Impregnating ‘Young White Women’
Maine Gov. Paul LePage used what many believe was racially charged language during a town hall meeting Wednesday, when he claimed that people with names like “D-Money,” “Smoothie” and “Shifty” were coming to the state to sell their heroin and impregnate a “young white girl before they leave.” According to CNN, the comments came after…
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Homeless Man Took His Last $30 and Bet on Himself
When Joshua Woods’ parents died, he was lost. “I was disappointed. Mostly in myself, but also at life,” Woods told Fox 32. “I felt like I wasn’t dealt a good hand to begin with. I was in foster care. My father passed away when I was 16. I was the only kid on my block…
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Las Vegas Police Mistake Cellphone for Gun, Fatally Shoot Unarmed Man
Las Vegas police have released body-cam footage of the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old unarmed man. According to KSN, Keith Childress Jr. was wanted after failing to appear for sentencing in a 2013 Arizona home invasion during which Childress and other suspects stole computers and electronic equipment at gunpoint. Childress failed to appear at his scheduled…
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Texas Trooper Who Arrested Sandra Bland Indicted on Perjury Charges
The Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland has been indicted on perjury charges. According to the Houston Chronicle, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Brian Encinia was indicted by a Waller County grand jury Wednesday. If found guilty of the Class A misdemeanor, Encinia could face a $4,000 fine and up to a year in…
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Freddie Gray Case: Baltimore Officer Caesar Goodson’s Trial Begins
The hearing for Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr., the driver of the police transport wagon at the center of the Freddie Gray case, has begun with the judge denying the officer’s request to move the trial to another jurisdiction, the Baltimore Sun reports. Goodson is charged with second-degree depraved-heart murder, the most serious charge…
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Update: Ore. Standoff Leader Did Not Compare Armed Group’s Effort to Rosa Parks’
Editor’s note: It turns out that Ammon Bundy does not have a Twitter account and did not tweet out a comparison to Rosa Parks. That fact was unearthed by the website Gizmodo after it fact-checked this widely circulated, but erroneous, report. The account @Ammon_Bundy was a parody. As if this story weren’t strange enough, on Wednesday…
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Chicago Pays $5,500,000 to 57 Victims of Police Torture
On Monday, 57 people who were tortured by Chicago police decades ago were paid a total of $5.5 million in reparations for the abuse they suffered under former Police Cmdr. Jon Burge, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. From 1970 to the early 1990s, Burge and other officers under his command shocked, suffocated and beat some…
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Miss. Councilman Who Asked Residents to Throw Rocks at Cops Defends Comments
A Mississippi councilman who asked residents to throw rocks, bricks and bottles at police during what he considers racist car chases held a press conference Sunday to clarify his controversial statements. According to the Clarion-Ledger, Kenneth Stokes, of Ward 3 in Jackson, did not elaborate on his call to action but noted that police pursuits…
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