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San Antonio Suspect Apologizes for Fatal Police Shooting
Otis Tyrone McKane, 31, the suspect in the fatal shooting Sunday afternoon of Detective Benjamin Marconi, 50, apologized to Marconi’s family after his arrest, CNN reports. When asked by police on Monday why he was upset, McKane said, “Society not allowing me to see my son. I lashed out at somebody who didn’t deserve it. I’ve…
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Ariz. Grandmother Texts Wrong Teen About Thanksgiving Dinner, Tells Him to Come Anyway
America needed a lighthearted story like this for the holidays to show us that there is still good in the world! A grandmother by the name of Wanda texted 17-year-old Jamal Hinton of Chandler, Ariz., by accident in a group text Tuesday talking about Thanksgiving-dinner plans, according to the Huffington Post. Jamal responded to the…
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Fla. Man Claims He Received Bad Service at Starbucks Because He Voted for Trump
David Sanguesa, 53, accused a Starbucks barista of purposely not serving him because he voted for Donald Trump and is white, the New York Daily News reports. In a video posted to Twitter, Sanguesa can be seen pacing the Starbucks back and forth because the black female barista was not getting his drink fast enough. “Just…
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Wannabe Islamic State Fighters Sentenced to Prison
Guled Omar, 22, described as a leader of a group of nine who plotted to fight for the Islamic State group, or ISIS, was sentenced to 35 years in prison by a federal judge on Wednesday, CBS News reports. Omar, of Minnesota, was one of nine defendants found guilty of a plot involving travel to Syria…
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Photos Surface of Ark. School Board Member Wearing Blackface
Ted Bonner, a Blevins (Ark.) School Board member, painted his face black, distressed his teeth and, while carrying a sign that read, “Blak [sic] Lives Matters,” apparently wore the costume to a Halloween party in October, Raw Story reports. Photos of him wearing the costume circulated around social media, and Bonner apologized for them Monday…
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La. Mother Arrested After Son, 2, Shoots Daughter, 1
Crystal Kinchen, 23, was arrested and charged with second-degree cruelty to a juvenile after, police say, her 2-year-old son accidentally shot his 1-year-old sister in a car in Baton Rouge, La., CBS News reports. The incident happened when Kinchen and her children were in a parked car at a strip mall Tuesday night. Kinchen was…
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Youngest Son of Mich. Rep. John Conyers Goes Missing
Carl Conyers, 21, was last seen Tuesday afternoon by his roommate at the University of Houston, according to the New York Daily News. Conyers is the youngest son of Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), 87, who represents Michigan’s 13th Congressional District. The younger Conyers apparently sent his girlfriend and several friends a message on Twitter on Wednesday…
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DC-Area Schools Walk Out of Class in Protest of Trump
One week after the presidential election, students from Woodrow Wilson Senior High School in Washington, D.C., walked out of class in protest of Donald Trump, CBS DC reports. Students from many other schools followed, and the protest went on to Trump’s D.C. hotel and the Capitol on Tuesday. The principal of Wilson, Kimberly Martin, sent…
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Fliers Saying ‘White Women Shouldn’t Date Black Men’ Appear on SMU Campus
The latest college campus under scrutiny for alleged racist actions is Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where fliers have been put up warning white women not to date black men, the Huffington Post reports. The fliers, found in a dorm and the science building on campus, are titled, “Why White Women Shouldn’t Date Black Men.” “SMU…
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Atlanta Man Gunned Down After Joking About Voting for Trump
Mitchell Mormon Jr., 32, was outside the Church Bar in Atlanta on a first date Saturday when he got into an argument with another man and was eventually gunned down after jokingly saying that he voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election, the New York Post reports. Shaunita Walker, 25, the woman Mormon was…
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