“I didn’t come to Congress to compromise on what could keep us alive,” Bush said Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri made it clear that she will not compromise her stance on police reform. During an appearance on CNN Newsroom on Sunday, host Abby D. Phillip asked Bush if she’d accept “a qualified immunity alternative that…
Police have not specified a motive in the attack A 61-year-old Chinese American man was attacked by a man who kicked him repeatedly in the head in East Harlem, police said. The man was collecting cans when he was attacked from behind, knocked to the ground and kicked in the head shortly after 8 p.m….
Senator Lora Reinbold said she was “reasonable” with all employees of the airline Alaska Airlines has banned an Alaska state senator for refusing to follow mask requirements. “We have notified Senator Lora Reinbold that she is not permitted to fly with us for her continued refusal to comply with employee instruction regarding the current mask…
“Innovation is indeed the path forward,” said Harris Vice President Kamala Harris will make the case before United Nations members on Monday that now is the time for global leaders to begin putting the serious work into how they will respond to the next global pandemic. The virtual address, Harris’ second to a U.N. body…
“We do not tolerate false reporting,” said a spokesman for the Department of Correction A new report filed by the New York Times found that out of roughly 270 corrections officers disciplined over a 20-month period, more than half either lied in their reports of incidents or filed them incompletely or inaccurately. According to the…
The video was captured by a Ring video security system A Ring video security system captured an interaction on April 21 where police in Vacaville, California used physical force against a teenager with autism. According to Fox 40, 17-year-old Preston was slammed and repeatedly punched in the face by local authorities. The boy’s father Adam…
“We are on the front lines,” Mark Middleton said in a video posted to Facebook A North Texas couple was arrested after bragging online about their involvement in the deadly Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Hill insurrection. Mark and Jalise Middleton were arrested at their home in Forestburg, outside of Dallas, on Wednesday after the FBI…
Stephanie Bottom filed a federal lawsuit against NC police claiming officers violated her rights by using excessive force A 68-year-old Black woman has filed a federal lawsuit after a violent interaction with North Carolina police during a traffic stop in May 2019. The Charlotte Observer reported Stephanie Bottom, an Atlanta native and librarian, filed her…
Hoffman said that making voting more accessible is pro-business Reid Hoffman, billionaire and cofounder of Linkedin, shared his thoughts on how businesses should respond to the growing number of politicians attempting to pass new laws to restrict voting. CNN reported Hoffman urged business leaders to not only speak out against voter suppression, but to make…
Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen announced Wednesday, April 21, that the officers involved in the fatal police shooting of a Black teenager who died after an encounter with police in the bathroom at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, earlier this month were legally justified in their actions. “This is a self-defense case,”…
