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An Alabama man died in police custody after being pepper sprayed on Friday. According to Daily Mail: Anthony Dewayne Ware, 35, was pepper sprayed by Tuscaloosa police after resisting arrest, officers said. He was not shot or tased during the incident. On Friday evening, police received a phone call saying that Ware was at Crescent East […]

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All four Confederate flags posted at Alabama state Capitol’s Confederate memorial were removed Wednesday morning following a quiet order from the state’s governor, Robert Bentley (R).…

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Two police officers in Anniston, Alabama have been placed on administrative leave over allegations that they belong to a hate group, according to AL.com. Lt

Kyesha Smith Wood, a mother of three, broke the internet this week when she issued an apology on behalf of her daughters’ rude behavior towards another mother at a movie theater in Alabama. Wood dropped her son, daughter, and step-daughter off at the movies and afterwards, was informed by her son that the two 13-year-old girls were […]

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Dear Vanilla Ice, Excuse the late correspondence. The public was just notified about your participation in BET’s Salute Selma concert scheduled for Sunday, March 8. It is now Saturday, March 7. The time is approximately 10am EST, which means, that in less than 48 hours, this message will self-destruct. I am respectfully asking you to withdraw from […]

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Days before the nation acknowledges the 50 years that have passed since peaceful civil rights demonstrators were brutality beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a new petition has circulated to rename the historic bridge in Selma, Alabama. In an interview with Huff Post Live, Brandi Hatter, outreach coordinator for Students UNITE, spoke about the group’s decision to […]

A teenager from Birmingham, Alabama was shot and killed during a fight that began on Facebook over the weekend, a CNN affiliate reports. Kierra’onna Rice, 14, was allegedly bullied by a group of girls on Facebook, according to the girl’s mother, Alicia. Rice and a group of girls decided to meet at a park on Friday to […]

A 79-year-old woman from Alabama was jailed Tuesday for shooting her young nephew for one (semi) pretty penny. According to AL, Ira Peterson was charged with second degree domestic violence after shooting her nephew in the foot following an argument about money. Peterson allegedly accused her nephew for stealing $20 from her. After a verbal argument ensued, […]

Sureshbhai Patel, a grandfather from India who was visiting his family in Madison, Alabama, ended up in the hospital with paralyzed limbs after he was arrested by police. The incident happened on February 5, when Patel was walking in his son’s neighborhood. The 57-year-old arrived in the U.S. on Jan. 31 to help care for […]

A woman in Athen, Alabama was seen by witnesses trying to give away a child to passer-bys outside of a Walmart on Saturday evening. Sebrina Ann Thompson has been arrested, and is facing charges of child endangerment, after she attempted to hand the victim over to those walking in and out of the store. According […]

An Alabama man was ticketed by a police officer in Cobb County, Ga. last week for driving while eating a cheeseburger. Just before Madison Turner could indulge in his McDonald’s double quarter pounder, a police officer pulled him over for “eating while driving.” That happens? “The officer explained to me that he observed me eating a burger […]