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Report Accuses Washington State Rep. Matt Shea of Domestic Terrorism
Apparently, 2019 refuses to have any chill. You’d think that with it being one of the last weeks of the year, the holidays coming up and your boy having to work through the disappointment that was The Rise of Skywalker that the wilding could at least come to a temporary halt. Yeah, nah. NPR reported…
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Former Kentucky Governor Ignores Science; Pardons Child Rapist Because Victim's Hymen Was Intact
Matt Bevin, former governor of Kentucky and sentient piece of garbage has come under fire for pardoning 41-year old Micah Schoettle. Schoettle was sentenced to 23 years on charges of rape, incest, and sodomy. His reasoning? The 9-year-old victim’s hymen was intact. Slate reports that Bevin, who was recently defeated by Democrat Andy Beshear, has…
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Investigation Finds Hand Signals Flashed at Army-Navy Game Weren't Racist Because Of Course
An Army investigation into the hand gestures flashed during a broadcast of last week’s Army/Navy football game found they were not racist. Disappointing but not surprising. According to NBC News, an internal investigation by the U.S Military Academy found that the students were playing “the circle game.” In this game, a person holds a circle…
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Forth Worth Officer Indicted on Murder Charge for Fatal Shooting of Atatiana Jefferson
On Friday, a grand jury in Texas indicted a former Fort Worth police officer on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of Atatiana Jefferson. NBC News reports that the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Aaron Dean, the 35-year-old former officer responsible for the shooting, had been indicted. Jefferson was a 28-year-old pre-med graduate…
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The Phrase 'White Nationalist' Cut From Measure Designed to Screen for White Nationalists in the Military
A measure in the National Defense Authorization Act designed to allow for better screening of white nationalism in military enlistees has had the word ‘white nationalist’ removed. That, uh, makes sense, right? Huffington Post writes that after initially passing in the House, the language of the measure was altered to “extremist and gang-related activity,” after…
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Federal Study Confirms Racial Bias in Facial-Recognition Systems. Which, Yeah, We Know
A federal study released Thursday shows that facial recognition technology used by law enforcement misidentified people of color more often than white people. In other news, water is indeed wet. The Washington Post reports that a study conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the federal lab that develops standards for emerging technology,…
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Phoenix PD Ordered to Pay $1.6 Million for Illegal Body-Cavity Search
On Wednesday, the Phoenix City Council approved a payment of $1.6 million to Erica Reynolds, a 37-year-old woman illegally body-cavity searched as a part of a drug investigation. AZ Central reports that the payment was passed by a 7-2 vote with councilmen Sal DiCiccio and Jim Warning voting no. DiCiccio, while conceding that the officer…
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Sean Urbanski Found Guilty of First Degree Murder in Richard Collins Trial
On Wednesday, Sean Urbanski was found guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Army 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III in May 2017 at the University of Maryland, reports WTOP. On Tuesday, The Root reported that the judge had dropped the hate crime charge against Urbanski. Nevertheless, the prosecution still argued on the final…
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BREAKING: House Votes to Impeach Trump
The House of Representatives has voted 230-197 to impeach President Donald Trump on the grounds of Article 1-Abuse of Power and 229-198 on Article II-Obstruction of Congress, reports NBC News. After eight hours of debate, including a rousing speech by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) the House finally came to a vote on Wednesday night. The…
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Legislation Introduced to Help Curb Rising Black Teen Suicide Rates
On Tuesday, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) introduced legislation to help address rising suicide rates in black teens. CBS News reports that The Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act of 2019 seeks to invest over a billion dollars into improving mental health care conditions for black youth. This comes on the heels of a report…
