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Judge Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill disqualifed Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and three other county attorneys from the proceedings involving Floyd's death. Source
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Judge OKs Delayed Release Of Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Recordings
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has until Friday to release the sought-after records.
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Camille Cosby On Husband Bill Cosby’s Appeal and What She Thinks #MeToo Gets Wrong
The wife of embattled comedian and actor Bill Cosby is remaining in solidarity with her husband and is happy with him winning the right to appeal his 2018 sexual assault
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Officer Fired Over Breonna Taylor’s Death Has Appealed His Termination
After Breonna Taylor’s death, there was (and still is) a public outcry for the officers involved in her death to be fired from the Louisville Metro Police Department and to be criminally charged in her
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King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)
One of the most visible advocates of nonviolence and direct action as methods of social change, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. As the grandson of the Rev. A.D. Williams, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church and a founder of Atlantas NAACP chapter, and the son
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Beyoncé Pens Letter To Kentucky Attorney General Urging Action In Breonna Taylor Case
Beyoncé sent an open letter on Sunday (June 14) to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron that calls on the prosecutor to charge the Louisville cops involved in the shooting death of Breonna
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Investigate Not Just Ahmad’s Death, But the System That Let His Killers Escape
The 64-year-old former police investigator and his 34-year-old son who are charged in his death told police he thought Mr. Arbery looked like a man suspected in several break-ins in the
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Law Enforcement Ties, Long Delay Complicate Arbery Case
Among the questions: Did shooting suspect Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory, both white, get special treatment because the elder McMichael had been a longtime investigator at the Brunswick Circuit District
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Beyonce drops surprise single ‘Black Parade’ on Juneteenth – Voice and Viewpoint
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Beyonce did not let Juneteenth pass without dropping one of her signature surprises _ a new single called “Black
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Second anonymous juror in Breonna Taylor case speaks out - TheGrio
A second juror has come forward to speak about the continuing controversy surrounding the Breonna Taylor grand jury trial. The... View Article The post Second anonymous juror in Breonna Taylor case speaks out appeared first on TheGrio.
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Toronto Cop Convicted in Beating of Black Man Who Lost Eye
TORONTO (AP) — A Toronto police officer has been found guilty of assault in the beating of a young Black man who lost an eye when he was arrested in
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U-turn as suspension of prominent North West doctor lifted
The controversial suspension of one of the North West province's senior clinicians two weeks ago has been lifted, with Professor Ebrahim Variava returning to his post as head of internal medicine at the Klerksdorp Tshepong Hospital on 29
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‘Member Of The KKK’ Who Shot Daughter’s Black Boyfriend Is Freed On $500 Bail
A reported member of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) shot his daughter’s Black boyfriend multiple times during what he described without proof as an instance of self-defense last month in Virginia
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2 Brothers Change Minds, Will Cooperate in Smollett Case
CHICAGO (AP) — Two brothers who admitted helping actor Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago last year are again willing to help in the case after initially saying they were done cooperating with prosecutors, their attorney said
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Guvamombe case takes new twist
BY CHARLES LAITON THE tribunal record containing proceedings and a determination which absolved former chief magistrate, Mishrod Guvamombe from charges of criminal abuse of office has gone missing, Justice Felistas Chatukuta heard yesterday as the trial of the former top magistrate continued at the
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Guest Editorial: Ahmaud Arbery jogs our memory of Travon Martin
A video has surfaced showing that on February 23, 2020, 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down by a father/son duo, Gregory McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, who took it upon themselves to stalk and kill Arbery because there had been a previous burglary in the
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Nebraska man who fatally shot BLM protester commits suicide after indictment - Face2Face Africa
Jake Gardner, the White Nebraska bar owner who fatally shot Black Lives Matter protester, James Scurlock, outside his establishment on May 30 during an altercation has committed suicide days after he was indicted on a manslaughter charge by a grand jury. In a statement released by the Hillsboro
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Appeals court reinstates $38m to family of Black woman killed by Baltimore police - Face2Face Africa
Korryn Gaines was 23 when she was fatally shot by Baltimore County Police during a six-hour standoff in Randallstown in 2016. Gaines’ five-year-old son, Kodi, was with her in the apartment during the standoff and was also struck across the cheek by one of the bullets. He had to undergo several
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Elections ordered for constitutional conventions
Elections were ordered for constitutional conventions and freedmen were enfranchised. Commanders in some states changed the status of Blacks by military orders. In March Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby opened the jury box to Blacks were named policemen in Mobile, Alabama.
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State Supreme Court Delivers Key Ruling for Black Jurors in Capital Cases
Never before in North Carolina judicial history have trial judges taken accusations of racial discrimination against Black jurors seriously, if a White prosecutor had a Black juror struck from a prospective jury primarily on the basis of race through preemptory challenge – which is illegal – the
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Louisville Police Officer Says Breonna Taylor Shooting Was 'Not A Race Thing' : Updates: The Fight Against Racial Injustice : NPR
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ICC prosecutor urges Sudan to transfer Bashir, others to The Hague
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court called the surrender of Sudanese militia leader Ali Kushayb to the war crimes tribunal “a pivotal development” for victims awaiting justice and urged Sudan to hand over former president Omar al-Bashir and two others wanted by the
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Court overturns judges decision to wipe out $38M Korryn Gaines verdict - TheGrio
A state appeals court has ruled that a Baltimore County judge was wrong to overturn a jury verdict awarding $38 million to the family of Korryn Gaines. READ MORE: Three Baltimore men to receive $8.7 million for wrongful convictions Gaines is the 23-year-old Randallstown, Maryland woman who made
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Sheriff Apologizes to Black Pastor in Virginia After Arrest
WOODSTOCK, Va. (AP) — A sheriff has apologized to a black pastor who described being arrested when he called 911 on a group of white people who threatened to kill him after trying to dump a refrigerator on his property in
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Police Chief Announces Retirement As FBI Opens Investigation Into Shooting of Breonna Taylor
The FBI had announced last week that they have opened an investigation into the death of emergency medical worker Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed in her home by police officers in
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Kentucky Attorney General Explains Why He Hasn't Charged Cops Who Killed Breonna Taylor
Kentucky’s Attorney General Daniel Cameron has still not reached a decision on whether or not to charge the cops who shot Breonna Taylor, saying on Thursday (June 18) that he would not bow to pressure, like letters from Beyonce, while trying to conduct his
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Kentucky governor wants AG to release 'everything' in Breonna Taylor case - TheGrio
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is calling for his state's attorney general, Daniel Cameron, to release 'all information' related to the... View Article The post Kentucky governor wants AG to release 'everything' in Breonna Taylor case appeared first on TheGrio.
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Rwanda: Lawmakers Seek Inquiry Into Unfair Court Judgments
The Office of the Ombudsman assessed 1,091 cases that people had submitted to it over injustice they claimed was committed in court
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Jamaican dancer Dr L'Antoinette Stines seeks US$150k in suit against Jay-Z, Beyonce
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican choreographer Dr L’Antoinette Stines is seeking in excess of US$150,000 in her suit against entertainment mogul Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and his pop music superstar wife
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