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#WalterScott: Michael Slager Takes the Stand in His Trial for Murder
The white former North Charleston, S.C., police officer charged with the murder of an unarmed black motorist during a traffic stop took the stand in his own defense Tuesday, according to the Post and Courier. As previously reported on The Root, Michael Slager, 35, is on trial for the April 2015 shooting death of 50-year-old…
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#NoDAPL: Thousands of Veterans Head to Standing Rock to Protect Water Protectors
A group of veterans will head to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota next week to serve as “human shields” for the water protectors who have been on the ground protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline for months. Veterans Stand for Standing Rock set a goal of getting 2,000 veterans to…
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Head of Judiciary Committee Wants to Speed Up Jeff Sessions Confirmation Hearing
The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday that he wants to move quickly on the hearing to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as U.S. attorney general. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said that he plans to schedule the hearing before the inauguration, and noted that the hearings for Eric Holder and John Ashcroft also…
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Ex-NFL Player Darren Sharper Sentenced to 20 Years in Los Angeles Rape Case
Convicted rapist and former NFL star Darren Sharper was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for drugging and raping two women in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reports. Multiple women across the country have accused Sharper of sexual assault, and Tuesday’s sentence is part of a plea deal he reached last year to…
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Report: Open and Unabashed Harassment and Intimidation After Trump's Election
The United States is no stranger to hate crimes and racial or ethnic harassment; after all, this is a country that was built on the genocide of indigenous people, the enslavement of black people, and the systemic and institutionalized oppression that keeps one group ahead of all the rest. For the most part, bigots and…
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#NoDAPL: ND Governor Issues Executive Order for Evacuation of Resistance Camp
Just days after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told water protectors that they had to vacate the #NoDAPL campsite by Dec. 5 or risk being arrested for trespassing, the governor of North Dakota issued an executive order Monday calling for the emergency evacuation of the area. Gov. Jack Dalrymple, a Republican, signed Executive Order…
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Airline Passenger Whose Trump Rant Was Caught on Video Banned by Delta for Life
An airline passenger whose pro-Trump rant on board a flight earlier this month was caught on video has been banned from flying Delta Air Lines for life, the airline’s chief executive told employees in a memo Monday. The man was on a Nov. 22 flight from Atlanta to Allentown, Pa., when he began shouting his…
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1 Killed, 3 Injured in Shooting at South Texas Grocery Store
Three employees at a H-E-B grocery store in South Texas were injured and another was killed after a co-worker allegedly opened fire on them early Monday morning. Police say that at around 3:15 a.m., 25-year-old Raul Lopez allegedly fired 15 shots at the break-room window of an H-E-B store in Palmview, Texas, about 10 miles…
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Betsy DeVos, Religion and Taxpayer Dollars for Private School Education
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos was his choice for education secretary. DeVos, a conservative activist, has no professional experience in schools, and she is known politically for pushing private school voucher programs—which, as the Washington Post describes, is a controversial position within public school circles. DeVos has spent millions of…
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#NoDAPL: Protester Hit With Police Concussion Grenade Faces Arm Amputation
A water protector who was present during the recent violent police response to protesters at Standing Rock in North Dakota is facing arm amputation after a concussion grenade thrown by police reportedly hit her left arm Sunday, Indian Country Today Media Network reports. Sophia Wilansky, 21, of New York City, was headed to bring water to…
