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Emmett Till
Emmett Till , in full Emmett Louis Till (born July 25, 1941, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died Aug. 28, 1955, Money, Miss.), African American teenager whose murder catalyzed the emerging civil rights
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Fugitive on the run for four years apprehended
A Jamaican man who is wanted in the United States is set to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court today for extradition proceedings to
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Kenya: Family Cry Foul After Kin is Buried at 3am
A man who allegedly died of Covid-19 was hurriedly buried by health officials at 3am in Kimilili, Trans Nzoia County, on
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A Privacy Bill Kobe Bryant’s Death Inspired Moves Forward
On May 20, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee approved a bill that would make it illegal for first responders to take pictures or record video of a deceased person at the scene of an accident or
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‘We're not going to let it go’ – Gambia demands probe into U.S. police killing of citizen
The Gambia has demanded an investigation after one of its citizens, a former UN diplomat’s son, was shot dead by
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Shooting of Michael Brown
For the protests that followed the shooting of Michael Brown, see Ferguson
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Mocha miner burned while tending to engine in Upper Mazaruni backdam
A 57-year-old miner is currently nursing second degree burns to more than half of his body which he reportedly during a mining accident at Partang Back-dam, Upper Mazaruni
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Teacher to be probed for allegedly threatening to put knee on pupils’ necks if they do not submit assignments
The Gauteng education department said on Thursday it would probe an incident where a teacher reportedly threatened to re-enact the actions that led to led to American George Floyd's death if her pupils did not submit their the life orientation teacher at Pinnacle College Kyalami allegedly made the
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`When Does It Stop?’ Slain Man’s Family Makes Tearful Plea
ATLANTA (AP) — Pleading through grief and tears Monday, the family of a black man killed by Atlanta police outside a fast-food drive-thru called on protesters to refrain from violence and demanded changes in the criminal justice system to prevent such
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Department of Justice Investigating Ahmaud Arbery’s Death as Hate Crime, U.S. Attorney Investigating Delayed Arrests of Suspects
Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting death will be investigated as a hate crime, and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia is looking into the reason it took more than two months to arrest the suspects, the Arbery family’s attorneys
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Lockdown poverty exposes African sex workers to more violence
‘Easy target at a time of
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Africa: SANEF Condemns The Attacks On Journalists In The USA, The UK, And The Death In Detention Of Cameroonian Journalist, Samuel Wazizi
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) condemns the death in detention of Cameroonian journalist, Samuel Wazizi and the ongoing attacks on journalists in the USA and
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Murder charge upgraded in Floyd case, 3 other cops charged
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against three other officers at the scene, a newspaper reported
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Guyana unfazed by COVID-19–driven global food crisis concerns
Even as several reputable international organizations including the United Nations (UN) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) assert that the ongoing coronavirus ‘plague’ could precipitate a global food crisis, Guyana, up until now, continues to flaunt its reputation as the ‘bread basket’ of the
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Sean Bell shooting incident
Sean Bells murder took place in the New York City borough of Queens, New York, United States, on November 25, 2006. Three men were shot a total of 50 times by a team of both plainclothes and undercover NYPD officers. Sean Bell was killed on the morning before his wedding, and two of his
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TSU interim president: ‘I’ve come from behind the curtain’
HOUSTON – Following the departure of former Texas Southern University President Dr. Austin Lane, all eyes are now on Kenneth Huewitt, who’s served as the university’s chief financial officer for the past three
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Black Man Dies After Video Shows Officer Kneeling on Neck
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis was seen on a bystander’s video pleading that he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his neck during the arrest and kept his knee there for several minutes after the man stopped
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Family Autopsy: Floyd Asphyxiated By Sustained Pressure
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An autopsy commissioned for George Floyd’s family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes and ignored his cries of distress, the family’s attorneys said
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Ghana: The Ghana Education Service and Culture Education Delivery At the Pre-University Level - a Critical Appraisal
The continued existence of thisall importance unit of the Ghana Education Service must be critically reappraised now; and given proper attention that it deserves asfar as the promotion and development of the Ghanaian culture are concerned; or else it ceases to exist to save the tax
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South Africa: George Floyd's Death Presents Us With Opportunity to Address Human Rights Issues - SA
South Africa's national government said on Tuesday that the "regrettable death" of George Floyd presented the US with an "opportunity to address fundamental issues of human rights, such as freedom dignity and
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Fullilove v. Klutznick (1980)
November 27, 1979, Argued
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Soldiers on operation during which Bogle was killed, reassigned; weapons confiscated
Civil/military cooperation and media officer for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major Basil Jarrett, says the JDF members who were present during the joint police-military operation in August Town, St Andrew when Susan Bogle, a disabled woman, was shot and killed last week, have been reassigned
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Slain lockdown violator’s family sues govt
RELATIVES of a Bulawayo man who succumbed to police assault injuries on the first day of the national lockdown in March have filed a notice of intent to sue the government for the
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Minneapolis burning should not come as a surprise
This has been building in Minneapolis for years, and it likely started boiling as protesters reminded us, in December of 1990 with the murder of Tycel Nelson by cowardly Minneapolis cop Dan May, who ironically is still with the department as a high-ranking
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Africa: An Open Letter to America
On Monday, May 25, 2020, a disturbing video of a 46-year-old man (George Floyd) being murdered in broad daylight by four (4) white police officers, seized our various news feeds on every social media platform, and other online media
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Source: allAfrica.com
The Notorious B.I.G.
The Notorious B.I.G. was an iconic East Coast rapper who released only one album during his lifetime, but rose to fame after his untimely death in a shooting incident. He was born Christopher George Latore Wallace on May 21, 1972 to Voletta Wallace and George Latore and raised in Brooklyn, New
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GECOM decides to tabulate votes from 29 boxes without documents
GECOM decides to tabulate votes from 29 boxes without documents -APNU+AFC
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Chateau Margot accident victim identified as mother of three
The woman who died on Sunday night after she was struck down by a motor car as she attempted to cross the Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara Public Road has been identified as a mother of
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`When does it stop?' Slain man's family makes tearful plea
ATLANTA (AP) — Pleading through tears Monday, the family of a black man killed by Atlanta police outside a drive-thru demanded changes in the criminal justice system and called on protesters to refrain from violence amid heightened tensions across the U.S. three weeks after George Floyd‘s death in
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‘Denied The Truth’ Says Son of Black Man Who Died in Custody
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The son of a black man who died in police custody in Louisiana after a videotaped altercation that appears to show officers hitting and tasing him two months ago said he feels the family has been denied the truth about what
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