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Judge denies lawsuit's request to have 200,000 people restored to Georgia voter rolls before runoff Groups argued the voters removed from the rolls a year ago had their registrations canceled in part on the basis of inaccurate records. Author: Jonathan Raymond (11Alive) Updated: 5:34 PM EST December 16, 2020 ATLANTA — A federal judge on Wednesday denied a lawsuit seeking to restore 200,000 people to Georgia's voter rolls ahead of the Jan. 5 Senate runoffs, though he acknowledged "there may be discrepancies" in the records relied on to cancel those registratio...

Civil rights leaders demand independent review of Jacksonville's officer-involved shooting of Devon Gregory The Sheriff's Office has not specified the violation that saw a Zone 4 task force pull the car over. Author: Florida Times-Union, Dan Scanlan Published: 7:54 PM EST December 10, 2020 Updated: 7:54 PM EST December 10, 2020 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A national civil rights leader is demanding an independent investigation into the Nov. 17 officer-involved shooting that ended when a Black 18-year-old shot himself, then was fired at by four Jac...

A national civil rights leader is demanding an independent investigation into the Nov. 17 officer-involved shooting that ended when a Black 18-year-old shot himself, then was fired at by four Jacksonville officers after a tense standoff on San Juan Avenue. Bishop Tavis Grant, national field secretary for the Rainbow Push Coalition, is joining local civil rights groups in pushing for the release of all bodycam video from that night as well as engaging city leaders in discussions about the community's concerns about police. Duval County's medical examiner and the Sheriff's Office both said...

>> we have black racists today let's learn our history, let's be proud of it, let's realize you're the greatest country in mankind and the freest black americans in our world. >> raymond: i have to leave it there. thank you much, gentlemen. politics taking center stage in the democratic party.k today mayor pete courted african-american voters at jesse jackson's rainbow push coalition.n. it's become a popular stop for the 2020 democrats but pete buttigieg made it as a time to make a push. >> costs the descendants the victims hundreds today. each year we do not act the bill grows larger. some of...

Democratic candidate mayor pete buttigieg posted big fundraising numbers this week, but now he's facing the challenge of trouble back home. he's been asked to recuse himself of any decisions in the face of the shooting incident of a black man. buttigieg spoke today in front of the rainbow push coalition in chicago. >> what have you learned in this process you didn't know before? >> first of all, i don't make disciplinary decisions. i would expect them to understand that one of the things i really need to continue conveying to our police officers is that it's not anti-police to be pro racial ju...