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Justice Department investigating whether Louisiana State Police racially discriminate and use excessive force

By Jason Hanna and Nick Valencia, CNN The US Department of Justice said Thursday it’s opening an investigation into whether the Louisiana State Police engage in racially discriminatory policing and use excessive force. It is a development following high-profile cases, including the 2019 death in police custody of Black motorist Ronald Greene. Justice Department teams

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What a Michigan prosecutor considered in arriving at charging decision in the police killing of Patrick Lyoya

By Peter Nickeas, Amir Vera, Virginia Langmaid and Pervaiz Shallwani, CNN The Michigan prosecutor reviewing the shooting death of Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was killed by a White Grand Rapids police officer following a struggle during a traffic stop in April, announced Thursday that he examined the officer’s intent and actions before charging

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NYT: Law enforcement were aware of people trapped in Robb Elementary before they breached classroom

By Elizabeth Joseph, CNN Law enforcement officials on the scene of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting last month were aware there were injured individuals trapped inside classrooms before authorities decided to breach the entrance to the classrooms, according to a New York Times review of investigative documents and videos from law enforcement. “People are going

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Stepfather found guilty of child abuse after a Florida restaurant employee saved a boy with a note asking if he needed help

By Jamiel Lynch and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A stepfather in Florida has been convicted of child abuse after a restaurant employee last year noticed concerning signs and used a surreptitious note to ask a boy if he needed help, the Orange County State Attorney’s Office announced Monday. A jury found Timothy Lee Wilson, 36, guilty

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3 Texas families sue over the state’s investigations of gender-affirming care as potential ‘child abuse’

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN Three Texas families have filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s investigations into parents who provide their transgender children with gender-affirming healthcare procedures, according to attorneys on their behalf. The investigations, carried out by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, came after state Attorney General Ken Paxton

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An Arizona man who says he spent 17 days in jail is suing American Airlines, alleging they misidentified him to police

By Steve Almasy, CNN An Arizona man is suing American Airlines, claiming the airline’s negligence led to him spending 17 days in jail after he was misidentified to police investigating a burglary at a duty-free shop in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in 2020, according to court documents. The 26-page lawsuit, filed Monday in a

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A man convicted of killing an 8-year-old girl nearly 38 years ago was executed in Arizona

By Jennifer Henderson, Danielle Sills and Christina Maxouris, CNN An Arizona inmate convicted of killing an 8-year-old girl nearly 38 years ago was executed by lethal injection Wednesday morning, the state’s attorney general announced in a news release. Frank Atwood’s execution took place at the Arizona State Prison Complex just after 10:15 a.m. local time,

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