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Ring will stop giving cops free passes on warrantless video requests
Amazon-owned Ring has announced that it will shut down its RFA (Request for Action) tool which allows law enforcement to ask users to share their footage without first obtaining a warrant. It said on “rare occasions”, Ring will provide information to law enforcement “when there is an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury,…
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A town with a heart but few options for migrants
The US State Department has warned Americans to avoid travelling to Tamaulipas, a Mexican state bordering the US, after four Americans were abducted by armed men there on Friday. “Level 4: Do not travel due to crime and kidnapping,” it added. Tamaulipas has a population of over 50 million and is a popular tourist destination…
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Harris to attend the funeral of an old friend.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said that it is investigating the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who was beaten to death by police in Memphis, Tennessee, last week. Police had released a video of the officers beating Nichols after he failed to stop a vehicle. The five officers involved in the incident…
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Police say that Benjamin Obadiah Foster knew his victim.
A 36-year-old US man accused of kidnapping and torturing a woman in Oregon died hours after being taken into custody, police said. Benjamin Obadiah Foster was wanted in the case after he was found tied up and beaten to an unconscious state in a Grants Pass residence on Tuesday. He had already fled the scene…
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The latest video shows a police beat up of a man.
Protesters took to the streets in the US after a video of five police officers beating a black man to death in US’ Memphis went viral on social media. The police officers have been charged with murder and kidnapping in the death of Tyre Nichols. “There is a reckoning coming for…police dept,” Memphis City Council…
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officials urge reform after the unit that killed Tyre Nichols was defensified.
US Congress should be applauded for failing to craft and pass bills to stop police brutality, said Gloria Sweet-Love, the Tennessee State Conference NAACP President. “Congress was writing another black man’s obituary,” she added. Her remarks come after a video of police beating a black man in Memphis surfaced online. The police officers involved in…
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Protests and calls for reform were spurred by the police beating death of Tyre Nichols.
Five US police officers were fired and charged with murder and kidnapping in the death of a 29-year-old man who was beaten to death by them last year. The police officers did not pass their oath, an officer said. The police unit they were part of was disbanded. The five were charged with murder and…