A federal appeals court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a fired Oklahoma police officer who sued his former department for damages after the agency released a video of the officer roughing up a suspect. The officer, Mike Denton, was fired and then reinstated with full back pay before being fired again years later after another video […]
Tupac Shakur is often brought up among the best rappers of all time, but so many people connected with him because of his contributions to the conversations happening outside of music. Pac never shied away from talking about politics and social issues, and he always did so with a level of passion and intelligence that […]
Jane Wood Allen learned the hard way on Monday after she was fired for posting comments on Facebook calling First Lady Michelle Obama a gorilla. Prior to Monday, Jane worked as a teacher’s aide at Gainesville’s Chestatee Elementary School. via AJC: A release from Forsyth County Schools says: “Racism and discrimination are not tolerated in our school […]
Can you imagine being behind bars for 20 years, for a crime you did not commit? What would go through your mind, how would you deal with it? Well, one man used his time very wisely and has finally pulled himself out of jail and settled with the state. Rodell Sanders was awarded $15 million […]
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton is warning Hillary Clinton would be nothing more than President Obama’s third term in the fight against radical Islamic terrorism, applauding Donald Trump’s aggressive stand on ISIS and fearing there could be many negative repercussions to Congress allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia. Bolton, who […]
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DALLAS — A man suspected in a pair of Dallas-area killings was in the country illegally and had been deported three times to Mexico, U.S. immigration officials said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Dallas County jail officials discovered the suspect initially identified as Silvestre Franco-Luviano was using an alias. The 40-year-old suspect’s true identity is Juan Navarro Rios, […]
Just moments after an African American man was shot and killed by El Cajon police Tuesday, his sister was captured in an eyewitness video as she wept and screamed at officers, saying she told authorities her brother was mentally ill. In the video posted on YouTube (some explicit language), the man’s sister said she […]
A tearful Norman Mayor Lynne Miller proclaimed October 2016 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month in Norman during Tuesday’s city council meeting. It was a landmark moment on the heels of a hostile history that, for a time, looked like it would repeat itself. Anger simmered on social media this week, threatening to […]
North Carolina’s legislative body passed the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, which mandates a statewide policy banning individuals from using public bathrooms that do not correspond to their biological sex, as opposed to their opinion of their sex. That means people must use bathrooms and other public facilities where occupants can be in various […]
During last night’s First Presidential Debate of 2016, Donald Trump likened Chicago to a war-torn third world country. If you read Drudge Report with any regularity (and you should, as it’s the best and most honest source of news), I can see how you would view Chicago like it’s located somewhere in Libya and not […]
At least one person has been taken into custody while three people were injured by a shooting at a South Carolina elementary school, police officials confirm. A teacher and two students were wounded, according to the Associated Press. At least one of the students had be airlifted from the school. Police were dispatched to Townville […]
