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Federal govt launches civil rights probe of Georgia prisons

September 15, 2021 - 05:10 PM ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a statewide civil rights investigation into Georgia prisons, citing particular concern about violence. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who oversees the department’s civil rights division, said the investigation will be comprehensive but will focus on “harm to prisoners resulting from prisoner-on-prisoner violence.” It will also look into sexual abuse of gay, lesbian and transgender prisoners by both prisoners and staff. “Under the Eighth Amendment of our Constitution, those who have be...

Woman pleads guilty to threatening Vice President Harris

September 14, 2021 - 01:54 PM MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida woman has pleaded guilty to making death threats against Vice President Kamala Harris. Niviane Petit Phelps, 39, pleaded guilty last week in Miami federal court to six counts of making threats against the vice president, according to court records. She faces up to...

Son of man killed by Georgia trooper seeks federal inquiry

September 13, 2021 - 04:25 PM By RUSS BYNUM (AP) — The son of a Black man killed last year by a Georgia state trooper attempting a traffic stop over a broken tail light said Monday he will march across a stretch of southeast Georgia in hopes of getting federal authorities to take up the case. Brook Bacon is trying to get ...

Life sentence for white Louisianan who killed Black man

August 24, 2021 - 12:59 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A white Louisiana man has received a life sentence for the apparently random killing of a Black man in a park. He also is accused of killing another Black man at a bus stop and firing into the home of a Black family as part of a string of attacks that police said may ha...

Off-duty New Orleans officer slain by robbers in Texas

August 22, 2021 - 02:20 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An off-duty New Orleans police officer was slain in Texas by armed men trying to rob diners at a restaurant, authorities said Sunday. New Orleans Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson told reporters that one of two men shot outside the Houston restaurant was Officer Everett ...

Off-duty New Orleans police officer shot to death outside Houston restaurant

August 21, 2021 - 07:45 PM Houston, TX (BAMM Network) - A New Orleans police officer visiting Houston was shot and killed Saturday evening while eating dinner on the patio of a restaurant in the Galleria area. The shooting occurred just east of 610 West Loop at 4715 Westheimer Road, according to Chief Troy Finner from the Hou...

Louisiana man sentenced to life in wallet theft released

August 17, 2021 - 09:46 AM NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man sentenced to life without parole for stealing a wallet is free after serving 12 years. New Orleans prosecutors agreed to dismiss a habitual offender sentencing enhancement against 65-year-old Henry Phillips, and he was released on Monday, The Times-Picayune/...

Atlanta kids got donations for notorious street gang

August 11, 2021 - 05:05 PM By JEFF MARTIN (AP) — Prosecutors in Georgia have charged 14 people with recruiting poor children from Atlanta to sell candy and food door-to-door in the Atlanta suburbs, alleging that it was all a scheme to funnel money to a notorious U.S. street gang. The group set up a fake charity —...

Shootout erupts with cop after Webbie's Lafayette performance

August 10, 2021 - 11:00 AM LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A man was killed and a woman was wounded in gunfire outside a Louisiana nightclub — and it’s not clear whether it was during a parking lot shootout or when people shot at a moonlighting city officer and he fired back, Louisiana State Police said. “There...

Sheriff: 1 dead, 5 wounded in Houston club shooting

August 08, 2021 - 05:09 PM HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities in Houston are looking for suspected shooters after five people were injured and one man was killed in an exchange of gunfire at a nightclub early Sunday. Harris County Sheriff deputies responded to a shooting call around 2 a.m. at a north Houston club and authoriti...

Crime

Federal govt launches civil rights probe of Georgia prisons

Woman pleads guilty to threatening Vice President Harris

Son of man killed by Georgia trooper seeks federal inquiry

Life sentence for white Louisianan who killed Black man

Off-duty New Orleans officer slain by robbers in Texas

Off-duty New Orleans police officer shot to death outside Houston restaurant

Louisiana man sentenced to life in wallet theft released

Atlanta kids got donations for notorious street gang

Shootout erupts with cop after Webbie's Lafayette performance

Sheriff: 1 dead, 5 wounded in Houston club shooting

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