attack
-
Judge Considers Adult Charges in High School Student’s Homicide
During a Delaware Family Court hearing Monday in Wilmington, a video was shown featuring a fight in a high school bathroom in April that left 16-year-old Amy Joyner-Francis dead on the ground. The video was shown to decide whether or not her alleged attacker, another 16-year-old girl, should be brought up on adult homicide charges, CBS News…
-
We Can Grieve 5 Officers and the Black Men Shot by Police at the Same Time
The pain I feel for the deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling has not subsided since I learned that five Dallas officers had been fatally shot in their name. In fact, the pain has been multiplied by five. The news broke for me Thursday night on social media. Cops were being shot at a…
-
La. Set to Pass ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bill; Would Classify Cop Attacks as Hate Crime
Louisiana is set to approve a bill that would consider any attack of violence against police officers, firefighters or emergency medical services personnel a hate crime. Gov. John Bel Edwards is expected to sign the “Blue Lives Matter” bill soon. The first-of-its-kind bill has already passed both chambers of the Louisiana Legislature, CNN reports. The ambush…