Waller County Judge Trey Duhon told reporters in a presentation of the video that law enforcement officials have received death threats stemming from Internet rumors that Bland was dead before she was taken to jail.
The families of Stephanos and Cohen created their own GoFundMe page, calling it the Perry and Austin Rescue Fund. As of Thursday, it had raised almost $480,000.
Beshara told HuffPost that his mother, Gillian Abbot, a licensed wildlife carer and member of rescue organization WIRES, was the one who took the photo and has been caring for the kangaroo.
Police use of force against unarmed people is a well-worn topic, but Hammond’s case is different: Hammond is white and his shooting death hasn’t kicked off protests or marches in Seneca.
For Cynthia Jordan, a 57-year-old vice president at a stock transfer firm in New York, it was just another day when a taxi driver refused to let her, a black woman, ride. “I’m gonna report you”, Judge Raymond Kramer noted in his decision.
A man with a history of mental health issues who wielded an ax and a pellet gun at a Nashville-area movie theater was shot dead by police on Wednesday, authorities said.
The world number one golfer has been teasing fans all week with uploads charting his road to recovery since his ankle injury while playing football last month.
New video showing Sandra Bland being booked into the Waller County Jail has been released by authorities who say they want to clear up rumors being spread on social media.
New York City police say a newborn baby boy was found dead with severe head trauma in an apartment building courtyard and may have fallen or been thrown out of a window.