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New Study Reveals NYPD Cops Fired on Unarmed Black Teen 16 Times While He Tried to Surrender
Newly-released video undermines the policeâs claim that the teenager was threatening them. → Read More
Cops in Alton Sterling shooting investigated five times in seven years
The two officers involved in the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling on Monday have been investigated — and cleared — five times between them in their collective seven years working for the Baton Rouge police department, the New Orleans Advocate reported on Thursday. Blane Salamoni was accused last August of hitting a man while arresting him. A month earlier, he was accused of failing to follow… → Read More
NYPD chief Bratton rips Ted Cruz: Calling for anti-Muslim ‘patrols’ is why he won’t be president
New York City Police Chief Bill Bratton denounced Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) proposal for increased “patrols” against Muslim communities, Capital New York reported. “I would remind the senator that he lives in the United States of America, and the statements he made today is why he’s not gonna become the president of this country,” Bratton said during a joint press conference with Mayor Bill de… → Read More
Marco Rubio Allies Tried to Spread Rumors of Alleged Cruz Affairs for Months
The rumors did not surface until late Thursday night. → Read More
Professor Frances Fox Piven describes Sanders: You could call him a New Deal Democrat
Activist and honorary Democratic Socialists of America chair Frances Fox Piven suggested on Wednesday that the term “Democratic Socialist” might be too big to describe Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). “People mean a lot of different things by it,” she told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell. “You could also call Bernie Sanders a New Deal Democrat and you wouldn’t be wrong. And maybe he’s not even a very… → Read More
Cleveland officials take Tamir Rice’s family to court over $500 ‘last dying expense’
The city of Cleveland not only billed Tamir Rice’s family for medical service fees, it went so far as to file a creditor’s claim against them, Cleveland Scene reported on Wednesday. City officials are charging the family $500 for “emergency medical services rendered as the decedent’s last dying expense under Ohio Revised Code,” according to a document filed in Cuyahoga County court on Wednesday.… → Read More
Houston grand jury won’t indict Planned Parenthood — instead charges anti-abortion duo
A grand jury in Harris County, Texas opted not to charge Planned Parenthood officials and instead indict the two anti-abortion activists who secretly filmed them, the Houston Chronicle reported. The jurors indicted David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt for tampering with a governmental record. Daleiden was also indicted on a separate charge of prohibition of the purchase and sale of human organs.… → Read More
Liberals AND Conservatives shred Ann Coulter for racist Trump-Haley tweet
Ann Coulter tried to troll South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) on Tuesday night — and Twitter users responded with a bipartisan show of criticism. The conservative author revisited her attacks against Haley following the governor’s response to the State of the Union address on her own account, writing, “Trump should deport Nikki Haley.” The post can be seen below: The comment was a flashback to… → Read More
Bombshell: Alabama cops systematically framed blacks by planting drugs and guns for decades
Members of a narcotics investigation squad for the police department in Dothan, Alabama planted drugs and weapons on young black men since the mid-1990s with the approval of their superiors — one of whom is currently the state’s Assistant Director of Homeland Security. According to the Henry County Report, Andy Hughes was a sergeant in the department while overseeing the unit. But he was also a… → Read More
Bernie Sanders Rejects Donation from ‘Poster Boy for Drug Company Greed’ Martin Shkreli
Campaign passes off money to a health clinic instead. → Read More
Florida Judge Harasses Domestic Violence Victim Before Jailing Her: ‘You Haven’t Even Seen Anxiety’
The victim can be heard crying as bailiffs approach. Collins then orders her to turn around in order to be handcuffed. → Read More
Top Indiana Repub quits after sexually-explicit video is sent from his ‘stolen’ cell phone
The second-highest ranked official in the Indiana House of Representatives resigned abruptly on Tuesday, the Indianapolis Star reported. State House Majority Leader Rep. Jud McMillin (R) quit after telling several contacts in a text message last week, “My phone was stolen in Canada and out of my control for about 24 hours. I have just been able to reactivate it under my control. Please disregard… → Read More
WATCH: ‘Pharma bro’s’ price-gouging scheme leaves British TV host gobsmacked
Sky TV host Andrew Wilson seemed to be at a loss when discussing Martin Shkreli’s ability to corner the market on the anti-toxoplasmosis drug Daraprim during an interview on Tuesday. “We’ve got plenty of this stuff over here,” he said, speaking from his network’s studio in England. “It’s not a problem for us. It seems to be a problem for the United States.” Wilson’s guest, Fierce Biotech editor… → Read More
‘Pharma Bro’ backs down: Martin Shkreli will roll back outrageous Daraprim price gouge
Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli said on Tuesday that he would not go through with his plan to raise the price of the anti-cancer drug Daraprim to $750 per pill, NBC News reported. “It is absolutely a reaction,” Shkreli said of the circumstances behind the decision. “There were mistakes made with respect to helping people understand why we took this action, I think that it makes sense… → Read More
Texas man busted for falsely accusing #BlackLivesMatter supporters of vandalizing his truck
A Texas man who raised almost $6,000 in funds online to repair his truck was arrested on Friday after authorities determined that he vandalized the vehicle himself and tried to blame supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement for the damage, KDFW-TV reported. Police charged 45-year-old Scott Lattin with making a false report after arresting him at his home in Whitney, Texas. While the suspect… → Read More
Irving police chief admits: Cops knew Ahmed Mohamed didn’t have a bomb when they arrested him
Irving Police Chief Larry Boyd refused to say on Thursday that his officers erred in arresting 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed on Monday even though they allegedly knew he did not bring a bomb to his high school. MSNBC host Chris Hayes gave Boyd the opportunity to admit to a mistake, while conceding that people understood that officers need to be on high alert regarding possible attacks against a… → Read More
Bernie Sanders Roasts GOP Debate on Twitter: Can They Talk About Anything Besides Wanting to Go to War?
Sanders, who is seeking the Democratic Party nomination, criticized the candidates for talking tough on foreign policy. → Read More
‘You are the kind of student we want': MIT surprises Ahmed Mohamed during live interview
MSNBC host Chris Hayes had a pleasant surprise for Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old Muslim teenager who was arrested at his high school in Irving, Texas after officials determined his homemade clock could be a “hoax bomb.” Hayes brought in astrophysicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, who works for the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research and the Department of Physics and the… → Read More
Forget his 9/11 truther tirades — Here are 7 of Alex Jones’ most unhinged conspiracy theories
While many Americans will spend Sept. 11 remembering the people killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, others will presumably take the occasion to revisit their preferred conspiracy theories regarding them. But rather than do so here, it seemed like a good moment to focus instead on radio host Alex Jones — who is arguably the most prominent proponent of the argument… → Read More
Rand Paul’s ‘Solution’ to Kim Davis Problem: ‘Why Not Just privatize Marriage?’
Good one Rand! → Read More