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Minneapolis protesters say they want justice for George Floyd, a black man who died while in police
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US charges ex-Jammeh bodyguard over torture of 2006 coup plotters
A Gambian man has been indicted in Colorado on federal charges that he tortured planners of a failed 2006 presidential coup when he was a member of a special armed unit that reported directly to the dictator of the African nation, prosecutors said
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Minnesota Cop Charged In George Floyds Killing Had Lengthy Criminal Record
Thomas Lane was only on his fourth day as a police officer.
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Grenadians protest after black man beaten over the death of a dog | New York Carib News
Police Saturday appealed for calm after hundreds of Grenadians braved the inclement weather to protest the beating of a black man allegedly by members of a white family after their dog was accidentally killed in the influential community of Fort Jeudy on the southern tip of the island earlier this
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Bullard, Eugene James ["Jacques"] (1895-1961)
Eugene James (Jacques) Bullard, the first African American combat aviator, was known as the “black swallow of death” for his courage during missions. He led a colorful life, much of it in
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Rosenstein defends naming special counsel for Russia inquiry
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is defending his decision to appoint a special counsel to scrutinize ties between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, telling senators Wednesday that he thought it was the best way to complete the investigation
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Jackson, Michael Joseph
Jackson, Michael Joseph, 1958–2009, American performer, b. Gary, Ind. Jackson was an extremely successful pop singer, superb dancer, and talented composer who often conveyed an androgynous image and ambiguous sexuality. Offstage, he became known for various alleged eccentricities, for his sharp
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VIDEO: Fires blaze and looters rampage during second night of Minneapolis anti-police protests following black man’s death
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Justice stalled - Multimillion-dollar project to free mentally ill inmates fettered
Under the project started by the Legal Aid Council in late 2017, a team of 24 lawyers and six administrative staff were trained and dispatched to the prisons to kick-start the legal process for the removal of 313 mentally ill persons incarcerated largely for minor infractions at the Tower Street
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Four Paris Cops Charged with Intentional Violence In Beating of Black Music Producer
Four French officers are facing criminal charges for beating a Black music producer while using a racial slur in Paris earlier this month. Michel Zecler, […]
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Beitbridge border fence corruption suspects could face criminal charges
The Department of Public Works want officials suspected of corruption at the Beitbridge Border Post to face the wrath of the law.
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Three LAPD Officers Have Been Charged For Falsifying Records
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office is looking at hundreds of criminal cases after three LAPD officers were charged with falsifying records.
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Bill Cosby Allowed to Appeal His 2018 Sexual Assault Conviction
Cosby will now get to appeal two crucial elements of the conviction, which Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court announced on
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Cipriana Quann Sues NYPD for False Arrest
Says cop put her in cuffs after she asked not to be shoved.
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Impatience grows for cops' arrests in Breonna Taylor's death | The Atlanta Voice
But three months after plainclothes detectives serving a warrant busted into her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment and shot the 26-year-old Black woman to death, only one of the three officers who opened fire has lost his
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Protests Shift to Memorializing Floyd Amid Push for Change
ATLANTA (AP) — The tenor of the protests set off by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police has taken a turn from the explosive anger that has fueled the setting of fires, breaking of windows and other violence to a quiet, yet more forceful, grassroots call for more to be done to address
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New Yorkers Said ‘F**k The Police,’ So The Police Rioted
NEW YORK — Thousands of New Yorkers over the last few days have taken to the streets in all five boroughs, setting cop cars aflame, braving beatings by batons and suffering pepper spray to the eyes, all so they can scream an urgent message for all the world to hear: Fuck the
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Justice For Shaheen Mackey: Graphic Video Shows Prison Guards Taser Shackled Inmate In Medical Distress Before Death
Shaheen Mackey, who was an inmate at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, suffered from an epileptic seizure only to met with a brutal response that his family argues caused his death.
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Clarendon man arrested after gun found in backpack
A Clarendon man is in custody after a .40 pistol with a magazine containing seven rounds of ammunition was taken from his bag.  The weapon and ammunition were seized in the community of Gimme-Me-Bit on Friday.  In a post to...
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Cronyism claim - Jamaican MP Lisa Hanna dodges charges but scolded for contract nepotism - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Lisa Hanna, a legislator and spokesperson for the Opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP) election campaign, has escaped criminal charges but has been slammed for nepotism and cronyism in the award of millions of dollars in contracts in St Ann in a ruling by the director of
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Minneapolis: Swift firings for officers in death of black man
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer in Minneapolis pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was
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Chain of command during McClain death investigation involved 2 Aurora police chief candidates
AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) – The man who oversaw the Aurora Police Department’s Investigations Bureau during the investigation into Elijah McClain’s death is competing against his former immediate supervisor for a chance to become the next chief of
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Outrage After Georgia Police Officer Holds Teens At Gunpoint On Video
A video showing a Clayton County, Georgia, police officer holding a firearm at a group of teenagers, and neighbors loudly defending them has spurred anger at how the youths were treated and demands that the officer be
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Tamir Rice’s Mom Reflects On His 18th Birthday As She Continues Fight Against His Killer
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Police Officer Charged With Assault for Ordering Dog to Attack Black Man
A white police officer has been charged with second-degree felony assault for ordering his police dog to bite a Black man who had already surrendered
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Rapper T.I. Charged in Cryptocurrency Fraud Scandal - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Staff Rapper T.I. has been charged along with four others by The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for fraudulent operations and promoting an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO) on social media. The SEC stated that T.I. claimed to be a co-owner of the streaming platform FLiK and
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Atlanta Officer Fired After Fatal Shooting of Black Man
ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta police officer was fired following the fatal shooting of a black man and another officer was placed on administrative duty, the police department announced early
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Joburg businessman at centre of criminal case against Dr Munshi denies links to his murder | News24
Mohammadh Sayed, who filed criminal charges against anaesthetist Dr Abdulhay Munshi and paediatric surgeon Prof Peter Beale, has denied any involvement in Munshi’s killing.
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Speaking Truth to Power—Ex-Judge Excoriates DOJ
In 2018, Sullivan, who happens to be African-American, shocked many in the country when he did not hide his assessment of Michael Flynn’s admitted actions in this case when he proclaimed to Flynn in court, “I can’t hide my disgust, my disdain [for your
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Jacob Blake Speaks Out: ‘Nothing But Pain’
Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot seven times in the back by a Kenosha, Wis., police officer, spoke to supporters from his hospital bed over the weekend for the first time since the shooting.
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