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Philadelphia Police Arrest Man in Slaying of Transgender Woman
Philadelphia police Sunday arrested a man they believe was involved in the brutal killing of Keisha Jenkins, a transgender woman who was beaten and shot last week. According to NBC New York, a tip led to the arrest of Pedro Redding, who, police say, has a history of violence. Redding, 24, has been arraigned on…
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5 Reasons to Watch Tonight’s Democratic Debate
The Republican presidential candidates, all 100 of them, have battled twice onstage, and those debates were everything you’d want them to be: tons of shade, side-eyeing and verbal elbowing in the race to become the party’s nominee. On Tuesday night, the Las Vegas stage is set for the CNN-hosted, first Democratic presidential debate, and, well,…
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Report: Fla. Woman Beaten, Arrested for Filming Police
On July 15, 2015, Kelli Wilson took out her cellphone to record two Jacksonville, Fla., policemen arresting her husband when, she says, the officers assaulted and arrested her and took her phone, footage of which was captured by a surveillance camera. “I was beaten and then falsely arrested, my phone was stolen, my car was…
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NY Giants Tight End Daniel Fells Fighting Staph Infection; Doctors Hope to Save Foot
New York Giants tight end Daniel Fells is in a battle to save his foot and possibly his life, with NFL.com reporting that Fells has had five surgeries to stop a serious staph infection that was reportedly contracted from a cortisone injection he received after a toe injury. The website reports that Fells is battling a…
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Texas Councilman Stunned With Taser and Arrested in Front of His Home by Same Police Force That Arrested Sandra Bland
A Texas councilman was stunned with a Taser in front of his Prairie View home Thursday during an incident involving police—one of whom was reportedly involved in Sandra Bland’s arrest. According to Click 2 Houston, Prairie View police officers were questioning four men about drug activity when, police say, Councilman Jonathan Miller began interfering with…
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NYPD Officer Who Pulled Gun on Kids Playing Tag Loses 30 Vacation Days
On Sept. 13, 2013, Kesean Smalls, 13, and Jahniel Hinds, 12, were playing tag on a street in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn when an officer approached the children with his gun drawn. “Motherf—ker, get on the ground!” Capt. Brian McCaughey, 37, yelled at the kids. Jahniel ran and hid behind his mother. Kesean…
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Ga. Mother Says Day Care Worker Sprayed Kids in the Face With Air Freshener
A Georgia mother claims that a day care worker sprayed her 17-month-old son and another child in the face with air freshener. Monica Kendrick told WSB-TV that the Kids R Kids day care in Stockbridge, Ga., allows parents to look in on their kids using online access to cameras placed throughout the facility. Kendrick was…
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Calif. Mom Outraged to Find Son’s Play Pirate Ship Includes Dark-Skinned Doll With ‘Slave Collar’
A Sacramento, Calif., mother was upset to find a black doll with a slave collar in the pirate ship that her 5-year-old son got as a birthday gift. Ida Lockett told CBS Sacramento that she was helping her son put his Playmobil pirate-ship figurines together when she realized that the instructions were showing her how…
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Walter Scott’s Family Reaches $6,500,000 Settlement With City in Cop Shooting
City officials in North Charleston, S.C., have agreed to a $6.5 million settlement with the family of Walter Scott, the unarmed African-American man who was shot in the back by a white police officer who is now facing murder charges. According to USA Today, the City Council approved the amount Thursday after months of negotiations…
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Watch: Minn. Cop Appears to Shove, Hit Somali Teen in Park
A Somali teen said that he was standing in a Richfield, Minn., park Saturday night when an officer approached him and began yelling at him to leave. The young man says that when the teen told the officer that the park was public property, things took a turn that included the officer pushing him and…
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