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Louisville Police Chief Steve Conrad, who was already under fire for his department’s handling of the investigation into the shooting of Breonna Taylor, was relieved of duty today by Louisville mayor Greg Fischer, less than one month before he was scheduled to retire. The final straw for Conrad appears to have been the revelation that,
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Social media users have been reporting mysterious piles of bricks in cities across the country in recent days, stoking speculation that the stashes are being planted to encourage violence amid the countrywide protests over George Floyd’s death. On Sunday, police confirmed the existence of such piles in Kansas City, urging residents to notify police if
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The family of George Floyd commissioned an autopsy and released its results today. It’s top finding contradicts the autopsy done by Hennepin County last week, reports the StarTribune. Attorneys representing George Floyd’s family released findings of their own autopsy that say he was asphyxiated while Minneapolis police officers knelt on his back and neck, pinning
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A protester who was causing damage to a city block was escorted to police lines by other protesters during a demonstration in Washington, D.C., over the weekend. The video, captured and posted to Twitter by local news reporter Safvan Allahverdi on Sunday, shows a masked protester dressed in all black appearing to hammer and chisel
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A majority of the images broadcast from the weekend’s protests and riots range from discouraging to terrifying, as people take to the streets in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers as well as the Louisville Metropolitan Police killing of Breonna Taylor. In the midst of the chaos,
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There have been violent riots in Wisconsin’s capital of Madison, where a group of about 150 demonstrators threw rocks at police officers on Saturday night, according to WITI-TV. At least 75 stores were damaged or looted overnight. Despite the bedlam and property damage, the Madison Police Department only made three arrests. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel politics
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Starz’s new drama Hightown is prone to sex, nudity, drugs, and violence. May 31’s episode, “Rebellion Dogs”, however, was particularly excessive. During an episode which clocks in at 52 minutes, there was 16.5 minutes of scenes involving such content. That’s almost 32 percent of the episode. The show features an intense storyline full of unlikable
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St. John’s Episcopal Church at Lafayette Square in the District of Columbia burned Sunday night, having been set ablaze by rioters in another long night of nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer dug his knee into the handcuffed man’s neck until he stopped breathing. St. John’s,
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Three people have been arrested for Molotov cocktail attacks on the NYPD during this weekend’s riots in New York City. Two Brooklyn lawyers, including an Ivy League graduate corporate attorney, and an Upstate New York woman are facing federal charges for throwing Molotov cocktails into NYPD vehicles. According to the charging documents, Urooj Rahman, 31,
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Life comes at you pretty fast. Chris Martin Palmer, NBA reporter for ESPN, is learning this the hard way. On May 28, Palmer tweeted: Image of Chris Martin Palmer’s deleted tweet. The thing being burned down belonged to people who aren’t wealthy NBA storytellers for ESPN. It’s an affordable housing complex. Palmer later deleted that
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In Episode 95 of “Unashamed with Phil Robertson” podcast, the Robertson brothers revealed the emotional story of how they found out that they had a long-lost sister. In the latest episode, Phil Robertson, Miss Kay, and the boys reveal how they welcomed Phyllis into the “Duck Dynasty” family, and the audience gets to meet the
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, pinned responsibility for the violence in Minneapolis on right-wing “white supremacists” and drug cartels on Saturday. Walz, along with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter (D), also blamed the violence on out-of-state, professional agitators — not local residents. New evidence, however, show their claims
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FBI General Counsel Dana Boente, a central figure in the revived Michael Flynn scandal, has reportedly been ousted from his job. FBI Director Christopher Wray asked for Boente’s resignation on Friday. However, the decision to oust Boente came from “high levels” in the Justice Department — not originally from Wray, according to NBC News. Boente
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Two Chicago police officers were surrounded by protesters on Saturday — and then briefly dragged through the street. Video footage of the incident shows two Chicago police officers attempting to arrest a protester. However, the officers were greatly outnumbered and surrounding demonstrators quickly attacked them. The footage shows protesters hit and drag the officers, one
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