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... without any form of healthcare. And he ushered the most deportations of any president in American history. It is also under President Obama that the Ferguson and Baltimore uprisings occurred. The Black Lives Matter movement rose in the midst of his silence and inaction. And, very personal for me as ...
re are no plans to expand the curriculum. “We’re just trying to make ends meet with what we’ve got.” Still, he noted the cuts to state funding weren’t as bad as expected. “There are some positive things, even in the negative world,” Ferguson said. He said he ...
... be shot down by a police officer. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: And for LeGrier's mother, the question was why lethal force was used against her son. JANET COOKSEY, Mother of Quintonio LeGrier: What happened to Tasers? Seven times, my son was shot. Something just needs to be done. I used to ...
... the United States grapples with concerns over policing in minority communities following the deaths of Martin, 17, in Florida three years ago, Brown, 18, in Ferguson, Missouri, last year and Gray, 25, in Baltimore earlier this year. Their deaths, as well as those of other black men and women, have ...
In the year following the death of Michael Brown, America has seen its share of racial disquiet. The Aug. 9, 2014, shooting death of the black teenager at the hands of a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked weeks of protest, and drew attention to a brand new civil ...
... some of them oppose the death penalty. GWEN IFILL: The Justice Department is out with its final report on how police handled the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, and it warns other towns to take heed. The trouble in Ferguson erupted after a white officer killed Michael Brown, a black teenager ...
EDGARTOWN, Mass. -- President Barack Obama may have finally shed his summer curse - just in time for a daunting fall. After a string of sunny seasons gripped by controversy, crises and plummeting popularity, the summer of 2015 has been among the most productive stretches of Obama's presidency. Late June victories ...
In our news wrap Thursday, three firefighters were killed in Washington state after their vehicle crashed and was overcome by flames. Also, the NOAA reported that July was the hottest month ever in recorded history.
In our news wrap Tuesday, a judge in Pakistan ordered criminal charges be filed against the CIA’s former station chief in Pakistan and its one-time general counsel over an American drone strike in 2009 that killed two people. Also, jurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial spent their first day deliberating without reaching a verdict.
In our news wrap Wednesday, Mexican authorities arrested Omar Trevino Morales, the head of the notorious Zetas cartel, during an early morning raid. Known as “Z-42,” Morales was wanted in both the U.S. and Mexico for drug trafficking, kidnapping and murder. Also, the Justice Department announced it won’t file charges against the officer who shot...
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