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Month: June 2020

George Floyd’s daughter offered full scholarship to Texas Southern University

George Floyd’s daughter offered full scholarship to Texas Southern University

David J. Phillip-Pool/Getty ImagesBy NICOLE PELLETIERE, ABC News (HOUSTON) — Texas Southern University is honoring the memory of George Floyd by providing a full scholarship for his 6-year-old daughter, Gianna. TSU announced the offer Tuesday on its website as thousands of mourners, family and friends gathered in Houston, where Floyd […]

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Long-running reality series ‘Cops’ canceled amid protests against police brutality

Long-running reality series ‘Cops’ canceled amid protests against police brutality

By GEORGE COSTANTINO, ABC News Stelsone/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Paramount Network announced Tuesday it has canceled its long-running reality series Cops after 32 seasons. The move comes in the wake of nationwide — and worldwide — protests following the death of George Floyd while in police custody on May 25. […]

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Man drowns as officers look on without coming to his aid, family wants them fired

Man drowns as officers look on without coming to his aid, family wants them fired

amphotora/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (DECHERD, Tenn.) — The family of a 24-year-old who drowned while police looked on, instead of coming to his aid, are outraged after seeing the events unfold on body camera video. Officers with the police department in Decherd, Tennessee, right outside of Winchester, were in […]

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Democrats release transcript of fired IG’s interview as State Dept. accuses him of leaks, requests new probe

Democrats release transcript of fired IG’s interview as State Dept. accuses him of leaks, requests new probe

Kiyoshi Tanno/iStockBy CONOR FINNEGAN, KATHERINE FAULDERS and BENJAMIN SIEGEL (WASHINGTON) — The State Department sent a letter to the chair of the inspectors general council requesting a new probe of the agency’s watchdog who was fired by President Donald Trump and accusing him of a “disturbing pattern of leaks.” The […]

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NJ corrections officer suspended after being filmed mocking George Floyd’s death

NJ corrections officer suspended after being filmed mocking George Floyd’s death

Courtesy Ben Crump LawBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A New Jersey corrections officer has been suspended after a video purportedly showed him mocking the death of George Floyd at a recent protest. The New Jersey Department of Corrections said it was made aware that one of its […]

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Cristobal remnants lead to severe weather from Great Lakes to Northeast

Cristobal remnants lead to severe weather from Great Lakes to Northeast

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Remnants of Cristobal combined with a frontal storm system to produce gusty winds and damage in Chicago, downing trees and even interrupting local train service. Winds gusted up to 62 mph at Chicago’s Midway airport. In eastern Iowa, more than 5 […]

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New footage details more fatal arrests of black men who said ‘I can’t breathe’

New footage details more fatal arrests of black men who said ‘I can’t breathe’

kali9/iStockBy KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — As Black Lives Matter supporters push for justice in the wake of George Floyd’s death, more police footage is being released that details the deaths of other black men in police custody. Police footage from March 28, 2019, was released on Monday […]

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Elderly Good Samaritan dies attempting to rescue child being swept away by river

Elderly Good Samaritan dies attempting to rescue child being swept away by river

ABC News/KFSN-TVBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (FRESNO, Calif.) — A Good Samaritan who risked his life to save a child who was being swept away down by a river has died. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening when the man, who was in his early 60s, saw a child being […]

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Drones deployed during marches were not to spy on protesters: Authorities

Drones deployed during marches were not to spy on protesters: Authorities

Eshma/iStockBy LUKE BARR, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner told ABC News that CBP drones that were used to monitor protests from high in the sky were not put in place to surveil protesters. “What I would categorize that as just a false narrative,” […]

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Intelligence bulletin warning of protest-related violence makes little mention of ‘antifa’

Intelligence bulletin warning of protest-related violence makes little mention of ‘antifa’

Mihajlo Maricic/iStockBy JOSH MARGOLIN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Despite repeated Trump administration assertions that the antifa movement has hijacked the ongoing protests around the country sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, a new federal intelligence bulletin points to white supremacists and other would-be domestic terrorists as the main […]

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