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F**k 12: Chicago Cops Caught On Camera Dragging Female Student Down Stairs, Punching, And Tasing Her

Source: picture alliance / Getty Chicago Police Seen Punching Female High School Student The Chicago police, fresh off of the f**kery that was the Jussie Smollett case, have found themselves in the midst of yet another situation that exemplifies why people don’t trust them. According to ABC13 , a newly released video shows an incident at Marshall High School in which officers are seen punching, kicking, and dragging a 16-year-old girl, Dnigma Howardm, down a flight on stairs. On the footage you can see Dnigma talking to a friend as officers loom in the background. When the friend leaves they immediately run up on Dnigma and push her to the ground. Video from another angle shows the officers dragging Howard down the stairs, and at the bottom one officer is holding her arm while the other is holding her leg. “In the video you can see they pull her by the leg down the stairs, the whole flight of stairs,” Dnigma’s father Laurentio Howard. One cop on the video appears to both punch and kick the teenaged girl while she’s on the ground. Dnigma’s father had been called to the school to pick her up after she was kicked out of class of having her phone out. He was on hand watching Chicago police handle his daughter like this. “I’m standing downstairs by the front door and she said, ‘I’m going to get her to come downstairs. She’s going home right now,’” he said. “I couldn’t believe I seen two sworn police officers of Chicago abusing my daughter like this and I’m standing right there watching them do this and can’t do anything about it,” he recalled of the incident. F**k 12.

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MAGA-Friendly Tiger Woods Wins Masters, Twitter Celebrates Racial Draftee

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Winter Is HERE: The Cast Remembers Their Favorite #GOT Moments Ahead Of Tonight’s Season 8 Premiere [Video]

Source: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images / Getty “Game Of Thrones” Cast Reflects On Seasons The cast of the biggest show in Westeros is reflecting on their iconic seasons. Now that winter’s finally here , “Game Of Thrones” stars are telling HBO about their first day on set waaaay back in 2011. Sophie Turner was “overwhelmed and terrified” her first day on set, Emilia Clarke fell off a horse while making her entrance as Daenerys Targaryen and Kit Harrington was apparently shaking in his Winterfell boots in his first scene as Jon Snow. The cast also reflected on their favorite and most shocking scenes. Apparently, the “Red Wedding” made The Hound, Rory McCann, burst into tears. Watch the nearly 11-minute special below. “Game Of Thrones” season premieres TONIGHT April 14 on HBO. Will YOU be watching??? Take another look at the GOT cast on the flip.

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“That’s Some Real Confused Hater Isht”: Drake Responds To The U.K. Grime Rapper Who Called Him A Culture Vulture

Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Drake Responds To Be Called A Culture Vulture It’s no secret that Drake loves adapting to different cultures, their music, and most prominently, their accents. More specifically, the rapper really loves him some U.K. and they seem to love them some him, for the most part–but the feeling isn’t always mutual. Drizzy has been on his Assassination Vacation Tour for the past couple months and recently had to address an incident where a local artist called the Canadian a culture vulture. While the rapper has brought out popular British artists like J Hus, Krept & Konan and Dave throughout his different tour stops, some other U.K. artists still haven’t been feeling how Drake has been operating overseas. One U.K. grime rapper specifically, who goes by the name of Wiley, personally called Drake out on Twitter last week. Aubrey sat down with Tiffany Calvar of BBC’s 1Xtra Rap Show on Saturday and addressed Wiley’s comments, along with anyone else who might think he’s a culture vulture. “I hate that people think that, like, me being into music from these kids who are trying to make it and trying to build a name for themselves, it’s like, ‘Oh, that’s some culture vulture.’ What does that even mean?” The rapper questioned. “I don’t understand what that means. Would you rather me not acknowledge anything or support? That’s some real confused hater s**t. It is what it is. I see it a lot. I’ll never understand how supporting someone’s song or going a step further and giving someone a song, linking up, I’ll never understand how that’s not viewed as something admirable.” He continued, calling out the grime rapper by name: “It was Wiley that said that. I just said his name cause I felt like that was some goofy s**t. But yeah, I just didn’t like that. Like what are you talking about?” During the interview, Drake also addressed those people who say he has a fake accent. “It’s actually funny because I think when I first came in the industry, I think I felt this pressure to, ‘Be American’ and sound American,” he explained.  “I think now that we are all so proud to be from Toronto, we start talking more like how we talk.” Wiley ended up responding to Drake’s call out on his social media pages, posting a clip of the interview on Instagram and calling the rapper “goofy.” View this post on Instagram @champagnepapi #GoofyYeah If what I was saying was wrong you would of stayed silent A post shared by Wiley (@wiley__) on Apr 13, 2019 at 10:57pm PDT

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SMH: Pennsylvania Officer Shoots Man Inside Holding Cell After Mistaking His Taser For His Gun 

Source: Getty / Getty Back in March, a New Hope, Pennsylvania officer  shot an unarmed man during a tussle after mistaking his gun for his taser. According to the Bucks County district attorney’s office, the unidentified officer will not face charges and the shooting was “neither justified, nor criminal, but was excused.” District Attorney Matthew Weintrau said in a statement: “Weintraub said the law excuses the shooting officer’s conduct from criminal prosecution because of his ‘honest but mistaken’ belief he was deploying his Taser at the time he discharged his service weapon Weintrau added that the wounded man, Brian Riling, was hospitalized in critical condition for several days after being shot in the stomach but has since been released. Meanwhile, the officer was placed on paid administrative leave and retired from the department. The investigation is still ongoing. SMH

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Some Sweet Strong Black Matrimony-dom: Jada Pinkett Smith Visits Will On Set Of ‘Bad Boys 3’

Source: RM / Splash News Will Smith And Jada Pinkett Smith Love It Up On ‘Bad Boys 3’ Set Will and Jada continue to be one of our favorite Hollywood couples and there’s nothing that we love to see more than when they share their private moments together on the gram … View this post on Instagram Jada on set Sweatin’ Mike Lowrey! : @aidan A post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith) on Apr 13, 2019 at 6:30pm PDT Will shared this photo of his beautiful wife on a recent set visit to ‘Bad Boys 3.’ Super cute right? View this post on Instagram This is me Comin’ for the Summer!! Y’all get ready. : @jas A post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith) on Apr 13, 2019 at 7:04pm PDT Will also posted this hilarious video. But there’s a lot more photos from the Bad Boys 3 set. Hit the flip to see them.

