David Oluwale: Blue bridge plaque theft is being treated as a hate crime

source: BBC News
published: 27 April 2022

The theft of a blue plaque honouring a British-Nigerian man who drowned after he was chased by police is being treated as a hate crime. The memorial to David Oluwale, on Leeds Bridge, disappeared just hours after it was officially unveiled on Monday.

Members of the campaign group who lobbied for its installation said it had been prised off the wall and taken. West Yorkshire Police said the timing of the theft suggested it was a “deliberately targeted act”.

The plaque commemorating Mr Oluwale had been placed near the spot where he entered the River Aire in 1969.

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What you should know about the Atatiana Jefferson murder trial

source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
published: 25 April 2022

Aaron Dean, the former Fort Worth police officer who is accused of murder in the 2019 shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson, is set to go to trial May 16, with jury selection beginning on May 9.

Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman, was shot inside her own home in south Fort Worth in October 2019. Dean, who was responding to a neighbor’s call about open doors at the home, shot Jefferson through a window.

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Despite planned executions, capital punishment is at 50yr low

source: USA Today
published: 22 May 2022

A South Carolina man facing a firing squad. An ailing 78-year-old who spent 30 years on death row. A Texas mother whose conviction has been widely questioned.

Four high-profile executions scheduled in just over a week, including a Texas man put to death Thursday night and another granted a stay in Tennessee, have renewed attention on the U.S. death penalty. But experts say the cases stand in relief partly because executions have declined to historic lows.