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A second cellphone video obtained by The Daily Beast depicting white Baton Rouge police officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II shooting and killing Alton Sterling, a black man, is raising questions about the police department’s claims that the officers shot Sterling because he threatened them with a gun. In the video, recorded by Abdullah…
Another day, another horrific video of police killing a black man, another round of viral outrage. As emotions brewed following the Tuesday police killing of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., devastating video emerged from Minnesota showing the moments after a cop fatally shot Philando Castile, 32, during a traffic stop. Philando Castile was killed…
A woman livestreamed the heartbreaking moments after her boyfriend was shot and killed by a cop in Minnesota late Wednesday. In a Facebook video, Lavish Reynolds claims that the couple was pulled over in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area for a busted taillight and that her boyfriend, identified by WCCO as Philando Castile, was shot four…
Donald J. Trump on Wednesday offered a defiant defense of his campaign’s decision to publish an image widely viewed as anti-Semitic — saying he regretted deleting it — and vigorously reaffirmed his praise of Saddam Hussein, the murderous Iraqi dictator. In the span of 30 minutes, an often-shouting Mr. Trump breathed new life into a…
Trump’s Got Star Power — The Nib. Source: Trump’s Got Star Power — The Nib
Books of The Times By JENNIFER SENIOR Jonah Lehrer has had time to work on “A Book About Love.” His schedule no longer teems with lucrative speaking engagements. He no longer writes for The New Yorker or contributes to “Radiolab” on NPR. With this project — his shot at redemption, provided to him by Simon…
I spent my lunch break walking around Brixton looking for Pokémon. If I’d done that yesterday that would have been rather concerning, but today I installed Pokémon GO, so I’m totally not crazy. There are Pokémon in Brixton. Predominantly Rattata, appropriately. Though I did find a Gastly by Saint Matthews Church. Pokémon GO is a…
And now: A substantive discussion of Hillary Clinton’s politics. Discourse Discord — The Nib. Source: Discourse Discord — The Nib
On July 5, two white Baton Rouge police officers were involved in a deadly altercation with 37-year-old black man Alton Sterling. Sterling was pinned down by the officers and fatally shot. His death has sparked protests and anger. (BatonRougeCrime.com) A bystander video showing two white police officers involved in a deadly altercation with a 37-year-old…
RJ Bell, the “Vegas oddsmaker” in charge of the sports betting website Pregame.com, and subject of a lengthy investigation by Ryan Goldberg on Gawker’s sister website Deadspin, has enlisted Charles J. Harder—the same lawyer who has threatened Gawker over Ashley Feinberg’s reporting on Donald Trump’s hair—to demand a retraction of the article. Meticulously reported over…