Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
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Oklahoma city councilman makes racist comment in meeting on racist policing
HIs comments suggest Black people are inherently more violent than whites
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Closing Arguments Given in Kim Potter Trial, Jury Begins Deliberations
In closing arguments, the defense asserts that 20-year-old Daunte Wright caused his own death.
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Trevor Noah Sues NYC Hospital and Orthopedic Surgeon for ‘Serious Personal Injury’ Resulting From 2020 Surgery
Noah alleges Dr. Riley J. Williams III caused ‘permanent, severe and grievous’ injury in the aftermath of an undisclosed procedure.
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Grand Jury Indicts Former Security Guard in Alvin Motley Shooting
Originally charged with second-degree murder, a grand jury found reason to charge Gregory Livingston with first-degree murder instead.
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San Diego Black Man Seeking Damages After he Called The Police to Report Assault and Was Instead Tackled and Arrested
A black man with crutches at the time of the incident was tackled after reporting an assault which led to his teeth being knocked out
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White Michigan Officer Who Pulled Gun on Innocent Black Newspaper Deliverer Reinstated
It was 7 a.m. when white Michigan officer Chad Vorce chose violence and jumped into his car to chase a Black newspaper carrier on his usual route.
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Ex-Police Chief Who Resigned After Daunte Wright Shooting Says Kim Potter Is ‘a Fine Officer’
Former police chief Tim Gannon testified that with “all the data in front of me, I saw no violation.”
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Civil Rights Champion Claudette Colvin Sees Her Juvenile Record Expunged 66 Years After Arrest Over Bus Seat
“The hardship and intimidation that took place in those years and the reason I took a stand to defy the segregated law,” Covin says as record is cleared.
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Ex-Cop Who Killed Atatiana Jefferson Will Stay Free Until May
Texas judge grants another delay in Aaron Dean’s murder trial
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Keechant Sewell Set To Become the NYPD’s First Black Female Police Commissioner
Mayor-elect Adams taps Sewell to be NYC’s first Black female Top Cop.