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Amy-Strange's JournalMan shot during Capitol Hill protest while protecting others called a 'hero'
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Man shot during Capitol Hill protest while protecting others called a 'hero'
The man who was shot in the middle of a Capitol Hill protest is being called a hero for putting is life on the line to save others.
It all unfolded Sunday evening when a gunman drove his car into in to a crowd of demonstrators.
“It was like a movie,” said Dino Gregory, who is the brother of shooting victim Daniel Gregory.
Dino Gregory watched the aftermath of the shooting unfold on TV and soon realized his little brother has been shot.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/man-shot-during-capitol-hill-protest-while-protecting-others-called-a-hero/ar-BB15dCJg?ocid=spartanntp
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IBM quits facial recognition, joins call for police reforms
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IBM quits facial recognition, joins call for police reforms
IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business, saying it's concerned about how the technology can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling.
Ongoing protests responding to the death of George Floyd have sparked a broader reckoning over racial injustice and a closer look at the use of police technology to track demonstrators and monitor American neighborhoods.
IBM is one of several big tech firms that had earlier sought to improve the accuracy of their face-scanning software after research found racial and gender disparities. But its new CEO is now questioning whether it should be used by police at all.
“We believe now is the time to begin a national dialogue on whether and how facial recognition technology should be employed by domestic law enforcement agencies,” wrote CEO Arvind Krishna in a letter sent Monday to U.S. lawmakers.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ibm-quits-facial-recognition-joins-call-for-police-reforms/ar-BB15fqXm?ocid=spartanntp
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Kentucky newspaper endorses progressive Democrat in Senate primary
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Kentucky newspaper endorses progressive Democrat in Senate primary
A Kentucky newspaper is endorsing progressive state Rep. Charles Booker on Tuesday in the Democratic primary for the state's Senate race.
"We understand that Booker is the underdog in this race; he has a steep climb to earn votes outside of his native Louisville, where he is well-known. But we believe this is a time for passion, not pragmatism," the Herald-Leader editorial board wrote in its endorsement on Tuesday.
"Charles Booker is the only one generating real excitement among young people and old. We believe he would move the state in the direction that Kentucky needs to go in the future so it can, at long last, move forward. He deserves your vote," the board wrote.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kentucky-newspaper-endorses-progressive-democrat-in-senate-primary/ar-BB15fU6I?ocid=spartanntp
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Defund San Francisco police? Chief Bill Scott says he's open to the idea
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Defund San Francisco police? Chief Bill Scott says he’s open to the idea
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott signaled a willingness Monday to defund a portion of his department’s budget in response to calls for reform following mass civil unrest over police brutality across the country.
“We’re at a time in policing in this country where the whole world is speaking to us, and we need to hear what’s being said,” Scott said during an online forum hosted by the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club. “And what’s being said is we have to change the way we do policing in this country. And I think, for me, I’m open to that.”
Scott’s comments come after San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Shamann Walton said last week they intend to shift a portion of the Police Department’s upcoming budget and redirect it to the city’s black community. Key details about what that proposal will look like — such as how much money will be taken from the police budget and where the money will go — have not yet been decided.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/defund-san-francisco-police-chief-bill-scott-says-hes-open-to-the-idea/ar-BB15fNje?ocid=spartanntp
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Amid US tension, Iran builds fake aircraft carrier to attack
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Amid US tension, Iran builds fake aircraft carrier to attack
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As tensions remain high between Iran and the U.S., the Islamic Republic appears to have constructed a new mock-up of an aircraft carrier off its southern coast for potential live-fire drills.
The faux foe, seen in satellite photographs obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, resembles the Nimitz-class carriers that the U.S. Navy routinely sails into the Persian Gulf from the Strait of Hormuz, its narrow mouth where 20% of all the world’s oil passes through.
While not yet acknowledged by Iranian officials, the replica's appearance in the port city of Bandar Abbas suggests Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is preparing an encore of a similar mock-sinking it conducted in 2015. It also comes as Iran announced Tuesday it will execute a man it accused of sharing details on the movements of the Guard's Gen. Qassem Soleimani, whom the U.S. killed in a January drone strike in Baghdad.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/amid-us-tension-iran-builds-fake-aircraft-carrier-to-attack/ar-BB15emES?ocid=spartanntp
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'The Future Is Blue, Not Purple': Is This the Year Georgia Flips?
