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A second of four former Minneapolis police officers linked to the death of George Floyd has been released from jail on bail, according to reports.J. Alexander Kueng, 26, was freed about 7:30 p.m. CT Friday from the Hennepin County jail on $750,000, on conditions that included he appear at court hearings and avoid any further…

A fired Atlanta police officer who faces a slew of charges connected to the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks will spend the weekend behind bars, a judge ruled on Friday.Garrett Rolfe waived his right to make his first appearance before a judge on Friday, one day after he surrendered and was booked on 11 counts…

Former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe was charged Wednesday with 11 counts, including felony murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, in the killing of Rayshard Brooks, the latest in a string of Black people dying after altercations with police.If convicted, Rolfe is facing the possibility of the death penalty or life in prison.Arrest warrants…

Tension built for days between Florida Department of Health supervisors and the department’s geographic information systems manager before officials showed her the door, she says, permanently pulling her off the coronavirus dashboard that she operated for weeks.Managers had wanted Rebekah Jones to make certain changes to the public-facing portal, she says. Jones had objected to…

A Republican lawmaker in Ohio was fired from his job as a physician for asking whether “African Americans or the colored population” have been disproportionately affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic because they “do not wash their hands as well as other groups.”State Sen. Steve Huffman, who represents a district north of Dayton, raised the…