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During a passionate monologue given by Chris Cuomo of CNN on police, he boldly stated that White Americans won’t care about police brutality until it’s their children getting killed. “And you know what the answer is. You really do. You don’t like it. I don’t like it. It scares me,” Chris Cuomo said during his […]
The jury has begun day two of deliberations following closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the disgraced Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death. Protestors have gathered outside heavily secured Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis in anticipation of the verdict. Judge Peter Cahill sent the jurors to deliberate after attorneys […]
A gunman killed eight people and wounded five others before taking his own life in a shooting rampage at a Indianapolis FedEx facility near the airport. FedEx said people who worked for the company were among the dead. During a briefing just after 3 a.m., Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson Genae Cook stated that the victims […]
Officer Derek Chauvin has decided that he will not testify at his murder trial for the death of George Floyd by telling Judge Peter Cahill that he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and would not take the witness stand. This comes as the defense wrapped up its presentation this week with final […]
After Daunte Wright was gunned down by a Minnesota police officer over the weekend, Chief Tim Gannon told the media Officer Kim Potter had made a simple mistake: Instead of grabbing her Taser, as she had intended to do, she drew her gun and fired at the 20-year-old, killing him. But is such a mistake […]
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott has told CNN that officer Kim Potter, the 26-year vet accused of killing 20 -yr-old Daunte Wright has resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department, as did Police Chief Tim Gannon. Sunday’s killing of Wright sparked protests in the Minneapolis area, during ongoing trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, who […]
The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administrating the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. In a joint statement Tuesday, the CDC and FDA said it was investigating clots and reduced platelet counts in six women post-vaccination. All six were women between the ages of 18 and 48; […]
Major League Baseball officials have announced they’re pulling the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta in protest of Georgia’s new law that restricts voting rights. “Over the last week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and The Players Alliance, among others, to listen to their views,” says […]
Nike is honoring Jackie Robinson. The company announced today that it will release a special Jackie Robinson version of Ken Griffey Jr.’s signature sneaker. The Robinson version will feature a number 42 and the quote, “There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.” There is no release date yet but […]
The Spring Break crowds in Miami Beach are a hot mess right now causing a state of emergency. So much so that because of overcrowding, rowdiness, and fighting, the city has declared a state of emergency. During a news conference, the city’s mayor announced an 8 p.m. curfew for the South Beach entertainment district to curb […]
A NYC woman made a disturbing discovery inside her apartment bathroom – a hidden hole leading to a second, abandoned apartment. Samantha Hartshoe noticed something strange when she felt a cold draft coming from her bathroom mirror. Behind it, she found a large hole leading to another room. So Hartshoe did what anyone else would in her […]
The California Medical Board is investigating a surgeon who appeared at a virtual trial while actually performing surgery. Dr. Scott Green was already in the middle of the surgery and was called on to answer a traffic charge. During the hearing, which aired on YouTube, the clerk says to the doctor, “Are you available for trial?. It […]
