suspicious death
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Reports of Suicide Still Swirling, NYPD Now Calls NY Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam’s Drowning Death ‘Suspicious’
The New York City Police Department now says that state Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam’s death is “suspicious” after officials last week told the Associated Press that Abdus-Salaam’s drowning death was being treated as a suicide. As previously reported by The Root, Abdus-Salaam, 65, the first Muslim woman in U.S. history to become a judge and the…
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DOJ Will Not File Charges in Death of Kendrick Johnson
The Department of Justice will not be filing any charges in the 2013 death of Georgia high schooler Kendrick Johnson, whose body was found in a rolled-up wrestling mat at his school, with officials saying there was “insufficient evidence to support federal criminal charges,” 11Alive reports. According to the report, Johnson’s family met with the DOJ…