Новости за 11.12.2015

A New England police union laid out its cards for Donald Trump Thursday, endorsing the controversial Republican presidential candidate, who claims that, as president, he would call for the death penalty for people who kill cops, the Associated Press reports. 

Dear Demetria:

On Thursday a California federal judge ordered a jailed Muslim inmate, who stopped eating after his May arrest for supporting ISIS, to eat or be force-fed.

Two Louisiana marshals who shot dead a 6-year-old and wounded the child's father after a brief pursuit were indicted on murder charges Thursday by a grand jury, CNN reports.

There could be a verdict as soon as next week in the first trial related to the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. The defense’s case in the trial of Police Officer William Porter, charged with involuntary manslaughter in Gray’s death, concluded Friday.

A New Hampshire man is facing charges for a school threat and multiple robberies, including one in which he allegedly wore a Barack Obama mask, CBS Boston reports.

On July 21 at 11:46 p.m., Meek Mill, upset that Drake didn’t help him promote his recent album, took to Twitter to announce to his millions of followers that Drake doesn’t write his own rhymes. Then, 11 minutes later, he tweeted that he wouldn’t have even allowed Drake to be on his album if he had been aware of the ghostwriting beforehand.

Hillary Clinton, like most of America, isn’t laughing at Donald Trump anymore.

Eight cadets at South Carolina's Citadel have been suspended after photos spread throughout social media showing them in white 'KKK' styled hoods, singing Christmas carols, WCIV reports. 

So, there’s nothing new about a spoiled rich white dude saying crazy things so he can get a bump in a poll. On real, tell us something we don’t know about professional megaphone Donald Trump. Yet that’s all we spent much of this week munching on ... while a conservative Supreme Court quietly considered how to best roll back 50 years of civil rights brought to you by our bloodied, beat-up, battle-weary ancestors.

Sisterhood is powerful. That's the theme that has carried The Color Purple in all of its incarnations: a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel in 1982, an Oscar-nominated film in 1985, a Tony-winning musical in 2005, and now, its latest iteration, a revival, back on Broadway after a very successful stint in London in 2013. It's a theme that was equal parts radical and long overdue when Alice Walker wrote the novel, but that theme now gives the revival, which opened Thursday night, its potent currency. 

Dear Professor Gates:

After over 45 hours of deliberations over the course of four days, an Oklahoma City jury has found former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw guilty of 18 of the 36 charges against him.

I don’t have any tattoos. It’s not for lack of want, either. For the longest, I’ve wanted to get a sleeve. I feel like I would look cool with my entire left arm tatted up. I have ideas of tats that I want and where I’d place them. I’m a tat dreamer.

It’s tough being a hip-hop fan in your mid-30s.