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2Apr

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Experts React To Guilty Verdict For Derek Chauvin – Why This Trial Was Different

Scholars analyze the guilty verdicts handed down to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Outside the courthouse, crowds cheered and church bells sounded – a collective release in a city scarred by police killings. Minnesota’s attorney general, whose office led the prosecution, said he would not call the verdict “justice, however” because “justice implies restoration” – but he would call it “accountability.” Race was not an issue in trial Alexis Karteron, Rutgers University - Newark Derek Chauvin’s criminal trial is over, but the work to ensure that no one endures a tragic death like George Floyd’s is just getting started. It is fair to say that race was on the minds of millions of protesters who took to the streets last year to express their...

3Apr

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U.S. Citizen Pleads Guilty for Leading $2 Million Counterfeit Currency Operation in Uganda

A United States national who is also the son in law of an ex-African dictator, was found guilty for his role in an international currency operation headquartered in the Republic of Uganda. The sentencing is scheduled for this summer and the American is currently facing 45 years behind bars, a fine of $1 million or both. Son of Missionaries Guilty for an International Criminal Operation 31-year-old Ryan Andrew Gustafson is an American citizen, son of missionaries and married to the granddaughter of Idi Amin, dictator of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Gustafson is also known to law enforcement by several other aliases such as WillyClock and Jack Farrel. The initial counterfeit currency operation began in Uganda, where Gustafson manufactured and distributed false Federal Reserve Notes. For...

4Apr

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Ex-officer Roy Oliver guilty of murder for killing Jordan Edwards

Jury convicts white former Texas police officer who shot and killed 15-year-old African American in April 2017. A Texas jury has found a white former police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager last year guilty of murder. Roy Oliver shot into a car full of teenagers as they were leaving a party in the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs in April 2017. Fifteen-year-old Jordan Edwards, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was struck and killed. "It's been a hard year ... I'm just really happy," Edwards's father, Odell, told reporters at the court after the verdict on Tuesday. At the time of the shooting, Oliver claimed the vehicle was trying to run over his partner, but several witness accounts and body-cam footage showed the car was moving away from the officer. Oliver w...

Charlottesville: DeAndre Harris found not guilty of assault

23Mar

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Charlottesville: DeAndre Harris found not guilty of assault

DeAndre Harris, beaten by white nationalists at August rally, cleared of misdemeanor assault and battery charges. DeAndre Harris, an African American beaten by at least six white nationalist demonstrators at the August 12 Unite the Right rally, has been found not guilty by a court in Charlottesville. Harris, whose case was decided by a judge on Friday, had been facing charges of misdemeanor assault and battery. His defence team had argued that he was acting in self-defense. A video of Harris's beating went viral in the days following the white nationalist rally, prompting an outcry. Harris was initially charged with a felony, but it was later reduced to a misdemeanor. Four of his attackers have also been charged. The rally was originally called to protest against the removal of statues...