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‘White Elevators’ Sign Spotted at Republican National Convention Arena
In a truly inexplicable move—especially given the issues Republicans have had with so-called minorities this election cycle—a sign was posted with the words “White Elevators,” pointing to an elevator bank, at the Republican National Convention site in Cleveland this weekend. A quick Wall Street Journal reporter spotted the signs and posted a photo on Twitter on…
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Republican VP Pick Mike Pence Criticized George H.W. Bush for Signing 1991 Civil Rights Act
As Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s record is being more heavily scrutinized since presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump named him as his vice presidential pick, some very interesting data is surfacing. BuzzFeed.com reports that in 1992, as executive director of an Indiana think tank, he wrote an editorial sharply criticizing then-President George H.W. Bush for…
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Klansman Who Bombed 16th Street Baptist Church Is Up for Parole
The Klansman who bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., killing four black girls in 1963, goes before the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles next month for his first parole hearing, reports Alabama.com. Thomas E. Blanton Jr., who was convicted only in 2001, will go before the board Aug. 3. Addie Mae…
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Fired Atlanta Police Officer Charged With Murder in Shooting Death of Black Man
A former Atlanta police officer, terminated July 1 for his part in the shooting death of a robbery suspect, has been charged with felony murder, reports WSB-TV Atlanta. The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office announced that an arrest warrant has been issued for former Atlanta Police Officer James Burns, 34, who shot and killed Devaris…
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Vanderbilt Football Player Cory Batey Gets 15 Years for Rape
Former Vanderbilt football player Cory Batey was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for raping an unconscious woman, weeks after a Stanford student received what many believe was a slap on the wrist for a rape conviction. The New York Daily News reports that Batey was convicted in April of aggravated rape, which carries a…
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White Kansas Cop Threatens Little Black Girl on Facebook, Loses Job
Social media giveth—truth, laughs, info—and it taketh away—jobs, reputation, dignity. One police officer from Kansas found out the downside of being online this weekend when he decided to randomly threaten a black woman’s daughter on Facebook and promptly lost his job. The Daily Mail identifies the disgraced public servant as Rodney Lee Wilson, a rookie…
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Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree Calls His Alzheimer’s Diagnosis a ‘Blessing’
Charles Ogletree, author, activist and Harvard law professor, who taught both Barack and Michelle Obama, revealed that he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease but that it has been a “blessing.” Ogletree, 63, who said he was diagnosed by a neurologist, shared the news at a bicentennial message at the 50th quadrennial General Conference of the…
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Thousands of Protesters Take to the Streets Across US; Hundreds Arrested
Despite the fact that five police officers were killed in Dallas on Thursday, protests over the deaths of 37-year-old Alton Sterling and 32-year-old Philando Castile, two black men killed by police in the last week, continued across the nation throughout the weekend. From London and New York City to Detroit, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Baltimore and…
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Report: Philando Castile Was Pulled Over Because He Matched Description of Suspect With ‘Wide-Set Nose’
Philando Castile, the 32-year-old St. Paul, Minn., man who was shot and killed by Officer Jeronimo Yanez on July 6, and who has been the impetus for a dozens of police protests across the country, was apparently pulled over by police because he matched the description of a robbery suspect with a “wide-set nose.” “I’m…
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The Bahamas Issues Travel Advisory to Its Young Men About Coming to US
We all know about “travel advisories”—where the U.S. State Department warns us of potential danger when we travel outside the country. Whether around terrorism or Zika, these advisories are unfortunately fairly commonplace in our precarious world. On Friday, the island nation of the Bahamas, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, issued a travel advisory…
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