Mnangagwa spoils soldiers, police
BY MOSES MATENGA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to continue improving security forces’ working conditions in “recognition of the role and sacrifices” they have made “in the conduct of their duties”. In his Defence Forces Day speech in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa warned the opposition
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Prosecutors call for joint trial for 4 ex-cops in Floyd death | New York Carib News
Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to try four fired Minneapolis police officers jointly in George
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Former TSU asst. dean accused of theft - DefenderNetwork.com
A former Texas Southern University Law School assistant dean has been charged with theft after being accused of stealing from the university. According to authorities, 52-year-old Edward Wayne Rene is accused of awarding double tuition scholarships to at least two students and then making them
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Family of Romir Talley wants JUSTICE | New Pittsburgh Courier
Family attorney says Wilkinsburg officer’s story just doesn’t add up; wants him fired and charged with homicide by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer Romir Talley’s family showed a unified … Continued The post Family of Romir Talley wants JUSTICE appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
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Outrage After DA Decides Against Charging NYPD Cops Who ‘Murdered’ Black Man In His Own Home
The family of Kawaski Trawick was reacting with outrage at a prosecutor's decision against criminally charging the NYPD cops who Tasered, shot and killed him in his apartment.
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PETER POUNDS POOR POLLS
Dr Peter Phillips isn’t too concerned that pollsters believe Andrew Holness is practising so much social distancing, Phillips might lose the September 3 general election. The opposition leader was flint-faced on Wednesday as he declared that he was...
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Coronavirus Update: Struggling Small Businesses Fall Victim to Predatory Lenders During Pandemic
Federal and state regulators are aggressively pursuing predatory lenders who target cash-strapped small businesses with high-cost loans and abusive collection tactics. More than a dozen small business owners in six states report that even after their revenues vanished due to pandemic shutdowns, the
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U.S. companies should consider slavery reparations, Vista Equity CEO says - African American News Today - EIN News
… COVID-19 pandemic has hit Black Americans especially hard after decades of … financier Robert Smith, the wealthiest African-American according to Forbes. FILE PHOTO … communities. Roughly 70% of the African-American community does not have access …
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Mpls. Charter Commission stands in for power structure -
In essence, an unelected body decided that the citizens of Minneapolis couldn’t hold an election to decide how they, the people, want to be policed. Source
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'Why do you hate so much?' - Black man questions white woman who called him N-Word - Face2Face Africa
The power play in America allows white people to call the police on their black counterparts to cower them, which in several instances have led to police brutality and death without much consequence to the officers. Another episode played out in San Bernardino County, California when a white woman
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City of Milwaukee Announces $15 Million in CARES Act Funding for Rent Support and Assistance - Milwaukee Community Journal
MILWAUKEE— Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Wisconsin in early March, the City of Milwaukee has been actively working to keep Milwaukee families housed. On July 30, 2020, the City of Milwaukee announced an allocation of an additional $15 million in CARES Act funding for rent support and assistance
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WATCH | 31 gas cylinders stolen from petrol station in Midrand, loaded into minibus taxi | News24
The police are investigating a case of business robbery after 31 gas cylinders were stolen from a petrol station in Midrand, Johannesburg.
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Deliberate `accidents’ pose severe security threat - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, I return to the real world to warn my fellow Guyanese of a menace that has been out there for a while now, but which has surfaced with worrying frequency.  The article Deliberate `accidents’ pose severe security threat appeared first on Stabroek News.
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CUP Foods: Good neighbor or bad? -
'Chicago Unbeatable Prices,' known as CUP Foods, reopened Monday, August 3 despite dozens of protesters at the site claiming the move was disrespectful to George Floyd’s memory. Source
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Before Kamala Harris, Shirley Chisholm and other Black women aimed for the White House -
Sen. Kamala Harris is one of many Black American women who have aimed for the highest office in the land despite great odds Source
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‘Joe Biden Got It Right’: Groups Praise Picking A Black Woman VP Running Mate
Myriad groups and prominent individuals were reacting favorably to Biden's historical decision to pick Harris as his running mate.
