“Before you dismiss me as just another ‘Mexican,’ let me point out that my great-great grandfather came to this country in 1857, well before your own grandfather.” A U.S. Congressman from Texas of Mexican-American descent has penned a mercilessly unapologetic response to Donald Trump‘s overt racism toward Latinos this morning …
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Texas becomes second state to sue Federal Government over “bathroom bill.” Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will file a lawsuit against the Obama administration on behalf of nearly a dozen states following its directive ordering public schools to allow transgender students access to restrooms corresponding with their gender identity. Arizona. …
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Conservative governor tells GOP delegates “Obama is turning bathrooms into courtrooms issues. I want you to know, I am working with the governor of North Carolina, and we are going to fight back.” On International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, Texas Governor Greg Abbott had something peculiar to say …
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Arrested for not possessing a valid driver’s license and held in custody because she couldn’t make bail. A disturbing story is breaking this morning regarding a 22-year-old mother to a 3-year-old daughter who died in police custody last Tuesday, allegedly due to the failure of local jail officials to …
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Let’s have fun looking at all the terrifying things he’s said now that we won’t be subjected to them! Presidential hopeful and all-star creep Ted Cruz dropped out of the 2016 race for presidency on Tuesday night, leaving Donald Trump as the last remaining contender for nomination in the Republican …
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Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman who died under highly suspect conditions in a Texas jail, made an impassioned speech at the Library of Congress today. Reed-Veal was addressing the newly formed Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls. The Caucus was formed in March …
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A San Antonio school police officer caught on video physically picking up a 12 year old girl and violently tossing her to the ground has been fired, school officials confirmed Monday. School resource officer Joshua Kehm, of the San Antonio School District, was initially put on paid administrative leave after footage …
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A teacher in Beaumont, Texas has been charged with assault after a video of her repeatedly slapping a high school student was posted online. @pside_prince this. pic.twitter.com/ItIkgq9Pw1 — khay (@khay2you) April 8, 2016 According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Mary Hastings, a math teacher at Ozen High School was arrested …
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A viral video showing a 12-year-old girl slammed to the ground by a school police officer is making headlines in San Antonio this week. The girl lands on a cement floor, hitting her head so hard it is audible over the roar of shouting and laughing students. The girl is …
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Police arrest children’s minister Willie Lee Bell Jr, 29, at First United Church of Cedar Hill as he’s caught in the act of molesting a 6-year old Witnesses beat a Texas youth pastor caught in the act of sexually a 6-year old boy he lured behind an apartment building before …
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Brian Encinia, the fired Texas state trooper involved in the viral arrest and detainment of Sandra Bland, pleaded not guilty Tuesday afternoon to a charge of misdemeanor perjury regarding statements he made in the aftermath of arresting the victim, who was later found dead in a Waller County jail. Encinia entered …
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On Wednesday there was only one issue before the Supreme Court–Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the first major case on abortion to reach the highest court in nearly a decade. As most everyone predicted, the court appeared evenly divided with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy asking difficult questions to both sides. Law …
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The 8-member U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case this Wednesday which could reinterpret the Court’s ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey and be the deciding factor in whether women across America have access to legal abortion. Since 1992 Casey has held as the most important Supreme Court decision on abortion since Roe …
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Houston County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Jeffrey Lee Schulmerich, 51, a former Dothan police officer on Valentine’s Day and charged him with felony aggravated stalking. According to Sheriff’s Capt. Antonio Gonzalez, deputies served Schulmerich with a felony warrant on Sunday for a previous event that did not happen on Valentine’s …
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A 17 year old black teenager named David Joseph was naked and unarmed when he was fatally shot by police officer Geoffrey Freeman Monday morning in Austin, Texas. At a press conference Tuesday morning, Assistant Police Chief Brian Manley informed the public that the case is being investigated by the …
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