Justice was served half a century later as the Friendship Nine, a group of black student protesters who were arrested for staging a sit-in at a “whites only” restaurant, were exonerated of all charges on Wednesday. Seven out of the nine men appeared in court yesterday to hear the judge drop the convictions against the famed civil rights […]
South Carolina teen Matthew Fischer is currently in police custody after fatally stabbing his classmate for sending Snapchats to his girlfriend. The 17-year-old was reportedly upset with Lucas Cavanaugh, 16, for sending a message to his girlfriend on the popular app on Sunday. With Snapchat messages lasting no longer than a few seconds, Fischer sent a message of his own […]
How disturbing is this? A California Highway Patrol officer confessed that he’d stolen photos during a DUI arrest and has been playing an explicit “game,” in which he and several of his coworkers would exchange nude photos of women they’d arrested. 35-year-old Sean Harrington admitted to stealing nude photos over the course of 5 years. The […]
South Carolina prosecutors are causing controversy with their interpretation of the Stand Your Ground law. According to Think Progress, prosecutors in Charleston claim victims of domestic violence who defend themselves against their attacker should not qualify for a Stand Your Ground defense. The topic of domestic violence as it pertains to the contentious law was brought to light over the case […]
A father from South Carolina is facing charges after police suspect he killed his five children and dumped their bodies on a dirt road in rural Alabama. The children ranged in age from 1 to 8 years old. Timothy Ray Jones Jr., 32, led investigators to the site where the bodies of the children were found, off […]
A gender non-conforming teenager from South Carolina was baffled when he was told to take off his makeup before posing for his driver’s license photo. According to Daily Mail, Chase Culpepper was denied a new photo after the DMV forced him to take off his ‘disguise’ in order to look less like a girl. “This is who […]
