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On Dec. 11, 1917, Pfc. Thomas C. Hawkins and 12 other Black soldiers who had been convicted of mutiny and other crimes during a riot in Houston earlier that year were hanged. It was the single largest mass execution of American soldiers by the Army. On Monday, more than a century later, the Army said […]
HOUSTON — The U.S. Army is overturning the convictions of 110 Black soldiers — 19 of whom were executed — after they were found guilty of murder, mutiny and assault after a riot during the summer of 1917. Deputy Secretary of the Army Michael Mahoney directed the Army Review Boards Agency to “set aside” the […]
The officer charged in the shooting allegedly thought the gun was not loaded. November 5, 2023, 4:25 PM ET • 5 min read An off-duty U.S. Park Police officer was arrested Sunday and charged with fatally shooting a colleague inside a McLean, Virginia, apartment while allegedly handling a gun he thought was unloaded during an […]
CNN — Court has recessed for the weekend without a verdict in the trial of Nathan Woodyard, one of the Aurora, Colorado, police officers charged in the wrongful death of Elijah McClain in August 2019. The jury began deliberating at 1:10 p.m. local time, after listening to nearly three weeks of testimony. They’ve had the […]
CNN — Court has recessed for the weekend without a verdict in the trial of Nathan Woodyard, one of the Aurora, Colorado, police officers charged in the wrongful death of Elijah McClain in August 2019. The jury began deliberating at 1:10 p.m. local time . . .
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – One of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols has asked a U.S. District Court judge to change his plea of not guilty in the federal civil rights case, court records showed on Wednesday. Desmond Mills Jr., who previously pleaded not guilty […]
An Alaska man has been arrested and charged with threatening to kidnap and injure a U.S. senator, according to a federal complaint unsealed this week. Arther Charles Graham was arrested Monday in his hometown of Kenai, Alaska, in connection with one criminal count. He is being held in Anchorage and has a detention hearing set […]
A Georgia man was arrested for making racially-motivated threats and shooting at his neighbor, a Black man, in violation of the criminal provision of the Fair Housing Act, and for brandishing and using a firearm. According to court documents, Mark Wheeler, 73, shot a .22 caliber revolver in the direction of the victim and the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful Haitian gang leader has been charged by U.S. prosecutors with ordering the kidnapping of an American couple from their home in Haiti that left the woman dead, authorities said Tuesday. Vitel’homme Innocent — who remains at large and is believed to be living in Tabarre, Haiti — is accused of […]
2 hours ago Image caption, Travis King was returned to the US last month US soldier Travis King, who fled from South to North Korea before being returned home last month, is reportedly facing charges including desertion, and soliciting and possessing sexual images of a child. The charges also reportedly include assault against fellow soldiers. […]