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One year after the death of George Floyd saw Minneapolis become ground zero for the defund the police movement, its people are paying for it with their blood.
Monday night marked the first night of a three-week initiative to keep the peace.
Long Island High School Teacher Charged With Rape - Riverhead, NY - The 28-year-old woman had a sexual relationship with a student, police say.
1 Read / Add Comments A female high school mathematics teacher on Long Island has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. Following an investigation by Suffolk County Police Special Victims Section detectives, Veronica Pezdan, age 28, of Holbrook, was pulled over and arrested on southbound William Floyd Parkway after she left Shoreham-Wading River High School at approximately 11 a.m. Monday, April 19. Pezdan teaches mathematics at the school and engaged in a sexual relationship with a male student during the past two months, Suffolk County...
Copy shortlink: A longtime police instructor testified Tuesday in the Derek Chauvin murder trial that the now-fired Minneapolis officer was justified in his actions before George Floyd died late last spring but also held that position for minutes after any resistance had ceased. Barry Brodd, who is now a private consultant and expert in use of force, said in Hennepin County District Court that he reviewed all the evidence dealing with Floyd's detention at 38th and Chicago and said, "I felt that Derek Chauvin was justified and acting with objective reasonableness follow...