Authorities Consider Additional Charges Against Vincentians in Drug Bust

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Indianapolis Cop Suspended Over “Closed Casket” Comment In Sean Reed Shooting Death

An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer who uttered a tasteless “joke” over the body of Dreasjon “Sean” Reed, after he was fatally shot by authorities during a May 6 car chase, was recently hit with disciplinary

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Fired Cop Said It’s ‘Unfortunate’ That All Black People Weren’t Killed By Coronavirus, Report Says | The Crusader Newspaper Group

KLFY says the Kaplan police officer Steven Aucoin made the comment in a live feed for the governor’s Friday press

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Minneapolis Crowd Protests Black Man's Death While In Police Custody

In Minnesota, the mayor of Minneapolis says four police officers involved in the death of a black man while in police custody have been

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Source: Stories About Black History

'How can a police officer have a pot belly?' - Tanzania removes potbellied officers off the street

Authorities in Tanzania are redeploying potbellied traffic police

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Shooting of Walter Scott

The shooting of Walter Scott occurred on April 4, 2015, in North Charleston, South Carolina, following a daytime traffic stop for a non-functioning brake light. Scott, an unarmed black man, was fatally shot by Michael Slager, a white North Charleston police officer. The race difference led many to

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Uganda: Police Personally Liable for Rights Abuses

It would be difficult to overstate the potential importance of a case before the High Court in Uganda, involving at least 13 applicants against a number of police officers and the Attorney-General of the

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Metro Service Group: “Our Top Priority is the Safety of our Team Members”

“We have built a great reputation and it is important to present the facts surrounding this issue, so that people know we care about our employees and are committed to their safety and paying them livable wages in accordance with our contract with the City of New

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Somalia: Police Officer Killed, 4 Injured in Car Bomb in Mogadishu

One police officer died while 4 others wounded is a car bomb targeting head of medical police Ali Hirsi Bare in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mother of Ahmaud Arbery says 'I have a sense of hope'

(ABC NEWS) — The mother of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old African American whose slaying has prompted protests in Georgia, said on Monday that the arrest of a white father and son in the killing has given her “a sense of hope” that justice will be

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Source: ABC Columbia - South Carolina News, Weather & Sports

Three police officers deny aiding suspect escape from cell

Three police officers were Thursday charged with aiding a kidnapping suspect escape from lawful

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Shooting of Oscar Grant

Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of New Years Day 2009 by BART Police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San

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American Trial: The Eric Garner Story

Rewind the clock to July 17, 2014, when Eric Garner, an African-American husband, father, son in Staten Island, was murdered by Daniel Pantaleo, an NYPD officer after Pantaleo held Garner in a chokehold while Garner resisted

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The Smithsonian Is Collecting Coronavirus 'Artifacts' To Document The Pandemic

The National Museum of American History and the Anacostia Community Museum have recently launched coronavirus collection

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Source: Stories About Black History

Rodney King

Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was a taxi driver who became internationally known after a tape was released of him being beaten on March 3, 1991, by Los Angeles Police Department officers following a high-speed car chase. A witness, George Holliday, videotaped much of the beating

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Kenya: Alarm Over Cross-Border Travel on Lake Victoria Amid COVID-19

Security agencies in Nyanza are grappling with the rising number of foreigners sneaking into Siaya County from neighbouring countries through Lake

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Source: allAfrica.com

Johnnie Cochran

Johnnie Cochran was a lawyer, who handled several high profile celebrity cases. He was born on October 2, 1937 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He received his Bachelors’ degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1959. Initially selling insurance policies for a living, Cochran soon began

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Kay M. Madati

Prior to Twitter, Madati was Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at BET Networks, a unit of Viacom Inc. Madati lead the teams responsible for all aspects of digital, social and mobile strategy and oversees operations, content creation, technology, product development, and third-party

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Source: Savoy Network

Protesters Chase Fox News Reporter From White House Demonstrations

NEW YORK (AP) — A Fox News reporter was pummeled and chased by protesters who had gathered outside the White House early Saturday as part of nationwide unrest following the death of George

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Relief and fear - Authorities promise tight ship, but COVID-19 concern high in communities as joyous relatives welcome cruise workers

After weeks of uncertainty on the high seas and sitting in docks around the world as the global tourism industry collapsed from the devastating coronavirus pandemic, 1,044 Jamaican cruise workers breathed a sigh of relief last week as the Adventure of the Seas docked at historic Falmouth in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

New Video Footage Shows George Floyd Was Not Resisting Arrest During Incident That Led to His Death, Says Attorney

New Video Footage Shows George Floyd Was Not Resisting Arrest During Incident That Led to His Death, Says Floyd

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Ahmaud Arbery shooting weighs heavily on black legal professionals

(Courtesy: Quintairos, Prieto, Wood

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest boxers of all time. He was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. Ali was a fiercely serious child, who had experienced the harsh realities of racism at a very young age. He started training to be a boxer at the age of 12

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L.A. Police Face More Mass Demonstrations After Friday's Violence

Police were out in force across Los Angeles today, trying to hold the peace amid multiple protests tied to the police killing

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Citywide Curfew as Protest continue around Chicago

The curfew is meant to help police, who are facing massive protests, particularly in the Downtown

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Colin Kaepernick Shares A Powerful Message In The Wake Of George Floyd’s Death

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Black and Blue Don’t Match: Police Officers Kill Another African American

African Americans hadn’t stopped grieving over the assassination of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia when a video surfaced out of Minnesota, showing a police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a subdued George

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

School leaders offered training to manage institutions remotely

STARTING June 1, school leaders across Jamaica will participate in a virtual instructional leadership (VIL) online course, which will equip them with the skills and competencies to effectively manage institutions

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

MPS Summer Academy goes online for June and July

High schoolers and current 8th-graders on the early start calendar as well as students in Extended School Year can attend one or both

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

McKinney, Cynthia Ann (1955- )

Cynthia Ann McKinney was born on March 17, 1955 in Atlanta, Georgia to parents Billy McKinney, who was a police officer and to a mother, Leola Christion McKinney, who was a nurse. Her father was a political activist who challenged his employer, the Atlanta Police Department, for its practice of

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