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Businessman to challenge constitutionality of 15-year mandatory minimum sentence for gun possession

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Westmoreland businessman 36-year-old Jason Barrett, who received the mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years' imprisonment after pleading guilty under the new Firearms Act to unauthorised possession of firearm and ammunition, is appealing...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner
SA police set to destroy more than 15,000 guns as changes to firearm laws draw criticism
Thousands of guns surrendered and forfeited to the South African Police Service are due to be destroyed in the coming months.
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Source: Business Insider South Africa
Mpumalanga man arrested after allegedly shooting dead his own mother
A 30-year-old man has been arrested for murder after he allegedly shot his mother when she intervened in a heated argument involving the man, his wife and a friend on
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Source: https://www.news24.com
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‘This is terrible’...Mother of Maurice Gordon demanding justice
Those were the words of Raquel Barrett, the mother of 28-year-old Maurice Gordon, the unarmed Jamaican man who was gunned down by a New Jersey state trooper following a traffic stop along the Garden State Parkway near Bass River, in Burlington, on the morning of May
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Gag order imposed in case of soldier who allegedly shot cop in Portmore love triangle
A judge today ordered that details about the case of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier who reportedly shot a policeman he caught in his home in a compromising position with his wife should not be shared with the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Judge Shoots Down Kodak Black’s Appeal Of 46 Month Sentence
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Source: The Urban Daily
WATCH: Charlamagne tha God suggests African-Americans legally buy firearms so they don’t end up like Ahmaud Arbery
During a panel discussion on MSNBC on Sunday afternoon, radio personality and commentator Charlamagne tha God briefly stunned host Alex Witt by first saying he wished shooting victim Ahmaud Arbery had been armed to defend himself before being gunned down by two white Georgia men — then advised
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DA wants Cele to address its virtual guns summit 'to clarify the govt’s position' | News24
The DA has invited Police Minister Bheki Cele to speak at its virtual "guns summit" next week.
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Lang’ata police dog sale set for next week
Lang’ata police dog sale set for next week
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White Virginia man arrested after pointing AR-15 at Black men
(Crecit: screenshot) A Virginia man has been charged after he pointed an assault rifle at a group of Black men who’d simply parked near his home. According to reports, Sunday evening the group of men were riding their motorcycles when they decided to take a break and pull into a near
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Win for Mzee Kibor in land row with sons
Mr Kibor had moved to court four years ago blocking the transfer of the land to his sons over what was termed as unsolved family dispute over ownership of the
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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME
Georgia Deputy Bragged About Charging Black People with Felonies to Keep Them from Voting, the 'Stress Relief' of Assaulting Black Men
A former Georgia deputy bragged in messages with members of an extremist group that he had brutalized a Black man in custody and that he intended to
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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information
Mayor Tom Barrett To Become Ambassador to Luxembourg | The Madison Times
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Change could be coming to Milwaukee and it’s in the form of a new mayor. The White House announced that President Joe Biden will nominate Mayor Tom Barrett to serve as ambassador to Luxembourg. The news came on Wednesday, Aug. 25. Once nominated, Barrett must then be confirmed
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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper
AbaThembu royals resolve to remove King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo - report
Feuding in the AbaThembu royal family has continued, after an imbizo held at Bumbane Great Place near Mthatha saw royals resolving to remove Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo as king of AbaThembu, according to
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LOTTO Results edit post Daily Lotto results for Sunday, 28 February 2021 2021-02-28 edit post Lotto and Lotto Plus results for Saturday, 27 February 2021
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett nominated as United States Ambassador to Luxembourg
Longtime Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was nominated as the new United States Ambassador to Luxembourg, the White House confirmed Wednesday, August 25, 2021. If Barrett is confirmed to the position, Milwaukee's city charter states Common Council President Cavalier Johnson would become acting mayor
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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always
Earth Today | Water relief for vulnerable farmers in upper Clarendon
More than 68 farmers in drought-stricken communities in the Upper Rio Minho Watershed area of Clarendon have so far received 49,000 gallons of water, with another 48,000 to be delivered over the next three
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Prosecutor: FedEx shooter Didn’t have ‘Red Flag’ Hearing - Los Angeles Sentinel
A former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis never appeared before a judge for a hearing under Indiana’s “red flag” law, even after his mother called police last year to say her son might commit “suicide by cop,” a prosecutor said
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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News
A tale of two arrests: Outrage as police grant courtesy to double murder suspect Arzadon
In a rare move, a day after Floyd’s death, the Police Department fired all four of the officers involved in the episode, as Mike Freeman, the Hennepin County attorney also announced murder and manslaughter charges against
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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice
Illegal gun and ammunition seized in Pimento Walk, St Ann
Cops assigned to the St Ann Police seized a Glock 40 pistol with a magazine containing eleven .40 rounds of ammunition during an operation in Pimento Walk, Ocho Rios on Sunday. The police report that about 3:15 p.m., a team was in the area when the...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
What Police Officers Won’t Tell You.
There are many things that are going on in the life of a local police officer that you will never hear him or her admit
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Hanover residents protest police shooting
DISGRUNTLED RESIDENTS of Elgin Town, Hanover, blocked a section of the North Coast Highway on Tuesday to protest the police shooting of a man who recently returned to Jamaica from the Cayman
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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House Passes Legislation Aimed At Combating Gun Violence
Since losing her son in 2012 to an act of gun violence, Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA), has weathered incalculable grief. Jordan Davis was just 17-years-old when a man complaining of […] The post House Passes Legislation Aimed At Combating Gun Violence appeared first on Essence.
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We are ready for DNA tests: Kibor's sons
Mr Kipng’etich’s mother, Naomi Jeptoo, who was divorced by Mzee Kibor two years ago, backed her
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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME
Milwaukee Will Still Host Democratic National Convention
The convention will continue to take place in Milwaukee and will be held from Monday, Aug. 17 to
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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper
Four, including teen, charged with murder
The police, last week, charged at least four males, including a teenager, with murder in relation to separate
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Relatives: Latoya was murdered by police
RELATIVES of Latoya Monte, the 34-year-old woman who was fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with the police moments after 6:00 pm on Monday in the Kingston 10 area, are insisting that she was murdered, contrary to information released by the
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Man accused of luring women using social media then raping them
A 29-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he used social media to lure two women to his home, where he allegedly raped
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DON’T BLAME CLUNIS - • Retired cop says commanders sometimes have to make tough calls • Police Fed says no evidence senior cop disregarded advice in deadly operation
“If Mr Clunis had gone there with one police officer and the man opened fire at them and they fired back and get the man and get the same gun you see on display, everybody would say he was a hero,” Campbell said
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Construction worker charged following gun, ammunition seizure
Construction worker 38-year-old Renardo Blackwood was on Monday charged following the seizure of an illegal gun and rounds of ammunition during a joint police-military operation. Blackwood, who is from Mammie River district, Gordon Town, Kingston 6...
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Kenya: Emotions Run High as Mwangaza Breaks Down While Defending Herself in Impeachment Trial
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Beleagured Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza today took the stand to testify in her impeachment motion as a witness to defeat the intent by the Meru County Assembly to remove her from office.
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