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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal jury said Monday night that the former sheriff in Milwaukee, David Clarke, did not violate a man’s free speech with taunting Facebook posts after detaining him at an airport last year for shaking his head at the sheriff. The civil lawsuit from Daniel Black argued he received hateful messages and […]
It just goes to show how different a police officer’s perspective on how something actually went down can be from the rest of us. Take this latest incident, where a school resource officer was called to the campus of Helix Charter High School near San Diego around 1:30 p.m. on Friday because a student that was on […]
It looks like Omarosa Manigualt-Newman has no regrets about leaving the White House behind. Nope, especially when her financial future is looking real good. If you haven’t heard, Trump’s former Director of Communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison has a new gig, so to speak. She is now on the roster of speakers signed […]
April Ryan, doing God’s work as one of the few black White House correspondents, told CNN Sunday that she and her journalist colleagues in the age of Trump have “the FBI and local police on speed dial” for death threats. “Death threats, yes,” Ryan told Brian Stelter, host of CNN’s Reliable Sources. “For asking questions […]
103-year-old Ethel Stevenson says the secret to her longevity is her dedication to servicing the community. Stevenson works every day at the Ethel V. Stevenson Senior Center in Ecorse—a building that bears her name to honor her 60-year career at the community center, WJBK reported. Her job is to coordinate senior transportation, and when she […]
Atlanta is a Mecca for Black people and the home of a brand new African-American mayor in Keisha Lane Bottoms. But unfortunately, Atlanta is also a hotbed for criminal activity, especially carjackings. In this latest case, though, a mother was very lucky that a quick trip to a gas station convenience store didn’t end in […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Friday delayed by a few days the sentencing of an Ohio man who plotted to kill military members in the U.S. following a delay in the case when a previous judge withdrew. Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, who was born in Somalia and came to the U.S. as a […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Following a record year in homicides, Baltimore’s mayor fired the city’s police commissioner, saying Friday that a change in leadership was needed to reduce crime more quickly. Deputy Commissioner Darryl DeSousa, a 30-year veteran of the force, will take Commissioner Kevin Davis’ place immediately, Mayor Catherine Pugh announced. “My decision is because […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A serial killing suspect shot and killed nine people, including his own mother, and used a victim’s gun in some of the slayings that unfolded in a three-week span late last year, authorities said Thursday. Shell casings, DNA, stolen jewelry and a cellphone taken from a victim were among the pieces of […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — The mother of a mentally ill woman who was left in the cold outside a Baltimore hospital wearing only a flimsy gown and socks says the 22-year-old daughter was denied her lawful right to medical care. Cheryl Chandler said at a news conference Thursday that her daughter faced life-threatening conditions on the […]