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Washington state creates nation’s first alert system for missing Indigenous people

By Paradise Afshar, CNN Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington state signed a bill Thursday that creates the nation’s first alert system for missing Indigenous people. The bill, which was passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate, highlights that “indigenous people experience disproportionate rates of violence in Washington state,” and calls for the

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A 12-year-old was fatally shot by a classmate at a South Carolina middle school, officials say

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A 12-year-old student was fatally shot by a classmate at a South Carolina middle school, officials said on Thursday. The victim has been identified as Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson. His family said they were “devastated” by the tragedy, according to a statement from a family spokesperson. The suspected shooter, also 12,

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Protesters use a barricade to try and break the windows of the Third Police Precinct on May 28

Report finds flaws in Minnesota state law enforcement response to George Floyd protests in 2020

By Omar Jimenez, CNN An independent report commissioned by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety detailed multiple breakdowns in procedure and “inadequate coordination” at times during the protests and violence that followed the death of George Floyd in May 2020. The report also found that state law enforcement used tactics that were often perceived as

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Protesters use a barricade to try and break the windows of the Third Police Precinct on May 28

Report finds flaws in Minnesota state law enforcement response to George Floyd protests in 2020

By Omar Jimenez, CNN An independent report commissioned by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety detailed multiple breakdowns in procedure and “inadequate coordination” at times during the protests and violence that followed the death of George Floyd in May 2020. The report also found that state law enforcement used tactics that were often perceived as

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'He had a great future ahead of him.' Friends and teammates of teen killed in Florida theme park ride honor him in vigil. Family and friends that attended the vigil released balloons into the air to honor Tyre.

‘He had a great future ahead of him.’ Friends and teammates of teen killed in Florida theme park ride honor him in vigil

By Christina Maxouris, CNN He was a gentle giant who always supported others. A teammate often turned mentor. A kind and funny friend, always soft-spoken. That’s how friends and family in a Missouri vigil remembered 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, who died last Thursday when he fell off an amusement park thrill ride while on a spring

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Don Misenhimer Park splash area was closed in September 2021 after the child became infected.

Parents reach $250,000 settlement with Texas city after son, 3, dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba at splash pad

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The parents of a 3-year-old boy who died last year after a contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba at a splash pad in Arlington, Texas, have reached a $250,000 settlement with the city. Bakari Williams died last September after spending five days in the hospital with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee

Washington state creates nation’s first alert system for missing Indigenous people

By Paradise Afshar, CNN Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington state signed a bill Thursday that creates the nation’s first alert system for missing Indigenous people. The bill, which was passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate, highlights that “indigenous people experience disproportionate rates of violence in Washington state,” and calls for the

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Virginia Tech Shootings Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here is some background information about the shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history. Twenty-three-year-old Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, before taking his own life. Facts Cho was a senior at

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Hollingsworth was set to be fired for violations of his body-worn camera and car camera systems

State police won’t comment on audio obtained by AP of investigators grilling state trooper at center of Ronald Greene killing

By Virginia Langmaid and Nick Valencia, CNN A former Louisiana State Police officer, who on body camera video can be heard saying that he “beat the ever-living f**k out of” dead Black motorist Ronald Greene, told investigators during an interview 16 months after the incident that he was “scared” and portrayed himself as a victim,

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President Joe Biden's spending plan includes an additional $101 million over last year's $367 million for "civil rights enforcement" -- money the Department of Justice can use to prosecute hate crimes

‘The answer is not to defund.’ Here’s what’s in President Biden’s increased budget for policing

By Peter Nickeas, CNN Billions of dollars to address America’s exploding gun trafficking problem, to catch dangerous fugitives, and to fund initiatives at local law enforcement agencies. The increased funding for those items are at the heart of President Joe Biden’s expanded police spending plan in the federal budget as Democrats, many facing tough midterm

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A charge against a West Virginia University student previously accused of making terroristic threats was dismissed without prejudice in 2021. This aerial photo shows West Virginia University's campus.

Charge dropped for West Virginia University student accused of making terroristic threats

By Dakin Andone, CNN A charge against a West Virginia University student previously accused of making terroristic threats was dismissed without prejudice in 2021, according to court documents obtained by CNN. The then-21-year-old freshman student was arrested in May 2019 after authorities said they learned he had threatened to carry out a “shooting spree,” university

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