A judge sentenced former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to more than 20 years in federal prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Chauvin pleaded guilty to the charges in December and was ordered to pay restitution, according to CBS News. Chauvin agreed to a plea […]
Last week, Jared Preston Desadier, a former police officer in Louisiana, pleaded guilty to a civil rights violation. Desadier admitted to the unprovoked kicking of an unarmed Black man in the face. The United States Department of Justice released a press release announcing Desadier’s plea before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. […]
Sherry Yvonne Smith, the president and CEO of the Black Wall Street Chamber of Commerce, died at her Bixby, Oklahoma, home, police confirmed, according to KTUL. Police said the incident seems to be “domestic in nature,” but they have not publicly released any further information due to […]
Sara Kruzan is seen in a photo from the California Department of Corrections taken July 8, 2013, when she was 35. – (California Department of Corrections-Reuters) *(CNN) — A California woman sentenced to life without the possibility of parole as a teenager for fatally shooting […]
*SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A shooting near a Downtown Sacramento nightclub left one person dead and four others hurt early Monday morning. The incident happened just before 2 a.m. in the area of 15th and L streets. Sacramento police say people were leaving the Mix nightclub when […]
Chrystul Kizer says Randall Volar sexually assaulted her and sold her to others for sex. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A sex trafficking victim accused of killing a man who allegedly trafficked her can argue at trial that she was justified in killing him, Wisconsin’s Supreme […]
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