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Texas Sheriff Charged With Evidence Tampering in Connection With the Police Custody Death of Javier Ambler
In June, The Root reported that 40-year-old Black man Javier Ambler died in police custody in Austin, Texas, in 2019. After several months of slow news coverage relating to Ambler’s death and failed attempts by media outlets to pry information out of the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office pertaining to the case, the department released documents…
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Man Who Videotaped Alton Sterling’s Death Not Allowed Back to Work
The man who videotaped the chilling death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge La., has effectively been given the ax. And according to his lawyer, it’s because he posted Sterling’s death on social media. According to WSB-TV, Christopher LeDay was arrested less than 24 hours after he posted video of Sterling being shot and killed…
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Man Who Shared Video of Alton Sterling's Shooting Death Arrested
A day after Chris LeDay started circulating one of the graphic videos of police officers gunning down Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., he was arrested, Complex reports. Coincidence? Could be, but LeDay believes that his arrest was an act of retaliation by police, Complex notes. As the site note, LeDay did not film the…
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NYC Man Who Recorded Eric Garner’s Choke Hold Death Takes Plea Deal, Will Likely Serve 4 Years in Prison
Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed Eric Garner’s death, said he pleaded guilty in a 2014 Staten Island, N.Y., weapons and drug case Thursday and will likely spend the next four years in prison as part of the plea deal, the New York Daily News reports. “I’m supposed to be copping out,” Orta told the Daily…