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Floyd family, others see inequality in penalties for ex-cops
Floyd family, others see inequality in penalties for ex-cops

Tou Thao, who held back concerned bystanders as Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck, got 3 1/2 years. J. Alexander Kueng, who pinned Floyd's back, got three. And Thomas Lane, who held Floyd's feet and asked twice about rolling the Black man on his side, got 2 1/2. For some Floyd family members and activists, the penalties were too small — and a bitter reminder of a justice system they say does not treat all people equally. More

July 29, 2022

FBI open to settling claims by gymnasts abused by Nassar
FBI open to settling claims by gymnasts abused by Nassar

The FBI has reached out to attorneys representing Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and other women who were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar to begin settlement talks in the $1 billion claim they brought against the federal government. More

July 28, 2022

Mich. court bars automatic life sentences for 18-year-olds
Mich. court bars automatic life sentences for 18-year-olds

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court outlawed automatic life sentences Thursday for people who were 18 when they participated in first-degree murder, opening a door to shorter prison terms and opportunities for parole. In a 4-3 opinion, the court said mandatory no-parole sentences at that age violate the Michigan […] More

July 28, 2022

Dead teen’s family files lawsuit against Wisconsin deputy
Dead teen’s family files lawsuit against Wisconsin deputy

Alvin Cole's parents, Tracy and Albert Cole, are seeking unspecified damages from former Wauwatosa Officer Joseph Mensah, the city's former police chief, Barry Weber, and its insurance company in connection with their son's death. Mensah shot the 17-year-old during a foot chase. More

July 28, 2022

DOJ: Buffett company discriminated against Black homebuyers
DOJ: Buffett company discriminated against Black homebuyers

Trident Mortgage Co., a division of Berkshire Hathaway's HomeServices of America, deliberately avoided writing mortgages in minority-majority neighborhoods in West Philadelphia like Malcolm X Park; Camden, New Jersey; and in Wilmington, Delaware, the Justice Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in their settlement with Trident. More

July 27, 2022

Hawaii couple charged with stealing IDs of dead Texas kids
Hawaii couple charged with stealing IDs of dead Texas kids

A U.S. defense contractor and his wife who lived for decades under the identities of two dead Texas children have been charged with identity theft and conspiring against the government. Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison, who allegedly lived for decades under the names Bobby Edward Fort and Julie Lyn Montague, were arrested on the island of Oahu. More

July 27, 2022

Motorcyclist: Truck plowed through ‘like a bowling ball’
Motorcyclist: Truck plowed through ‘like a bowling ball’

The last rider in a group of Marine motorcycle club members testified that he saw a “ball of flame” and then a truck “plowing through motorcycles like a bowling ball” in a 2019 crash in New Hampshire that killed seven bikers. Michael McEachern testified in the trial of truck driver Volodymyr Zhukovskyy. More

July 27, 2022