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Clap Back SZN? Presidential Hopeful Pete Buttigieg Has A Specific Plan For Donald Trump’s Potential Homophobic Campaign Attacks [Video]

Source: The Washington Post / Getty Pete Buttigieg Explains How He’ll Respond If Trump Used Homophobic Attack South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg is running for President against Donald Trump (and dozens of other Democrats) in 2020. We all know that Trump has no problem attacking people with specific insults, especially people he considers to be “other”. During a visit to TMZ Mayor Pete was asked about how he would respond if Trump came at him with homophobic remarks. You can hear the answer in the video below. We don’t put it past Trump to come up with some type of insult aimed at Buttigieg’s sexuality. It would be very on-brand.

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Consequences & Repercussions: Atlanta-Area Cop To Face Trial For Firing 8 Shots And Injuring Unarmed Teen

Source: South_agency / Getty Lawsuit Against Cobb County Cop Who Shot Unarmed Teen Upheld Day after day we report on police shootings where the trigger-happy officer faces little to no consequences, today we are happy to report the opposite. According to the AJC , a Cobb County police officer, James Caleb Elliott, will have to answer in court as to why he fired eight shots at unarmed then-16-year-old Neghasi Middleton, one of which struck him in the thigh. The incident was captured on Elliott’s body camera and based on that video U.S. District Court Judge Mark Cohen decided that the civil lawsuit filed against the officer held merit. Back on Nov. 6, 2016, Elliott responded to a call about a suspicious looking vehicle that contained Middleton and 3 other youths. After getting their names and birthdates, Elliott ran the plates and realized the PT Cruiser had been in a carjacking. The officer came back with his gun drawn and told the boys to get out of the car and lay on the ground. Middleton, in fear for his life because police ain’t s#!t, began to run away. Elliott then fired eight shots at him and struck him once. Elliott resigned from the force but Cobb County grand jury determined that the shooting was justified, because of course white cop HAD to shoot unarmed Black boy. SMH. This isn’t Elliott’s first time at the police brutality rodeo. The lawsuit notes that there were three other complaints filed against Elliott. One alleged he was “too aggressive” with a woman who sought assistance for her husband. Another said he demonstrated a racial bias during an accident investigation. Another alleged he used excessive force by pointed his gun at a woman’s chest without justification after he mistakenly went to the wrong address on a call. F**k 12. We hope this guy loses everything he owns in this lawsuit.

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Pure Comedy: Dwyane Wade Reacts To That Photo of Him Falling Onto John Legend & Chrissy Teigen [Video]

Source: NBC / Getty Dwyane Wade On The Hilarious Photo From His Last Home Game Dwyane Wade stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday to celebrate the end of his time playing in the NBA. While on the couch, the baller discusses getting emotional over his retirement tributes–including one from Barack Obama–and reacts to the hilarious photo of him falling onto John Legend and Chrissy Teigen during his final home game with the Miami Heat.  

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A Lil Positivity: Students At LeBron James’ I Promise School Have Improved Their Test Scores Dramatically

Source: Jim McIsaac / Getty Students At LeBron’s School Are Improving Their Test Scores In the very short time since LeBron James opened his I Promise School in his home state of Ohio, the students there have already exceeded expectations. According to a new report from the  New York Times , children at the school have seen both their math and their reading scores increase since it opened in July of 2018. After participating in the Measures of Academic Progress assessment, 216 of 240 students were found to have met or exceeded their expected growth at the mid-year mark. When they first came into the school, reading comprehension scores for third and fourth grade students were consistently in the lowest percentile. Today, third graders have advanced all the way to the 9th percentile, while fourth graders rose to the 16th. In math, third graders were in the first percentile and have since jumped to 18th. Fourth graders went to the 30th percentile after being in the second. “These kids are doing an unbelievable job, better than we all expected,” James told the Times of the students and their progress. “When we first started, people knew I was opening a school for kids. Now people are going to really understand the lack of education they had before they came to our school. People are going to finally understand what goes on behind our doors.” 2 years ago today, alongside our community, we announced that we would work to open a public school that could forever change the lives of our #IPROMISE families & change the mold of urban public education. Here we are today. #WeAreFamily #ThrowbackThursday pic.twitter.com/bW9bmAZCUS — I PROMISE School (@IPROMISESchool) April 11, 2019 While the students are still behind when compared to normal grade levels, their improvement in only one short year shows that James’ promise is actually being fulfilled. The school was built to serve at-risk children, but it also offers parents opportunities, like the ability to finish high school, even promising free tuition to the University of Akron upon graduation. Beyond those already impressive promises, students also receive free breakfast, lunch and snacks, as well as a free bike, according to Time . The school’s first year is set to wrap up in May and STEM-based camps will be offered throughout the summer. The school is expected to serve all grades from first to eighth within the next four years. I Promise’s inaugural students are now preparing to take the state’s standardized tests with results expected in the summer.

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