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Civil rights attorney Ben Crump demands release of video, firing of officer in fatal shooting of Joshua Feast - DefenderNetwork.com
Family members of a La Marque man shot to death by a police officer have recruited civil rights attorney Ben Crump to press the police department to release video evidence captured at that time of their loved one's death. Crump presided over a news conference on Tuesday afternoon with the family of
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How Caribbean women got Biden elected
As it approached midnight on Tuesday, November 3, Michelle Jawando, a voting rights attorney, sat at her Maryland, United States, home watching the presidential election results. Joseph R. Biden Jr, the Democratic Party candidate, and Kamala Harris...
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Bodycam Video Chicago Tried To Suppress Shows Cops Cuff Naked Black Woman During Botched Home Raid
Bodycam footage finally released after nearly two years shows police in Chicago terrorizing an innocent Black woman who was naked in her home when cops executed a baseless search warrant that was granted under shady circumstances.
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Vegan Certification Firm -- BeVeg -- Revolutionizes Vegan Labeling Globally with ISO Accreditation.
The good housekeeping seal of approval for vegan, by BeVeg International, is the first in the world to gain global accreditation for its vegan trademark by ISO. UNITED STATES, December 16, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Do you look to buy products …
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Protesters rally to save a Black family's home - TheGrio
A Black family in Portland, Oregon has lost their home of 60 years due to foreclosure after taking out mortgages... View Article The post Protesters rally to save a Black family's home appeared first on TheGrio.
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69-Year-Old Black Woman Sues Fort Worth After Police Executed No-Knock Warrant, Stormed Her and Her Late-Husband's Home
A Black woman who was held with her husband at gunpoint during the execution of a no-knock warrant by Fort Worth police officers in March is suing the
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Rapper Lil Wayne pleads guilty to federal weapons charge - Black News Channel
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Lil Wayne pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge that he possessed a weapon despite being a convicted felon following a 2019 search of a private plane in the Miami area. The rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Michael
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'This Wasn’t About You': LisaRaye McCoy Speech about Tisha Campbell's Financial Struggles Flops When Followers Say LisaRaye Made it About Herself
Many followers overlooked Lisa Raye McCoy's sympathetic message about Tisha Campbell's divorce revelations on Dec. 8 because they felt the 53-year-old's deliverance was self-driven. Campbell […]
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices, Experts Scoff at Cosby Prosecutors Claim That Celebrities Know the Law Better Than the General Public | Dallas Weekly
“Celebrities have access to expensive legal teams, but those legal teams are generally through their television network, movie studio or record label and not necessarily someone they themselves personally went on a hunt for and sought out,” Michael Freeby, music video director recently nominated
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GOP voters ready for Georgia runoffs despite Trump's claims - Black News Channel
By BEN NADLER and BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Many Republican voters in Georgia are angry. They're convinced that widespread voter fraud — claims that are baseless — cost President Donald Trump the election to Democrat Joe Biden. But will those concerns put them on the sidelines for
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Sidney Powell’s key ‘military intelligence expert’ never served - TheGrio
In their continued efforts to overturn the 2020 Presidential election results in favor of President Donald Trump, lawyer Sidney Powell... View Article The post Sidney Powell’s key ‘military intelligence expert’ never served appeared first on TheGrio.
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OH BOY: Harris County Grand Jury Indicts Political Consultant and Two Former State Representative Candidates on Election-Related Charges - Houston Forward Times
“Those indicted today crossed the line from dirty politics to criminal activity and they will… The post OH BOY: Harris County Grand Jury Indicts Political Consultant and Two Former State Representative Candidates on Election-Related Charges appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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Kenyan-Born Suspected Serial Killer Linked to Three More Murders in U.S.
[Nairobi News] Billy Chemirmir, a Kenyan man accused of smothering more than a dozen women living in North Texas retirement homes before robbing them of their jewelry, is now facing three more capital murder charges.
