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Why George Floyd Got Justice But Jonathan Rodgers Got Forgotten

In a Kansas City homeless encampment behind the Family Dollar, 35-year-old Jonathan Rodgers suffered a fatal assault on October 17, 2024—blunt force injuries that his mother described: “He was stabbed, beaten with a 2×4, pistol-whipped and tasered.”

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Police

California Cop Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Women

On Jan. 30, DeShawn Torrence, a 42-year-old officer who worked for the police department in Sanger, Calif., was found guilty of eight counts of deprivation of Constitutional rights after he sexually assaulted four women he met while working as a police officer.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Online Bodybuilding Coach Exploited Minors, Collected Explicit Photos

Sports should be something that teaches young people how to compete, how to keep their bodies healthy and how to prepare themselves for life’s challenges. It’s also an excellent opportunity for adult coaches to mentor athletes.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Hate By Any Other Name Still Stinks

“Hate” comes in many forms, all colors, various targets and several names. Individual hate is not the issue. Ever since Cain fell out with brother Abel, hate has been a part of every human’s nature. Believe it or not, you have a right to hate anything and anyone you want to.

Feature Raymond L. Daye

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Medical Fraud

Arizona Couple Plead Guilty for Fraud in Case Where They Charged Healthcare for Expensive and Unneeded Wound Graft Procedures

Alexandra Gehrke, 39, and Jeffrey King, 46, a husband and wife from Phoenix, Ariz., pleaded guilty to submitting or causing to be submitted over $1.2 billion in false claims to Medicare, as well as other health care insurance programs like TriCare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA), […]

Report Jessika Saunders

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Elder Fraud

Nursing Home and its CEO Plead Guilty to Fraud and Tax Conspiracy

Kevin Breslin, 58, from Hoboken, N.J., Chief Executive Officer and Managing Member of KBWB Operations LLC, as well as one of six owners of a nursing home company, pleaded guilty on Dec. 17 to health care fraud and tax conspiracy, according to a DOJ press release. KBWB Operations LLC also pleaded guilty on Jan. 21. […]

Report Jessika Saunders

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Ohio Corrections Officer Indicted for Sexually Abusing Inmate

Damon K. Perry, a 52-year-old man from Youngstown, Ohio, has been charged by a federal grand jury for the alleged sexual abuse of a person in police custody. Perry sexually abused a female inmate at the Mahoning County Jail on two separate occasions in November 2023, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Arizona Man Gets More Than 36 Years In Prison for Burning Down Two Churches

Eric Duane Ridenour, 58, from Douglas, Ariz., was sentenced on Jan. 7 to 438 months in prison, according to a DOJ press release. The sentence comes after Ridenour was convicted on July 11, 2024, of hate crimes and six counts of arson in the burning of two churches that took place on May 22, 2023.

Report Jessika Saunders

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Sex Abuse

Two Former Syrian Intelligence Officers Wanted for War Crimes Against Americans and Syrian Civilians

Two high-ranking former Syrian Air Force Intelligence officers who worked for former President Bashar al-Assad are facing war crime charges, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Nik Mebane

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City of Antioch and Antioch PD to Implement Reforms After Racist Text Messages

The City of Antioch, Calif., the Antioch Police Department (APD) and the Justice Department have agreed to resolve an investigation concerning discriminatory conduct and racial discrimination of citizens by APD officers, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders

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Missouri Man Burns Morman Church

Christopher Scott Pritchard, a 48-year-old man from Missouri, committed a hate crime and arson after he set the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on fire on April 28, 2021, according to a charging document obtained by The Daily Muck.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Why George Floyd Got Justice But Jonathan Rodgers Got Forgotten

California Cop Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Women

Online Bodybuilding Coach Exploited Minors, Collected Explicit Photos

Hate By Any Other Name Still Stinks

Arizona Couple Plead Guilty for Fraud in Case Where They Charged Healthcare for Expensive and Unneeded Wound Graft Procedures

Nursing Home and its CEO Plead Guilty to Fraud and Tax Conspiracy

Ohio Corrections Officer Indicted for Sexually Abusing Inmate

Arizona Man Gets More Than 36 Years In Prison for Burning Down Two Churches

Wetlands and Wetland Restoration in California

Two Former Syrian Intelligence Officers Wanted for War Crimes Against Americans and Syrian Civilians

City of Antioch and Antioch PD to Implement Reforms After Racist Text Messages

Missouri Man Burns Morman Church

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