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16 Nov

The jury begins deliberations in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial on Tuesday:

▪️ Up to life in prison for killing 2 with AR-style weapon
▪️ Judge dropped charge for possessing weapon as minor
▪️ Jury may consider lesser versions of top charge
▪️ 500 National Guard deployed for verdict

Kyle Rittenhouse faces 5 felony charges:

▪️ 1st-deg reckless homicide (<60 years): must prove "disregard for human life"
▪️ 1st-deg intentional homicide (life): jury can choose lesser charges
▪️ 1st-deg attempted homicide (<60 years)
▪️ 2x endangering safety (<17.5 years each)

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Kyle Rittenhouse's defense hired a consultant who helped pick "perfect" jurors in O.J. Simpson's 1995 murder trial, where he was acquitted, says @washingtonpost.

Rittenhouse's jury pool of 20 had 1 person of color. Of the others, 1 was cut for making a joke about Jacob Blake

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25 Oct

Soldiers in Sudan fired live rounds at pro-democracy protesters after the military dissolved the government and took over in an apparent coup.

The military arrested civilian leaders, ending a joint civilian-military council that has ruled since Pres. al-Bashir's ouster in 2019.

Thousands in Sudan protested after the military took power in an apparent coup. At least 12 were injured after soldiers fired at crowds.

The military:
▪️ Arrested PM, civilian leaders
▪️ Blocked the internet
▪️ Says will appoint new govt but stay in charge until 2023 elections

Protesters in Sudan blocked streets with burning tires after the military arrested civilian leaders in an apparent coup: "We will defend democracy until the end."

The military:
▪️ Disrupted internet, phone lines
▪️ Dissolved the civilian-military govt
▪️ Raided state broadcaster

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18 Oct

The murder trial of 3 white men who killed #AhmaudArbery begins today with jury selection.

The men chased and killed Arbery while he was jogging and allegedly used a racial slur. They do not face state hate crime charges — only federal — as GA had no hate crimes law at the time.

Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William Bryan were not arrested for 2+ months after killing #AhmaudArbery — after video leaked.

▪️ Ex-DA allegedly blocked their arrest
▪️ Other DA claimed they were protected by "citizen's arrest" law used to justify lynchings, slave patrols

3 white men chased, shot and killed #AhmaudArbery as he was jogging in Brunswick, Georgia.

His mother had to wait 74 days for her son's killers to be arrested as prosecutors allegedly shielded them from charges.

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27 Sep

BREAKING: The jury found R. Kelly guilty of racketeering in a sex trafficking case involving a scheme to recruit and sexually abuse women, girls and boys.

He faces up to 20 years in prison under the racketeering charge.

UPDATE: The jury has found R. Kelly guilty on all counts in his New York sex trafficking case.

They include:
▪️ Racketeering: incl. kidnapping, forced labor, bribery
▪️ 8 violations of Mann Act, a sex trafficking statute

He faces up to a max. total 100 years in prison.

R. Kelly was found guilty in NY for a decades-long scheme to recruit and sexually abuse women and children.

▪️ 6 accusers who testified were underage at time of abuse
▪️ First time faced charges for marriage to Aaliyah when she was 15
▪️ Faces more sex crime charges in MN, IL

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21 Sep

The U.S. removed over 6,000 Haitian asylum seekers from the border at Del Rio. It is planning 6 deportation flights on Tuesday, denying many their legal right to asylum — using Trump-era policy.

A man at the border with 2 children said the U.S. government "has no conscience."

DHS says it is investigating images of Border Patrol attacking asylum seekers with whips.

Some were attacked while bringing food/water to Haitians trapped at the border in 104°F heat. One man said: "This treatment they are giving is racism, because of the color of our skin."

Many being deported to Haiti have not been back in years, and are returning amid political crisis, earthquake destruction and gang violence that has displaced thousands.

A man who fled after the 2010 quake, deported back with his wife & son, said: "There's no security in Haiti."

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20 Sep

The U.S. deported 300+ asylum seekers to Haiti and is planning 7 daily deportation flights starting Wednesday.

At least 3,000 people held at a bridge at Del Rio were moved to planes or detention facilities. One woman who was deported said: "We are on the streets with nothing!"

15,000 people from Haiti have been trapped at a bridge on the U.S.-Mexico border in recent days.

Many slept on the ground, with little access to food, water or toilets. Border Patrol blocked people bringing supplies from Mexico. People say they were treated "worse than animals."

"There's no safety in Haiti."

1 in 3 people in Haiti have no secure access to food, a month after an earthquake killed over 2,200 people.

People are also escaping political crisis, poverty and gang violence but have mostly been blocked from asylum using a Trump-era rule.

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