After the shooting, more than 100 people gathered to protest, chanting “There is no justice, no peace,” according to the Indianapolis star. Both the officer and the driver involved in the incident were black men, Indianapolis Assistant Chief of Police Chris Bailey said at a news conference Wednesday. Bailey admitted police were aware of the video, which is also being …
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Indianapolis police fatally shot a man who may have been broadcasting live Facebook meetings
An Indianapolis police officer shot and killed a man who authorities say shot at an employee Wednesday night in a meeting that appears to have been captured live on Facebook. The Indianapolis Police Department said the chief and deputy commander were moving from work around 6:00 pm. when one of them spotted a man driving recklessly and tried to pull …
Read More »Dennis Runk, a retired farmer in Kansas, honored for sending N95 mask to Cuomo for health care worker
Both Runke and his wife Sharon both needed protection as the coronavirus pandemic swept the country and threatened their community in rural Troy, Cannes. Both were in their 70s, and Sharon suffered from severe health problems that would make the infection life-threatening, But four masks would do, Runk decided. The fifth one should go to a city that needed it. …
Read More »Shocking social media posts ripped off by Republican House candidate
Fast. Short. Daily. We take you behind the headlines and help you understand the biggest stories that drive politics and politics. Williams, who is currently not affiliated with any political organization, said he made screenshots of Facebook and Twitter posts on the day Howze launched in March 2018, shortly before the California filing deadline. Howze’s new Twitter profile has only …
Read More »Coronavirus survivors ‘permanently disqualified’ from joining US military, memorandum proposals
The military will stop recruiting candidates who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a proposal in a note from the US Military Input Command (MEPCOM). The contents of the note circulated on the Internet have been confirmed Newsweek from the Pentagon, which defined them as “temporary guidelines.” The story was first reported by the Military Times. “During a medical …
Read More »Dr. Tom Frieden: These are “10 simple truths” about the coronavirus pandemic, according to the former CDC director
“In my 30 years in global public health, I have never seen anything like it,” says Frieden, who is now the president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives. “It’s scary. It’s unprecedented.” 1. “Really Bad” in New York “Even now, with mortality declining significantly, there are twice as many deaths from Covid-19 in New York City as on an …
Read More »Michigan State and Senate sue Gretchen Whitmer for extending emergency
The Legislature authorized the state House and Senate to bring the case last week, and it was filed in state court on Wednesday morning. “The Legislature did not approve of extending the state’s emergency declaration, and as such, we expected the declaration to be completed,” Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirky said in a statement. “Instead, we’ve seen the governor ignore …
Read More »New York can fire workers and hire basic workers without federal bailouts
Mayor Bill de Blasio | Andrew Burton / Getty Images New York may have to lay off or hire frontline workers if it does not receive multibillion-dollar federal aid, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday. “The moment I look at the barrel – and cities and states across the country – people are either acting on layoffs and layoffs, or …
Read More »Coronavirus Masks and Test Kits: A company created by G.O.P. Operations under control
WASHINGTON – The company, created just six weeks ago by a pair of Republican operatives, has garnered hundreds of millions of dollars in payments from desperate state and local coronavirus shipments, but is now facing a federal criminal investigation and a growing chorus of customer complaints that say, that their orders never arrived. Blue Flame Medical boasts that it can …
Read More »Video appears to show Georgia man shooting while jogging, lawyers call for arrests
Attorneys for the family of a black runner in Georgia, who was chased and shot by white men who said they believed he was a robber, are calling on authorities to make arrests. The lawyers also released a video that clearly shows Ahmad Arberi’s fatal shooting and the dispute at some point before. On February 25, Arbery was shot dead …
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