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Police Captain Convicted in Death of Unarmed Black Teen
Del City, Okla., Police Capt. Randy Trent Harrison has been convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the 2012 death of Dane Scott Jr., an unarmed teenager, the Guardian reports. The case centered around the day last year in March when Harrison tried to pull over Scott’s car. The teenager left the car and got into a…
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College Student Mistaken for Wanted Man and Held for 4 Days
Jawon Johnson was enjoying Thanksgiving break from West Virginia State University when he got pulled over Saturday night for a traffic violation in Harford County, Md. At that point, Johnson’s vacation started to go downhill. In a case of mistaken identity, Johnson was taken into custody by the Baltimore police as a wanted man. He…
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Black Los Angeles Judge Sues UCLA Police for Excessive Force During Stop
Los Angeles County Judge David Cunningham III, who is also a former Los Angeles Police Commission president, is suing UCLA police for using excessive force during a seatbelt stop. According to Cunningham, he was stopped over the weekend because, as the police put it, he only began to buckle his seat belt when he saw…
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French Elle Beauty Editor Wears Blackface, Complete With Afro
Fashion has been used many a time before as an excuse to wear racist costumes, like blackface, beyond Halloween. It looks as if the fashion industry—well, some of those associated with it, anyway—is at it again. Elle France Beauty Editor Jeanne Deroo posted a picture on Instagram in which she is in full-on blackface, complete…
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Emergency Birth Control May Not Work for Women Over 176 Pounds
French pharmaceutical company HRA Pharma will begin warning women that their drug, Norlevo, does not work for women weighing more than 176 pounds, Mother Jones reported. Norlevo, which Mother Jones notes is identical to Plan B, will change its packaging information to be transparent about weight limits. The emergency-contraceptive pill begins to lose its effectiveness…
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Prisoners in California Train for Tech Jobs
Inmates at San Quentin State Prison in Northern California are learning how to design and launch tech programs. The Last Mile, a program that pairs computer volunteers with prisoners, teaches complex computer coding to inmates. Graduates of the program who left prison have found employment in the industry, the Associated Press reports. “We believe that…
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Obama’s Leadership Ratings Take a Dip
President Barack Obama’s poll numbers in various measures of leadership have taken a dip, showing the disgruntled state of the American people resulting form the troubles with Obamacare. Only 4 out of 10 Americans think the president can manage the government effectively, a new CNN/ORC International survey shows. This is a 7-percentage-point decrease from June.…
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Obama Working to Soothe Anxious Democrats
President Barack Obama has been busy in the past couple of weeks, flying across the country to attend fundraisers and reassure donors, even though he isn’t up for re-election. The president is hoping to relieve some of the stress caused by the political backlash from the problem-ridden rollout of Obamacare, which has many congressional Democrats…
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Allen West: Obama Policy Caused 'Knockout Game'
According to former Florida Rep. Allen West, left-wing policies such as those that allow immigrants to work in the country and compete for jobs are behind the “knockout game,” Breitbart reports. The knockout game is a troubling new trend among youth, the premise of which is to prey on unsuspecting strangers and try to knock…
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Miami Gardens Police Arrested a Man 62 Times for Trespassing Where He Works
Suppose you were a clerk at a convenience store and the police arrested you there 62 times on one charge: trespassing. You read that right. Arrested multiple times for trespassing while at your place of employment. What’s going on? Well, that’s what Miami Gardens, Fla., store owner Alex Saleh is trying to figure out. One…
