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Family vows during funeral to push for charges after Black man pinned to ground outside hotel
With chants of “Justice for D'Vontaye,” family and friends gathered Thursday for the funeral of a Black man who died after being pinned to the ground by security guards outside a Milwaukee hotel. And while remembering D'Vontaye Mitchell as a son, husband and brother, they vowed...
Black leaders call out Trump's criminal justice contradictions as he rails against guilty verdict
NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump lambasted the guilty verdict of his hush money trial this week, he stood inside a Manhattan courthouse that was the site of one of the most notorious examples of injustice in recent New York history. And he had a part in that. It's the same...
The Rev. Al Sharpton calls for justice in eulogy for Ohio man who died last month in police custody
The Rev. Al Sharpton and family members of an Ohio man who died in police custody told mourners at his funeral on Wednesday that they and the community must fight to see that he gets justice. Sharpton gave the eulogy for Frank Tyson, a 53-year-old East Canton resident, during the...
