Backyard birder whose quick thinking ended AMBER Alert receives award
Barbara Gusse s story that day went viral.
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The backyard bird watcher who helped save a child that was the subject of an AMBER Alert was given an award for her quick thinking that day.
Barbara Gusse, from Brooklyn Center, was at home, feeding the birds in her yard on Feb. 6 when an AMBER Alert came though on her phone: A 1-year-old boy in the back of a stolen vehicle, authorities searching frantically to locate him on the cold, wintry day.
It wasn t long before Gusse noticed a vehicle matching the description of the one in the AMBER Alert - a white Jeep - in the parking lot of a church across the street, idling. She grabbed her binoculars, normally reserved for admiring the birds in her yard, and zoomed in on the license plate. A match.
George Floyd s
family met with President Joe Biden at the White House to encourage the passing
of police reform legislation.
The
act, in Floyd s name, seeks to end police tactics such as choke holds ,
while making it easier to sue police officers.
Floyd
was killed a year ago by a police officer who knelt on his neck for over nine
minutes, sparking protests in the US and around the world.
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– A year after his killing unleashed a national reckoning over racial
injustice, George Floyd s relatives met on Tuesday with US President Joe Biden
at the White House and with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to urge passage of police
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Grief, smiles 1 year after Floyd death as family meets Biden
Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, walks out of the West Wing door at the White House, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Philonise Floyd, left, brother of George Floyd, departs after participating in an interview with broadcaster Roland Martin at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)