Nation

Once again proving that racism crosses party lines, Gloria Platko, a  Democratic Township Clerk in Buena Vista, Michigan, is refusing to step down from her position after being busted calling Township Supervisor Dwayne Parker  an “an arrogant n***er,” reports Mediate.com. Interim Township Manager Dexter Mitchell taped a phone conversation and, though Platko’s words are clear, […]

Nation

U.S marshals arrested Everett Dutschke, 41, of Tupelo, Mississippi, Saturday morning for mailing letters laced with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and two other public officials, report Reuters. According to the DJ Journal, Dutschke was charged with “knowingly developing, producing, stockpiling, transferring, acquiring, retaining and possessing a biological agent, toxin and delivery system, […]

Crime

Atlanta police arrested brothers Montez Thompkins, 21 (pictured left), and Jeremy Jemell Thompkins, 23 (pictured right) on Wednesday, 6 months after the Nov. 3 fatal shooting of 2-year-old  Ty-Teyanna Motley and charged them with her murder, reports the AJC.com. Little Ty-Teyanna was asleep in her bed with her 1-year-old brother, Isaiah, and her grandmother at […]