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Mothers Against Police Brutality | Dallas Weekly
The killings of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, Breonna Taylor by police in Louisville, the killings by police in Indiana of Dreasjon “Sean” Reed, McHale Rose, and Ashlynn Lisby, and the killing of Ahmaud Arbery by vigilantes in Georgia remind us in the worst way that deadly police brutality
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Prosecutor: Riot suspect was a well-known Nazi sympathizer - L.A. Focus News
By Marshall Cohen | CNN An Army reservist charged with storming the US Capitol was a well-known White supremacist and Nazi sympathizer at the Navy base where he worked as a contractor, and was even rebuked for sporting a distinctive 'Hitler mustache,' prosecutors said in new court filings. Federal
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Police Need Your Help To Find Man Wanted For Assault At Port Of Sale Mall
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help tonight to find a St. Thomas man wanted for an assault at a Havensight mall earlier this week. Jose Alcala Naveda, who is wanted on charges of first-degree assault; third-degree assault; and simple assault- domestic violence, the Virgin Islands Police
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Police Criticized For Standing Around As Man Drowned In Charlotte Amalie Harbor
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police Commissioner Trevor Velinor said Thursday that the department may add optional water rescue training for officers, but making swimming ability a requirement could exclude many otherwise qualified recruits, as first reported in the V.I. Daily News. The department responded
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DOJ Says Jacob Blake Being Shot In The Back 7 Times On Video Isn’t Proof Of Excessive Force
The system Is not broken; it is working as Intended. Internal guidance for the Department of Justice explained that action against law enforcement is governed by a federal criminal statute 18 U.S.C. § 242, which states in part: "Whoever, under color of any law, …willfully subjects any person…to the
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Cops Arrest Jam Master Jay Murder Suspects After Nearly 20 Years
Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan are identified as the suspects.
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R. Kelly Attacker Reportedly Moved To Different Prison
R. Kelly is a special case, but not in a good way. The fellow inmate who allegedly attacked the R&B singer for causing too many lockdown in their facility has been moved.
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Contant Knolls Man Charged With Child Abuse After Alleged Rape Of Minor: VIPD
CHARLOTTE AMALIE —  A Charlotte Amalie West man was arrested yesterday and charged with the rape of a child on St. Thomas three months ago, authorities said. Mackeem Appleton, 28, of Contant Knolls, was arrested at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday and charged with second-degree rape, contributing to the
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Man sentenced to 4 years in jail for attempting to shoot LGBTQ bar patrons in St. Louis - African American News Today - EIN News
A 32-year-old man was sentenced to 46 months in jail on weapons charges after threatening to shoot LGBTQ bar patrons in St. Louis.
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VIPD: Lovers Turn To Knife Play After Cell Phones And Cash Go Missing In Contant
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A lover's quarrel turned on the edge of a knife after cell phones and cash went missing from an apartment on St. Thomas, authorities said. Shawn A. Callwood, 39, of Contant, was arrested at 1:05 p.m. Tuesday and charged with third-degree assault,-domestic violence, the Virgin
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Possible Derek Chauvin Federal Plea Deal Could Explain Cryptic Message To George Floyd’s Family
Derek Chauvin and his legal team have reportedly been negotiating a federal plea deal that could provide some context to the cryptic message that the convicted murderer gave George Floyd's family in court during his sentencing.
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Georgia strikes down citizen's arrest laws that got Ahmaud Arbery killed | Atlanta Daily World
The shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery after he was hunted by an ad hoc group of white want-to-be cops has led to the state of Georgia repealing its Civil War-era citizen’s arrest laws. The bill, which was signed into law on Monday passed with bipartisan support in the state legislature, will no
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Exclusive: Blavity Publishes Erica Garner's Final Essay On Her Relentless Fight For Justice - Blavity
In the three years after her father’s death, Erica marched, rallied, advocated, got involved politically and wrote essays calling on prosecutors to release their findings from a three-year federal civil rights investigation by the Justice Department into her
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Two Arrested in 2002 Killing of Hip-Hop Legend Jam Master Jay
Two men have been arrested in the 2002 slaying of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay, law enforcement officials in New York confirmed Monday.
