Andy Byron, CEO of Astronomer, and his chief people officer, Kristin Cabot are embroiled in controversy after a video of them snuggled up took the internet by storm and prompted immediate public backlash and affair allegations. A tech CEO is at the center of internet controversy after a video from a stadium jumbotron of him embracing a woman who is …
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is supporting a state agency’s refusal to release body camera footage in the fatal police shooting of an 18-year-old Black college freshman, saying the case must first be thoroughly investigated. Ivey said she was confident “the facts will prevail” when the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency completes its investigation into the June 23 shooting of Jabari Peoples …
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The Trump administration is asking for a one-day prison sentence for a former Kentucky police officer convicted in connection with a raid that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor, a black woman, in her home. A federal jury had convicted former officer Brett Hankison of violating Taylor’s civil rights by using excessive force – the maximum sentence for the …
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial was sentenced Thursday in the 2023 shooting death of Eddie Irizarry. Irizarry’s family members expressed outrage after leaving the courtroom. He was sentenced to 9.5 months to two years. He is being granted immediate parole after already serving 10 months. “He was a cop, so he gets the okay. But that’s …
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CNN — The Justice Department is asking that a former police officer found guilty of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor in 2020 – when she was shot and killed by police in her Louisville home – be sentenced to one day in jail. The officer, Brett Hankison of Kentucky, was convicted on one count of abusing Taylor’s civil …
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An independent autopsy determined that no exit wound or bullet was found in the body of an 18-year-old Black college freshman who was fatally shot by a police officer in Alabama, his family’s attorney said Tuesday. Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump asked state officials and the Homewood Police Department to release body camera video of the deadly June 23 encounter …
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Two people have been fatally shot at a church in Kentucky after a car chase that began with a gunman shooting and injuring a police officer, officials said. The suspect shot a state trooper during a traffic stop before car-jacking a vehicle and driving to Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, where he opened fire at parishioners, before law enforcement …
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