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Marcus Hunter gained recognition for writing about his experience as a Black teen in North Minneapolis following the police killing of George Floyd.
Readers Write: Saudi Arabia, Iran, gun violence, cancel culture Values plus pragmatism. Text size Copy shortlink: Contrary to the Star Tribune Editorial Board's argument, President Joe Biden did not flinch in his response to Jamal Khashoggi's murder on the orders of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, but rather demonstrated mature and experienced statesmanship ("Biden flinches on Khashoggi response," March 2). While one's first gut instinct is to push for personal sanctions of the crown prince, there is little to be gained from such a move on t...
“No healing without the truth”: How a federal commission could help America understand systemic racism Vox.com 3/4/2021 Rachel Ramirez © SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty A Black Lives Matter flag flies on Black Lives Matter Plaza Northwest in Washington DC, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2021. When Barbara Lee’s mother went into labor, no one at the hospital would let her in. It was 1946 in segregated El Paso, Texas, and she was Black. When she was finally allowed through the door, she was left in a gurney in the hospital hallway, unconscious and unassisted, until i...
“I’m bleeding to death,” cried a desperate young woman. Police raced to the home of Karen Lofton, a 45-year-old nurse, and her 16-year-old daughter, Karissa, who had telephoned for help. Both women were found in their bedrooms. They had been repeatedly shot and were dead when authorities arrived. “It was total carnage,” Prince George’s County P.D. Det. Bernard Nelson told “One Deadly Mistake," airing Saturdays at Oxygen. The murders mystified investigators. “It’s unusual for us to get a double homicide,” said Prince George’s County P.D. Det. Anthony Schartner, adding...
Accused murderer qualifies for Louisiana congressional race from jail Monroe News-Star A Louisiana minister charged with the murder of his 8-year-old stepson in 2008 is running for Congress from his jail cell in Catahoula Parish while he awaits a new trial as first reported by WWL-TV. Errol Victor Sr. qualified to run in the March 20 special election to fill the state's 5th Congressional District seat left vacant after Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died from COVID-19 complications last month before he could be seated. Tyler Brey, a spokesman for Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, told...