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Voting rights marcher recalls being clubbed, hearing fatal gunshot during pivotal day of protests
Read full article: Voting rights marcher recalls being clubbed, hearing fatal gunshot during pivotal day of protestsDella Simpson Maynor was just 14 when she marched for voting rights in her hometown of Marion, Alabama, but she says she clearly remembers the police attacking the demonstrators.
WATCH LIVE: Pappy Kennedy Prayer Breakfast honors Martin Luther King Jr.
Read full article: WATCH LIVE: Pappy Kennedy Prayer Breakfast honors Martin Luther King Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events are returning to Orlando in January, but organizers said on Saturday, Jan. 8, that the annual parade through the city’s downtown area will be canceled due to concerns over COVID-19.
Paralyzed man suing Orange County Sheriff’s Office for violating civil rights
Read full article: Paralyzed man suing Orange County Sheriff’s Office for violating civil rightsORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Abraham Canaan said he wants economic justice for the paralysis he will endure after an Orange County deputy’s bullet hit his spine as he drove away from a Walmart parking lot on Jan. 31, 2017. Police body cam video shows Canaan clutching a hunting knife although he never appears to walk toward Deputy Joe Farias-Rios or Deputy Mathew Velazquez. AdThe FDLE investigation confirmed a bullet was “surgically removed” from Canaan’s spine although what caliber weapon was never reported by the FDLE or the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The findings were sent to the state attorney’s office and deputies Farias-Rios and Velazquez were never charged. In a deposition taken for the trial against Canaan, Farias-Rios testified he opened fire because he felt Canaan presented a danger.