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DA to lay criminal charges against National Lotteries Commission after heated committee meeting | News24
The DA will be laying criminal charges against the National Lotteries Commission for its refusal to release beneficiary lists amid allegations of corruption and will report the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, Duma Nkosi, to the Speaker for his inaction in dealing with
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The cigarette connection: A look back at the deaths of Eric Garner and George Floyd
Although notice on cigarette packs warn that smoking the sticks can cause mouth and throat cancer, in addition to being a leading cause of death, African Americans Eric Garner and George Floyd would perish via police brutalities albeit with a cigarette
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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation dept lays criminal charges against former board CEOs
Milo and Roux were very keen to join the work of fixing the various state entities within the department," Diko
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Tale of two murals
The City of St. Petersburg unveiled a “Black Life Matters Mural” on a city street, similar to
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Lori Harvey sentenced in hit-and-run case - TheGrio
According to TMZ, Lori Harvey was able to avoid jail time for her hit-and-run case from last year. Harvey, 23,... View Article The post Lori Harvey sentenced in hit-and-run case appeared first on TheGrio.
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Four Minneapolis Officers Fired After Death of Black Man
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer 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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Justice For Elijah McClain: How The Police ‘Murder’ Of Black Colorado Man Is Being Revisited
Millions of people have called for Colorado officials to reopen the investigation into the death of Elijah McClain back in August 2019 after he was stopped by Aurora cops who used a carotid hold on him, more commonly known as the
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Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell arrested
Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite who was accused by many women of helping procure underage sex partners for Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested Thursday in New Hampshire, the FBI said. Maxwell, who lived for years with Epstein and was his frequent travel companion on trips around the world, was
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16-year-old dies after screaming ‘I can't breathe’ as homecare employees abuse him
A 16-year-old Cornelius Fredericks in the care of a for-profit residential youth center in Kalamazoo reportedly died two days after employees put their full weight on his chest for nearly 10 minutes, according to attorneys for his
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Fired And Investigated: A List Of Repercussions Central Park ‘Karen’ Is Facing After Calling Cops
This week, the story went viral — Amy dialed 911 on Christian Cooper (no relation) after he told her that her dog should be put on a leash in a section of Central Park popular for
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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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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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Emagine Postpones Juneteenth Film Festival After Being Served By Atty General
Emagine Entertainment is saddened to announce that the Juneteenth Film Festival to benefit the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has been indefinitely
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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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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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Shawn Wooden: Corporate America, it’s time to stand up against racism •
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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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Impatience grows for cops’ arrests in Breonna Taylor’s death
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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Police Seen Reenacting Chokehold on Elijah McClain Fired - Black News Channel
By PATTY NIEBERG AND COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press/ BNC Contributor AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A police chief in suburban Denver fired officers who smiled in photos as they reenacted a chokehold that their colleagues used on Elijah McClain, a Black man who died after police stopped him as he walked
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Criminal charges recommended by investigators against four in Bath Settlement murder - Stabroek News
Investigators have recommended  criminal charges against four of the suspects who were arrested and questioned in relation to the murder of Bath Settlement businessman, Mohamed Haniff,  Crime  Chief Wendell Blanhum
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Atlanta Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Charged with Murder
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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VIDEO: Fires blaze and looters rampage during second night of Minneapolis anti-police protests following black man’s death
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Fired Atlanta Officers File Suit Against Mayor, Police Chief - Black News Channel
By: AP / BNC Contributers ATLANTA (AP) — Two Atlanta police officers who were fired after video showed them using stun guns on two college students pulled from a car in traffic during a large protest against police brutality are looking to get their jobs back. Former Investigators Mark Gardner and
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Police Arrest CNN Reporter, Crew Covering Minneapolis Protests Live On Air
Minnesota State Patrol officers arrested CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and two members of his crew while they were broadcasting live from protests in Minneapolis on Friday morning’s “New
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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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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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Legislation coming to crack down on prisoners with cellphones
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