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The Miami Herald reports that four people were killed in a dramatic series of events that started in one city in Florida and ended in another. At 4:17 p.m. Thursday in Coral Gables, at least two people tried robbing Regent Jeweler’s. Authorities were notified of the incident by a silent alarm. During the robbery attempt, […]
Indiana police are looking for a suspect with the phrase “Crime Pays” inked across his forehead. Thirty-eight-year-old Donald Murray allegedly took Terre Haute, Indiana police on a high-speed chase last week. Police were reportedly attempting to flag Murray down for driving a car without lights when the chase started. Murray eventually crashed into a tree, forcing him […]
A Maine man was killed on Thursday evening after being shot by his own home-rigged booby trap, the Washington Post reports. According to the Van Buren, Maine police department, 65-year-old Ronald Cyr called 911 and told the dispatchers that he had been shot. When first responders got to his home, they gave Cyr medical assistance but they were unable […]
Eleven people are injured following a shooting in New Orleans on Sunday, CNN reports. New Orleans police are investigating a shooting on Canal Street Sunday morning involving a total of 11 victims struck by gunfire. Several streets are blocked off. pic.twitter.com/eGSlUNfonv — Paul Dudley (@Pauldudleynews) December 1, 2019 POST CONTINUES BELOW 11 […]
The son of Tarrant County, Texas Sheriff Bill Waybourn was arrested for public intoxication just a day after his father referred to undocumented immigrants as “drunks.” Waybourn was at the White House on Thursday to oppose legislation regarding immigrants charged with driving under the influence. While arguing that repeat offenders are more dangerous, Waybourn dehumanized and demeaned undocumented immigrants. “If we […]
A Chicago man was brutally slammed to the ground by police on Thanksgiving Day while he was being arrested and a citizen accountability group is now looking into the incident, BuzzFeed News reports. In the graphic video, an officer is seen lifting the young man up and slamming his head to the sidewalk. The man […]
An Oklahoma police chief is upset after a Starbucks employee allegedly labeled officers’ coffee order as belonging to a “Pig.” A police officer made a coffee run to Starbucks for themselves and other officers who were working the Thanksgiving shift with them. Yet when the officer got the beverages, they noticed that the word “Pig” was placed where Starbucks usually writes […]
Musicians are offering support to a 15-year-old guitarist who was accidentally shot by a Chicago police officer. According to the Chicago Tribune, Rylan Wilder was finishing his shift at the UpBeat Music and Arts center when he was struck by bullets meant for a bank robber. He was hit in both the arm and the abdomen by the police officer. The […]
A white teenager from Georgia was taken into custody last Friday after police discovered her plans to commit a racially motivated mass murder. According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Gainsville police learned that the 16-year-old girl was planning to attack the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Hall County, Georgia. Police Chief Jay Parrish claims that she chose the building because most […]
Michael Bloomberg has walked back his support of the controversial stop-and-frisk police strategy. While addressing a mostly black crowd at a Brooklyn church, Bloomberg backed away from the policy that he supported during his time as New York City’s mayor. Although he knows that he “can’t change history,” he told the congregation that his stance […]