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Michigan Supreme Court declines Trump lawsuit over election challengers
The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a lawsuit from Trump’s campaign over poll challengers' being obstructed from... View Article The post Michigan Supreme Court declines Trump lawsuit over election challengers appeared first on TheGrio.
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Michigan Man Freed From Prison After Witness Admits To Lying 37 Years Later - Blavity
Walter Forbes was let out of prison in November after nearly four decades in prison for crimes he did not commit.
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Cleveland baseball team to drop 'Indians' from its name - TheGrio
After years of protest from Native Americans, a second sports team is dropping its mascot moniker. The Cleveland Indians have... View Article The post Cleveland baseball team to drop 'Indians' from its name appeared first on TheGrio.
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Lori Lightfoot block release of bodycam evidence of mishandled police raid
Anjanette Young was the victim of a police raid where officers handcuffed her naked in her Chicago home. Officials attempted to... View Article The post Lori Lightfoot attempted to block release of police handcuffing naked woman appeared first on TheGrio.
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Minnesota Pardons Board grants Myon Burrell a commutation on his life sentence for killing of 11-year-old girl | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Burrell has been fighting for his release, saying he is innocent and was wrongfully convicted. By Ricardo Lopez, Minnesota Reformer The Minnesota Board of Pardons, a three-person panel comprising Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie
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Louisville Mourns Kris Smith, 2nd Breonna Taylor Activist Killed In Fatal Shooting
Smith is the second activist following the shooting of Hazma 'Travis' Nagdy, to be murdered in the wake of Breonna Taylor demonstrations and a surge of gun violence in the city.
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Hunter Biden subpoena seeks info on Burisma, other entities - Black News Channel
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A subpoena seeking documents from Hunter Biden asked for information related to more than two dozen entities, including Ukraine gas company Burisma, according to a person familiar with a Justice Department tax investigation of
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Did Siya Kolisi just turn down the Sharks and pledge his allegiance to WP?
Has 2019 Rugby World Cup-winning skipper Siya Kolisi just pledged his allegiance to WP Rugby - without actually saying so?
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Petition to Award Black Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman a Medal for His Bravery After Risking His Life to Lead Rioters Away from Lawmakers Picks Up Steam
As more video footage surfaces from the violent insurrection on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol, one Black officer is being hailed as a hero for risking his
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Argentine expert visits sites where bodies of teens found - Stabroek News
Director of the Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology (EAAF) Dr. Luis Fondebrider, who is currently here to assess whether his team can assist the police with the murders of West Coast Berbice (WCB) cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry as well as Haresh Singh has visited the crime scenes and met with
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Feds: Social media clues used to ID Tennessee man in DC riot - TSDMemphis.com
by Kimberlee Kruesi - FBI agents largely relied on social media clues to help identify and charge a Tennessee man with being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, according to a federal arrest affidavit released Monday. Eric Munchel, 30, was taken into custody Sunday after being
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Jonestown man found guilty of neighbour’s death - Stabroek News
Forrester Gravesande, the man accused of fatally beating his neighbour in 2017, has been found guilty of the murder. The article Jonestown man found guilty of neighbour’s death appeared first on Stabroek News.
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'I'm, Like, a Woman of Color': Miya Ponsetto Tells Gayle King She Can't Be Racist Because She's Puerto Rican; Teen's Family Not Moved By Her Apologies
In the second segment of CBS anchor Gayle King's interview with the 22-year-old woman facing criminal charges of assaulting a Black teen she’d accused of […]
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Georgia special ed teacher's aide dies of COVID-19 - TheGrio
Maude Jones of Rock Springs Elementary School submitted to retire from Gwinnett County Public Schools but ended up contracting COVID-19 before... View Article The post Georgia special ed teacher's aide dies of COVID-19 appeared first on TheGrio.
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New body camera video shows moments after Arbery shooting | The Atlanta Voice
Police began arriving almost immediately after Ahmaud Arbery was shot in a coastal Georgia subdivision, finding the unarmed Black man lying facedown in his own blood while the man who shot him paced with hands on his head. Body camera video from Glynn County police officers who responded to the
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