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Watch: Bodycam Footage Released of Oklahoma Republican in Motel Room With Teen Boy
Itās hard to keep count of the barrage of terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad sexual abusers who have been outed this year, so let me reintroduce you to Ralph Shortey, the deplorable former Oklahoma state senator who pleaded guilty last week to federal charges of child sex trafficking. On Tuesday, Oklahoma police released bodycam footage…
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Time Magazine Names āthe Silence Breakersā Its Person of the Year
Timeās Person of the Year isnāt a single person but a movement. On Wednesday, the magazine announced that āthe silence breakersāāthe victims of sexual harassment and assault who have come forward to tell their storiesāhad earned the distinction of being its Person of the Year for 2017. Time Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal told the Today show…
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69-Year-Old Man Had Plans to Shoot Up a Florida Mosque, Police Say
A Jacksonville, Fla., man has been thwarted in his plans to murder MuslimsĀ at the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida. Bernandino Bolatete, a 69-year-old Filipino immigrant, bought a silencer from an undercover officer and was arrested on a federal weapons violation last week. As Jacksonville News 4 reports, before buying the silencer, Bolatete had divulged his…
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Number of Fatal Cocaine Overdoses Among Black People on Par With Opioid-Related Deaths Among Whites, Study Shows
The opioid crisis has dominated headlines and political conversations as the number of overdose deaths and addicts has risen dramatically in recent years. But a new study finds that the opioid epidemic, which has affected mostly white Americans, is just one part of theĀ growing U.S. drug crisis. The report reveals that deaths from cocaine overdoses…
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Massachusetts Cop Finally Fired After Writing āLove Thisā About Deadly Attack at Charlottesville, Va., White Supremacist Rally
The Springfield, Mass., Police Department fired one of their officers, Conrad Lariviere, for comments he made in the aftermath of the deadly Charlottesville, Va., white supremacist rally that killed one person and injured 19 others. As Vice News reports, on Aug. 13, a day after the protests, Lariviere responded to a breaking news post about…
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Say What? Police Donāt Know Who Invited This Terrible ASL Interpreter to Their News Conference
Tampa Bay, Fla., police are still trying to figure out how an American Sign Language interpreter they didnāt even invite managed to derail a press conference about a suspected serial killer in Florida last week. The interpreter, identified by the police as Derlyn Roberts, delivered a completely incoherent translation that left deaf and hearing-impaired Florida…
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Joy-Ann Reid Apologizes for āTone-Deaf and Dumbā Homophobic Blog Posts
MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid has issued a statement apologizing for a series of homophobic blog posts she wrote a decade ago, calling them āinsensitive, tone-deaf and dumb.ā The series of blogs, which ran from 2007 to 2009, centered on former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. The posts, which Reid wrote as part of her personal blog,…
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1 in 4 Men Are Entitled Trash Who Think Exposing Themselves Doesnāt Count as Harassment
Men, we need to have a talk. Again. Do you mind if I leave the door open for this one? A survey conducted by the Barna group found that a disturbing percentage of people donāt seem to understand what behaviors count as sexual harassment. Out of 1,000 Americans who participated in the online survey, 24…
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Report Calls Out Weak Police Response to Charlottesville, Va., Protests, Alleges Obstruction
An independent investigation into the white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Va., has confirmed what was immediately obvious to many: that the Charlottesville Police Department and Virginia State Police royally fucked up in their response to the deadly protests. The report was conducted by a former federal prosecutor, Timothy J. Heaphy, and, at 200 pages (pdf),…
