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The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks as he ran away with the officer's Taser outside of a Wendy’s restaurant has been charged with
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Espy, Mike (1953- )
Alphonso Michael Espy in 1986 became the first black Congressman elected from Mississippi since John R. Lynch, who served during Reconstruction.  He was also the first African American to hold the post of Secretary of Agriculture.  Mike Espy was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. He received
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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday 4 September
For the latest news in South Africa, look no further than our daily overview of major headlines on Friday 4 September.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Alcohol ban: No good reason for continuation of restrictions - Karim
Professor Salim Abdool Karim said now that hospital admissions are sharply declining, there is no longer a need for the alcohol ban.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Probe under way after DA councillor is accused of using racial slur | News24
The South African Human Rights Commission and George municipality are investigating allegations that Garden Route DA municipality councillor Iona Kritzinger used the k-word during a telephonic conversation with a senior law enforcement officer.
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Source: https://www.news24.com
One Of The Cops Who Killed Breonna Taylor Has Been Fired
Brett Hankison, one of the Louisville police officers responsible for killing Breonna Taylor in her home has been fired, Louisville Metro Police announced on Tuesday (June
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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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Source: The Washington Informer
Two more Atlanta officers fired after students pulled from car | Dallas Weekly
ATLANTA (AP), June 10, 2020 — Two more Atlanta police officers were fired Wednesday over an incident in which two college students were pulled from a car in traffic during a large protest against police brutality, authorities
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Why lawyers face legal landmines in acting as proxies for
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Free State SAPS reduced to foot patrols: 46% of vehicles unavailable - DA
According to the DA, only 26 of the 42 vehicles available to the flying squad in the Free State are operational.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
CTICC Field Hospital to be decommissioned as COVID-19 cases decline
Due to a decline in infections in the Western Cape, the Brackengate Field Hospital will replace the CTICC as the new 'Hospital of Hope'.
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All four ex-officers involved in George Floyd's death now charged, in custody
All four fired Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s death now face criminal charges, and all are in custody
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Justice for Joshua Johnson: Family, community want answers
The rash of national killings of unarmed Blacks has overshadowed a local tragedy, the killing of 35-year-old Joshua Johnson around 6 am on April 22, 2020 at the hands of Harris County Deputy Tu Tran, who has killed
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Mthwalume murders: Police not ruling out possible serial killer
The Mthwalume community have reportedly told SAPS that there may be more bodies yet to be found as police continue their investigation.
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Gauteng Treasury 'erroneously' pays Microsoft $20m instead of R20m
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Home Affairs extends permits, visas for foreign visitors
Foreigners who visited the country after 15 March 2020, now have until 31 October 2020 to sort out their documentation
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Biden Says He Would Not Pardon Trump or Block Investigations
The former vice president made his statement in response to a voter who asked him on Lawrence O’Donnell’s show, “The Last Word,” whether he would “commit to not pulling a Gerald Ford in giving Donald Trump a pardon under the pretense of healing the
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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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US/Venezuela relations… The more things change...
The consequential meltdown in Venezuela has manifested itself in the fashion of a gradually unfolding theatrical production…first, brooding then street riots and official crackdowns, debilitating scarcities… and after all of these had changed nothing, a sustained outward procession by Venezuelans
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Jacob Blake Speaks Out From His Hospital Bed: 'It Hurts To Breathe' - Blavity
Jacob Blake's attorney posts a message from the 29-year-old in which he asks for community unity.
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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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Anti-police violence protesters take to the streets
At the beginning of last week, news of the May 25 Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd dominated headlines as black America came to grips with the latest in a string of video-recorded
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Murder Files Latest: 17 suspects appear in Klerksdorp Regional Court
The alleged murder suspects were criminals belonging to a gang notorious for terrorising the local community the court heard.
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Second victory for DA and soup kitchens against govt rules on distributing food
The national government has, for a second time, been interdicted by the high court from implementing new regulations to control measures for the humanitarian distribution of food for the
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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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Zesa switches off 100 households over illegal connections
The power utility roped in the police in an operation that unearthed numerous cases of meter bypassing, dangerous and unsafe wiring, unsanctioned connections and subletting of power, among
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Judge orders home, run by a doctor, to release 81-year-old man - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
POLICE were forced late Friday night, during curfew hours, to try to remove an 81-year-old Maracas, St Joseph, man from a private senior assisted home in Maraval after a High Court judge ordered his immediate removal from the facility. They were unable to secure his release on Friday night, bu
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