The governing board of a small town in the Mississippi Delta has voted to reinstate a police officer who was suspended after he shot an 11-year-old Black boy who had called police to his home earlier this year to help resolve a domestic dispute involving his mother. During a special session, the city of Indianola Board...
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‘I’m Still Trying to Figure Out How’: Oklahoma Man Exonerated of Murder After Spending 48 Years In Prison Now Battles Stage 4 Cancer
An Oklahoma man has been exonerated of a murder he did not commit after serving almost 50 years in prison. He made history, according to the National Registry of Exonerations, by having the longest-served wrongful sentence in the United States. On Tuesday, Dec. 19, Judge Amy Palumbo of Oklahoma County District Court declared Glynn Simmons...
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‘Carelessness’: Judge Slams French Couple Who Lost Second Case to Win Back African Mask Worth $4.6M That They Sold for $165
An elderly French couple who unwittingly sold a rare African mask worth $4.6 million for a mere $165 has lost a court battle to annul the auction sale of the mask. The couple sold the mask to a dealer they’d hired to help them clean out their attic. According to the BBC, the second-hand art...
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‘You Don’t Want to See This Video’: Outraged Family Demands Transparency for Teen Who Died Mysteriously After Suffering ‘Medical Emergency’ At Tennessee Group Home
A month after a 17-year-old died under the guardianship of a Memphis group home, her family and their lawyers are demanding the organization and law enforcement release video footage of the incident the family claims precipitated her death. Alegend Jones’ mother, Shona Garner-White, told reporters this week that a surveillance video of her daughter’s final...
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‘May All of Their Souls Rot in Hell’: Two Colorado Paramedics Who Injected Elijah McClain with an Overdose of Ketamine Found Guilty In His Death
A jury in Colorado decided that two first responders, Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec from Aurora Fire Rescue, are responsible for the death of Elijah McClain, a young Black man, who died in 2019 due to a fatal overdose of a sedative during his arrest. Paramedics Jeremy Cooper (left) and Peter Cichuniec (right) are on...