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‘The Future Is Blue, Not Purple’: Is This the Year Georgia Flips?
ATLANTA — There’s a joke about Atlanta’s most popular sports teams and how they often fail to reach their potential. The Atlanta Hawks franchise has gone more than 60 years without an N.B.A. championship. In 2017, during Super Bowl LI, the Atlanta Falcons were up, 28-3, in the third quarter against the New England Patriots. You know what happened next.
Georgia Democrats, long a source of hope for the national party, are seeking to avoid a similar reputation. In 2016, prominent supporters of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign infamously crowed about a changing electoral map that made Georgia winnable for Democrats, only to lose the state and the election.
The following year, Democrats watched an expensive special congressional election slip through their fingers. And the year after that, Stacey Abrams, a former State House minority leader, captured national attention and drove record turnout but lost the race for governor to Brian Kemp, a Republican who has stuck close to President Trump since his election.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/the-future-is-blue-not-purple-is-this-the-year-georgia-flips/ar-BB15ereB?ocid=spartanntp
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Voters casting primary ballots in 5 states amid protests and a pandemic. Here's what to watch for
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Voters casting primary ballots in 5 states amid protests and a pandemic. Here's what to watch for
Voters in five states are casting ballots Tuesday in primary elections amid nationwide protests over racial discrimination and a pandemic that has killed more than 111,000 people in the U.S.
North Dakota, South Carolina and West Virginia – to urge their voters to cast ballots by mail to avoid crowded polling stations that may risk spreading the infection. Nevada and North Dakota have shifted to almost entirely mail-in voting for the primary.
Absentee or mail-in votes generally take more time to tabulate than in-person votes that can be quickly scanned. Combined with a shortage of election workers caused by fears of exposure to the virus, officials in all the states voting Tuesday have cautioned it could take longer than usual to count the votes and the results may be slow to come in.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/voters-casting-primary-ballots-in-5-states-amid-protests-and-a-pandemic-heres-what-to-watch-for/ar-BB15fws8?ocid=spartanntp
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Black store owner reports robbery, gets punched by officer
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Black store owner reports robbery, gets punched by officer
DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — An armed black business owner who called to report a robbery in his store in Alabama was punched in the face by a responding police officer who mistook him for a suspect, police said.
After the March 15 altercation, Kevin Penn, owner of Star Spirits & Beverages in Decatur, suffered a broken jaw, his teeth were knocked out and he needed to get his mouth wired shut, his lawyer, Carl Cole told AL.com.
Surveillance video of the interaction started circulating on social media over the weekend. Decatur Police Chief Nate Allen held a news conference Monday to show footage of the altercation and to be “transparent” with the public, news outlets reported.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/black-store-owner-reports-robbery-gets-punched-by-officer/ar-BB15exKr?ocid=spartanntp
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Big majorities support protests over Floyd killing and say police need to change, poll finds
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Big majorities support protests over Floyd killing and say police need to change, poll finds
Americans overwhelmingly support the nationwide protests that have taken place since the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, and they say police forces have not done enough to ensure that blacks are treated equally to whites, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll.
President Trump receives negative marks for his handling of the protests, with 61 percent saying they disapprove and 35 percent saying they approve. Much of the opposition to Trump is vehement, as 47 percent of Americans say they strongly disapprove of the way the president has responded to the protests.
The poll highlights how attitudes about police treatment of black Americans are changing dramatically. More than 2 in 3 Americans (69 percent) say the killing of Floyd represents a broader problem within law enforcement, compared with fewer than 1 in 3 (29 percent) who say the Minneapolis killing is an isolated incident.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/big-majorities-support-protests-over-floyd-killing-and-say-police-need-to-change-poll-finds/ar-BB15eTjO?ocid=spartanntp
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Ryan Grim on McConnell's progressive challenger Charles Booker
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Ryan Grim on McConnell's progressive challenger Charles Booker
The Intercept's D.C. Bureau Chief Ryan Grim discussed Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker's (D) Senate campaign in a Tuesday interview with Hill.TV's "Rising."
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Booker is running as a progressive and has been gaining traction in recent weeks amid protests in Kentucky as he contrasts his campaign with his toughest primary challenger, Amy McGrath. The primary is scheduled for June 23.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ryan-grim-on-mcconnells-progressive-challenger-charles-booker/ar-BB15fLUi?ocid=spartanntp
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