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4 Santo Domingo Men With 1,146 Pounds Of Cocaine Face Drug Smuggling Charges
CHARLOTTE AMALIE —Four Santo Domingo men face federal drug smuggling charges after the U.S. Coast Guard seized 1,146 pounds of cocaine and two go-fast vessels off the southern coast of the Dominican Republic late last month. Carlos De La Rosa, 33, Alexis Sanchez Garcia, 32, Rafael Martinez, 29, and
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Police Investigating Man Who ‘Jumped’ Into Charlotte Amalie Waterfront And Died
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating whether a St. Thomas man was pushed or jumped into the waters off of the St. Thomas waterfront downtown and then died Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The 911 Emergency Call Center received a call from a concerned citizen that 'a male jumped into the
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Barr instructed federal prosecutors to charge protesters with ‘sedition’: report - TheGrio
Attorney General William Barr told U.S. prosecutors that he wanted violent protesters to be charged with sedition or the overthrow... View Article The post Barr instructed federal prosecutors to charge protesters with ‘sedition’: report appeared first on TheGrio.
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University of the Virgin Islands (1962-- )
The University of the Virgin Islands  (UVI) is a public university located on the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix, the United States Virgin Islands. It was established in 1962  In 1986 it officially became one of the 117 U.S. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). It remains the
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Governor Bryan Submits First Ever 2-Year Executive Budget, Revenues Projected to Increase For Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan has submitted to the 34th Legislature the first ever two-year Executive Budget and said revenue projections continue to increase during the next two years, providing an optimistic outlook for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023. Also included in the balanced budgets
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Police Find Man Shot On Gamble Norsidevej in St. Thomas Tuesday
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police responded to a report of shots fired and man down near a residence on Gamble Norsidevej in St. Thomas bout 10 p.m. Tuesday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. 'Officers who traveled to the area discovered a Caucasian male who appeared to have been shot in
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DOJ says armed federal agents allowed in ballot counting centers - TheGrio
The U.S. Department of Justice sent an email to federal prosecutors this week asserting that armed federal officers are legally... View Article The post DOJ says armed federal agents allowed in ballot counting centers appeared first on TheGrio.
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Tennessee state senator found guilty of 4 wire fraud counts
A jury on Thursday convicted a Tennessee state senator charged with using federal grant money awarded to a health care The post Tennessee state senator found guilty of 4 wire fraud counts appeared first on TheGrio.
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Prosecutors Charge 3 With Threatening Women in R. Kelly Case
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse, including one man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Florida. A longtime friend of the indicted singer offered to pay
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Utah Sex Offender With 5 Skulls Tattoo On Chest Arrested By VIDOJ At STT Airport
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Attorney General Denise George has announced that that 41-year-old Dustin Bue Messerly, a registered sex offender, was arrested by Virgin Islands Department of Justice (VIDOJ) Special Agents and Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) unit on St. Thomas
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Will It Be A Comeback? Kwame Kilpatrick To Be Released
Recent reports state that former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is expected to be released from prison as early as June 10 after serving seven years of a 28-year sentence—a sentence that many felt was
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Tourist From Florida Drowns At Sapphire Beach On Friday Afternoon, Witnesses Say
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating a possible drowning at Sapphire Beach in St. Thomas on Friday afternoon. The 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched officers to Sapphire Beach in reference to an unresponsive female at 12:42 p.m. Friday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. 'The
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‘Love & Hip Hop’ Cast Member Faces Prison Time, Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Paycheck Protection Program
Mo Fayne has put in a guilty plea for the 6 counts of federal bank fraud after federal prosecutors accused him of defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program
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Police Need Your Help To Find 2 Missing Teenagers On St. Thomas: VIPD
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The VIPD is asking for the St. Thomas community's assistance in locating 17-year-old Constance Brathwaite Phipps and 16-year-old K’Vante Brathwaite Phipps, who were last seen in Estate Wintberg yesterday, and who were each reported missing by family members. Constance is 5 feet
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R. Kelly’s lawyer wants trial delayed due to jail quarantine
R. Kelly’s new lawyers are asking a judge to postpone his Aug. 9 sex trafficking trial in New York City, arguing... View Article The post R. Kelly’s lawyer wants trial delayed due to jail quarantine appeared first on TheGrio.
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2 Men Dressed In Black Shoot Man Near Alvin McBean Ballpark Last Night: VIPD
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man who was shot in the foot by two men dressed in near the ballpark in Anna's Retreat last night told police he doesn't know who fired the shots that wounded him. Police officers, responding to a call of shots fired, were dispatched at
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