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7/17/19
US prosecutors will not bring charges against a white NYC police officer for the chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man whose dying words - I can't breathe - became a national rallying cry.
Read more from ABC News7/23/19
Yeah, the judge said something about that he didn't say he could not breath WHILE he was being choked to death. I mean, really, one is supposed to SAY something while being choked? A total "whitewash", if you will, of a murder under custody.
7/23/19
Thank you for not hijacking the thread. We got past post 2!!
Perhaps the judge should have had a little lesson in empathy. He should have been put in a choke hold and been given the opportunity to say "I can't breathe".
Of course he couldn't have a safety word, it would have to be a safety gesture.
8/31/19
Diana Sanchez, whose pleas for help while giving birth in her Denver jail cell last year were allegedly ignored by guards and nurses, is suing the city and claims the officials chose convenience over compassion.
Read more from ABC News9/3/19
The bodies of eight people who died when a raging fire swept through a dive boat off the Southern California coast have been recovered, but more than 20 others remain missing and feared dead.
Read more from ABC News9/4/19
New U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau is facing some blowback over his criticism of the ideology of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
Read more from TheHill9/5/19
He has the right to his opinion, and frankly I agree with it, but he should have been more diplomatic and less condescending about it.
9/5/19
US representative for Iran offered 'several million' to captain of Iranian ship seized off Gibraltar, Financial Times reports
Read more from Middle East Eye9/6/19
California's dive industry is left shocked by the deaths of 34 people, as surviving crew claim that they attempted to save the deceased to no avail.
Read more from ABC News9/6/19
Di (amina046) said:US representative for Iran offered 'several million' to captain of Iranian ship seized off Gibraltar, Financial Times reports
Iran will now be forced to have political commisars in even more places, on the bridge of ships at sea as well as in every class-room.