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Fla. Woman Robs Uber Driver by Blinding Her With Pepper Spray: Report
Being an Uber driver nowadays is tough. Just ask one driver in Palm Beach, Fla., who was robbed and blinded when she was sprayed with pepper spray. According to the Palm Beach Post, the 29-year-old unidentified driver picked up Lontaisha Sharquay Durham, 21, and a friend on April 4 in Delray Beach. After the driver…
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Baltimore’s Mayor Asks FBI to Help Curb City’s Murder Rate
So far this year, there have been 100 homicides in Baltimore, and Mayor Catherine Pugh wants the FBI’s help. During her weekly address Wednesday, Pugh said that she wanted to get a handle on the murder rate before the summer begins. “Murder is out of control,” said Pugh. “There are too many guns on the…
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Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls Addresses Missing DC Teens
Friday will mark the one-year anniversary of the creation of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls. The caucus, created by Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) and Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.), was the first of its kind, with the main goal of creating public policy that “eliminates significant barriers and disparities…
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6th-Grader Threatened With Suspension Because of Haircut
A 12-year-old in Baytown, Texas, received a hair-raising ultimatum from his school after being told that his haircut was unacceptable. Xavier Davis, a sixth-grade student at Cedar Bayou Junior High School, was told to either cut his hair or face in-school suspension. According to Click2Houston, Xavier said that he was stopped in the hallway on…
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NC Mother Threw Lighter Fluid on Son’s Kindergarten Teacher: Report
A mother of a kindergartner in Durham, N.C., was arrested Monday after reportedly throwing lighter fluid on her son’s teacher and threatening to burn the school down. Shequelia Sheala Leonard was set to meet with her son’s teacher, Megan Jones, at Eno Valley Elementary School. But Leonard became angry at the accusations Jones made about…
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Black Man Beaten by Officer for Alleged Jaywalking Files Lawsuit
On April 10, Nandi Cain, 24, was beaten by Sacramento, Calif., Police Officer Anthony Figueroa for suspected jaywalking. Cain, who was unarmed, suffered bruises and a concussion. And now he has filed a lawsuit against the city. On Monday, Oakland, Calif.-based civil rights attorney John Burris held a press conference on behalf of his client…
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White Fla. Principal Requests Segregation of White Students so They Can Feel Comfortable
Christine Hoffman, principal at St. Petersburg, Fla.’s Campbell Park Elementary School, was removed from her school after asking teachers to segregate white students from the black students so the white students could feel comfortable, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Last week, Hoffman emailed her staff stating that white students, who are all between 5…
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Police Video Shows NC Cop Threatening to Kill Unarmed Man
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., police are defending their use of excessive force on an unarmed man after they say he tried to run away after a traffic stop. According to police, on March 26, 2016, James Yarborough, a passenger in a car pulled over for a traffic stop, ran from police. Officers apprehended Yarborough and, for four…
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Okla. Middle School Students Busted for Operating Fight Club in Bathroom
The first rule of fight club probably shouldn’t apply to middle school, but apparently, a group of students at Stillwater (Okla.) Middle School didn’t have anything better to do during their bathroom breaks. The fight club was discovered last week and involved a group of 10-15 boys, who convened in the school’s bathroom to pummel…
