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August 21, 2024
In “Emperor of Ocean Park”, Oscar Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker is the patriarch of a powerful political family entrenched in judicial scandals.
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Corruption
Taliban take over Afghanistan: What we know and what’s next
August 17, 2021
The Taliban have seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the U.S. was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war.
Report Reveals Alarming Amount of Systemic Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct
October 1, 2020
While researchers of a new report released on Tuesday, Sept. 15, said it’s hard to summarize the enormity of the harm Burge and his underlings inflicted their victims, and what Anderson did, they did piece together a critical and comprehensive study on tainted cases that have only underscored why Americans – particularly Black people – have lost trust in the police and prosecutors.
SENTINEL EXCLUSIVE: Chief Moore Responds to LAPD Corruption Allegations
January 16, 2020
LAPD Chief Michel Moore told the Sentinel that the investigation has expanded to 19 officers and the number could grow
Three Baltimore Men Exonerated After Nearly Four Decades in Prison
December 6, 2019
Marilyn Mosby, the Baltimore City State’s Attorney, reopened the case earlier this year because of lingering questions and recent revelations of corruption in the city’s police department that allegedly stretched back for decades.
Trump’s Favorite Dictator
October 17, 2019
When Donald Trump allegedly referred to el-Sisi as his ‘favorite dictator’ that said a great deal about both el-Sisi and Trump. What it said about el-Sisi was to remind the world that his regime is among the favorite of the United States elite in its policies in the Middle East and North Africa.
Cincinnati ‘Ready to Explode’ if Judge Goes to Jail Former Judge Fears “Being another Sandra Bland”
July 11, 2019
Former Cincinnati State Sen. Eric Kearney told a group of Black Press of America publishers that he’s concerned that the prosecution and conviction of Judge Tracie Hunter and her impending six-month jail sentence set to begin on July 22, will rekindle the same intense racial division that led to race riots less than 20 years ago.
Zimbabwean’s Cheer a Musical ‘Lion’ Returning From Exile
May 9, 2018
After 14 long years in the U.S. state of Oregon, singer, composer and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo has come home to Zimbabwe. His recent performance, for some 20,000 ticket holders at the open-air Glamis Arena, only slowed down as the sun began to rise.
South African War On Corruption Moves Into High Gear
January 3, 2018
The foundation of Helen Suzman, an anti-apartheid activist who died in 2009, was one of the filers of the suit.
Corruption Returns with a Vengence in Ghana
September 14, 2017
Director Joseph Siew Agyepoing of the Jospong Group of companies has vigorously denied the Joy News findings of inflated contracts, calling them “grossly misleading and unfortunate to say the least” and demanding a retraction.
Baca Denied Bail During Appeal of His Conviction
July 27, 2017
A federal judge on July 20, rejected a bid by former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca to remain free on bail pending an appeal of his conviction for scheming to derail an FBI probe of corruption in the jails.
First Woman To Head Opec Snared In Multi-Billion Dollar Fraud Scheme
July 21, 2017
Corruption has roots in America too, observed former president Barack Obama .
Tension Mounts As Kenyan Doctors Jailed In Labor Dispute
February 16, 2017
Corruption is a big part of the problem.