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Trump Exploits Jail Contracts to Skirt Sanctuary Policies, Supercharge Deportations, New Report Shows – BlackPressUSA

By Staff Report Fifty cities from 33 countries have been named global finalists in the ongoing Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge, with each municipality receiving $50,000 to prototype bold, resident-centered ideas aimed at tackling critical urban challenges. In January 2026, 25 of the finalist cities will be selected to receive $1 million each and additional support to bring their solutions to life. Now in its sixth cycle, the Mayors Challenge remains a cornerstone of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ mission to accelerate innovation in […]

todayAugust 2, 2025

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White Cop Who Tasered a 95-Year-Old Woman With Dementia Will Avoid Jail Time

Nationwide — Kristian White, a former police officer in Australia, has avoided jail time after tasering a 95-year-old woman with dementia, who later died from her injuries. He was only sentenced to community service, a decision that left her family frustrated and heartbroken. According to 1News, White was convicted last year of unlawfully killing Clare Nowland. The incident occurred in May 2023 at Yallambee Lodge, a nursing home in Cooma, New South Wales, where Nowland lived. Court evidence included bodycam […]

todayJuly 30, 2025 4

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Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case

Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a fraud charge related to duping donors who gave money to a private effort to build a wall along the U.S. southern border — a case the conservative strategist has decried as a “political persecution.” Bannon, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to one scheme to defraud count as part of a plea agreement that spares him from jail time in the “We Build the Wall” scheme. He received a three-year conditional discharge, […]

todayFebruary 11, 2025 5

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‘Donald Trump is not a god’: Rep. Bennie Thompson blasts Trump’s call to jail him, reacts to potential Biden pardon

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., is not intimidated by President-elect Donald Trump, who, during an interview on “Meet the Press,” called for the congressman to be jailed for his role as chairman of the special congressional committee investigating Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Donald Trump is not a god,” Thompson told theGrio during a recent interview, reacting to Trump’s unsupported claims that the congressman, along with other committee members like vice chair […]

todayDecember 12, 2024 1

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Harris holds marijuana reform roundtable with Fat Joe: ‘Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed’

Vice President Kamala Harris convened a roundtable discussion on marijuana reform at the White House on Friday, declaring, “Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed.” Sitting at the table inside the Roosevelt Room alongside rapper Fat Joe, White House officials, and those who’ve received pardons from the Biden-Harris administration, America’s first Black vice president acknowledged the historical and present racial disparities impacting Blacks and Latinos.  “Black Americans and Latinos are four times more likely … to be […]

todayMarch 16, 2024 1

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A Supreme Court case could mean jail time for Black and brown unhoused populations

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon determine whether cities are permitted to criminally punish members of the unhoused community for setting up camp on public property. The majority-conservative court granted certiorari to hear oral arguments in the case of Grants Pass v. Johnson. The justices will decide whether cities are engaging in “cruel and unusual punishment” and subsequently violating the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by regulating where unhoused people sleep. Donald Whitehead, executive director for the National Coalition […]

todayJanuary 25, 2024 2

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By: Emily Guiles Muskegon County has recently settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the surviving family members of Dahontae McKinley. He was an inmate in Muskegon County jail who was found dead in December 2012 by guards. McKinley was discovered restrained to a chair and unresponsive. The guards involved said that he had been attempting to escape from his cell. McKinley had been incarcerated for robbery, solicitation of prostitution and domestic violence. The county confirms that an internal investigation […]

todayMarch 29, 2016

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New Muskegon County Jail

By: Emily Guiles Lansing's Granger Construction, as of Feb 25th, was presented with the 2015 build Michigan Award for its construction management of Muskegon County's new jail and juvenile transitional facility. The project involved the construction of a new three story jail to take care of an ongoing overcrowding problem. They increased the number of beds from 370 to 500, although they are in no hurry to fill them. It is the 8th straight year that Granger Construction was given […]

todayMarch 11, 2016 3