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No Bond for Cracker Barrel Restaurant Attacker

• October 27, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Tasha Hill/Tashawnea Hill, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Aggravated Assault, Army Reservist, Battery, Cracker Barrel, Cracker Barrel Restaurants, Disorderly Conduct, District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson', Domestic Violence, False Imprisonment, First Degree Cruelty to Children, Flight Risk, K-Mart, Sharon West, Spitting, Tasha Hill, Tashawnea Hill, Terroristic Threats, Tony Axum, Tracy Lawson, Troy Dale West, Violence

Cracker Barrel Racist’s Cousin Says West was ‘Provoked’

• September 19, 2009 • 6 Comments

Posted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Hate Crimes, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, CNN, Constables on Patrol, Cracker Barrel, Cracker Barrel Restaurants, Georgia, Homophobia, Homophobic, Jesus' General, Misogynist, Misogyny, Morrow GA, Morrow Police Department, Pam's House Blend, Poulan GA, Racist, Rick Sanchez, Tasha Hill, Tashawnea Hill, Troy Dale West, West's Cousin

This Cracka Beat Up A Sista Army Vet Reservist at a Georgia Cracker Barrel Restaurant

• September 17, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, Health Care/The Public Option, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate
Tags: "Newsweek", African Americans, Army Reservist, Clayton County District Attorney's Office, CNN, Cracker Barrel, Cracker Barrel Restaurants, FBI, Kip Jones, Morrow GA, Morrow Police Department, NAACP, Pam's House Blend, Physical Assault, Post-Racial, President Jimmy Carter, Racism, Tasha Hill, Tashawnea Hill, Troy Dale West, Veterans, White Supremacist, White Supremacy, Whites

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Roger Bunting: GOP must remember its history July 20, 2018
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Dear Editor: I am the management information specialist for the city of Janesville — very similar to what Abigail Ferguson does in Madison. I wanted to thank you for the great article highlighting what communications professionals are doing around the…
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Former colleagues remember 'bigger-than-life,' longtime Wisconsin senator Mike Ellis July 20, 2018
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Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan: Confront the digital oligarchs, defend net neutrality July 20, 2018
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Public invited to discuss development of farmland, commercial sites on Milwaukee Street July 20, 2018
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The tourist boat, carrying 31 people, sank in a storm which hit with shocking ferocity, raising new concerns about the safety of duck boats.
17 Killed in Duck Boat Accident in Missouri July 20, 2018
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17 Dead After Duck Boat Capsizes Near Branson, Missouri July 20, 2018
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You’ve Heard of Berkeley. Is Merced the Future of the University of California? July 20, 2018
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She’s Mexican-Born and a New U.S. Citizen. But Can She Run for the Georgia House? July 18, 2018
Maria Palacios, brought to the United States from Mexico, became a legal Georgia resident in 2009 and a citizen in 2017. But a judge has deemed her ineligible to run for the State House.
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Israel launches waves of strikes across Gaza after soldier killed July 20, 2018
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Nicaragua: Ortega blames 'satanic sect' for uprising against his rule July 20, 2018
President claims the unrest that has left over 300 dead is due to a ‘diabolical force’ from a US-backed conspiracy to topple himNicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega has hit out at what he has claimed is a “murderous, coup-mongering satanic sect” behind a three-month uprising against his rule that has left more than 300 dead.There is growing international cons […]
Macron security officer in custody and will be fired over violent video July 20, 2018
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North Korea: US calls on Russia and China to tackle breaches of oil sanctions July 20, 2018
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Cameroon's military accused of burning alive unarmed civilians July 20, 2018
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