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Michigan attorney general to review 2014 case where black man died at the hands of mall cops
iStock/M_MUC1968(DETROIT) -- BY: IVAN PEREIRAMichigan's attorney general said her office intends to review the 2014 case of a black man who died while being apprehended by mall security officers, afte...
ABC Audio Jun 17, 2020
New York City mom plans $10 million lawsuit against police after arrest for improperly wearing face mask
Courtesy Sanford Rubenstein(NEW YORK) -- BY: CHRISTINA CARREGAA New York City mom who believes she was wrongfully arrested for not properly wearing a face mask while on the subway platform, intends to...
ABC Audio Jun 17, 2020
Parkland survivor turned racial equality activist is fighting on two fronts
Lamar Goodwine(WASHINGTON) -- BY: KENNEDEY BELLThough permanently scarred from surviving a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in 2018, Aalayah Eastmond, 19, said she refuses to let ...
ABC Audio Jun 17, 2020
Ex-officer faces felony murder charge in shooting death of Rayshard Brooks: DA
Stelsone/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- A former Atlanta police officer is facing charges including felony murder and aggravated assault after fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy...
ABC Audio Jun 17, 2020
'ICUs are full, patients are dying': 3 Alabama counties see largest jump in weekly cases
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy OLIVIA RUBIN, JOSH MARGOLIN and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ala.) -- Montgomery County, Alabama, home to the state's capital, is quickly emerging as a hot spot in...
ABC Audio Jun 17, 2020
Wildfires rage in the West, more gusty winds and extreme dry conditions expected
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- There are nearly three dozen wildfires burning in the United States Wednesday morning and most of them are in Arizona where the many evacuations are being...
ABC Audio Jun 17, 2020
100 days in ‘hell’: NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo on his pandemic performance
ABC NewsBy CHRIS FRANCESCANI, SANTINA LEUCI and VICTORIA THOMPSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the federal government's early coronavirus tracking a "terrible blunder" in a...
ABC Audio Jun 17, 2020
Rapping cop suspended after filming transphobic video encouraging violence
dlewis33/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A police officer in New York has been suspended and an investigation has been launched into his behavior after a video of him rapping transphobic l...
ABC Audio Jun 17, 2020
Feds arrest man for alleged role in fire at Minneapolis Police Department precinct
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- A man has been arrested and charged for his alleged role in setting fire to the Minneapolis Police Department's Third Precinct amid ci...
ABC Audio Jun 17, 2020
Richmond mayor forces police chief to resign amid citywide protests
amphotora/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(RICHMOND, Va.) -- The police chief in Virginia's capital has resigned following weeks of citywide protests in the wake of George Floyd's death.Richmond Mayor...
ABC Audio Jun 17, 2020