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Black Alabama man against the removal of Confederate monuments - TheGrio
What in the Clayton Bigsby hell is this? An Alabama man trended on social media when he was interviewed about... View Article The post Black Alabama man against the removal of Confederate monuments appeared first on TheGrio.
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VIDEO: Queens man filmed saying 'I can't breathe' in struggle with police | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Echoing what's become a slogan for Black Lives Matter protesters, a stocky security guard yelled 'I can't breathe' as he was tasered seven times during his arrest earlier this summer, resulting in his death. George Zapantis, a 29-year-old security guard with a history of mental illness from
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Panamanian Justice ShawnDya Simpson announces retirement following Alzheimer's diagnosis | New York Carib News
Justice ShawnDya Simpson announced on Monday that she will be retiring as a New York State Supreme Court justice this October after it was determined that she has Alzheimer’s disease. Justice Simpson, who is in her mid-50s, was born in Panama and is one of the youngest judges ever to be elected in
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In the Middle: Middle Schoolers React to Recent Current Events from COVID-19 to Racial Unrest
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Biden, Harris to make unusual campaign debut in virus era - Black News Channel
By Bill Barrow and Will Weissert Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden is making his first appearance with newly chosen running mate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, betting that the California senator's historic profile and confrontational style against President Donald Trump will boost
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Opinion: Picking Kamala Harris makes history, but will it make a difference in November?
… the Democratic establishment taking African Americans for granted are over … drive turnout in African American voters, particularly African American women. That Harris … women, Black Americans and people of South Asian heritage. African American women will …
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Jamaica: 7-year-old traumatised after finding grandpa killed in bed - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Maya Robinson was forced on Sunday to send away her traumatised seven-year-old son from their Margaret Street home in east Kingston after he walked in to find his grandfather, 64-year-old Keith Robinson, dead in
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Minnesota’s Omar holds off well-funded primary challenger - DefenderNetwork.com
Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota survived a stiff Democratic primary challenge Tuesday from a well-funded opponent who tried to make an issue of her national celebrity, the latest in a string of victories by a new generation of emboldened progressive lawmakers. Omar, seeking her second term in
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ZimRights challenges Mnangagwa’s curfew
BY CHARLES LAITON The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has filed an urgent chamber application challenging the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed by President Emerson Mnangagwa’s government as a way of curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the application filed at the High Court
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FILM REVIEW - Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn - Los Angeles Sentinel
Decades ago, long before BLM protestors marched and chanted “George Floyd—I can’t breathe,” demonstrators shouted “Yusuf. Yusuf. Yusuf. No justice, no peace.” Racially motivated crimes that ignite outrage have a long history. One of the most heinous felonies provides a back story to
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Why Kamala Harris was a good choice for Joe Biden - African American News Today - EIN News
… strength of his appeal to African-American voters, but he needs non …
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What California Knows About Kamala Harris — The Sacramento Observer
(CALMATTERS) - More than any other vice presidential contender in a generation, Kamala Harris’ biography is singularly Californian.  Born and bussed to school in Berkeley, tested by San Francisco’s cut-throat municipal politics and propelled onto the national stage as the state’s top law
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Before Kamala Harris Became Biden's Running Mate, Shirley Chisholm And Other Black Women Aimed For The White House - Blavity
Before Kamala Harris Became Biden's Running Mate, Shirley Chisholm And Other Black Women Aimed For The White House
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Three men charged for intimidating, threatening women involved in R Kelly's cases - Face2Face Africa
Prosecutors have brought charges against three men who were arrested for threatening and intimidating some of the women who alleged sexual abuse in the hands of singer R. Kelly. On Wednesday, federal prosecutors announced the charges against Donnell Russell, 45, a one-time manager of Kelly; Richard
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