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Father’s Day Wishes with Much Love

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If my father were alive today, there would be so many things I would do differently, like having longer conversations. Yet, while I still miss him, and although we didn’t always see eye-to-eye, I hold his love and memory close to my heart. Tomorrow, we will be celebrating Father’s Day in the United States. I want to take this time to wish all fathers a safe and Happy Father’s Day. To the grandfathers, uncles, brothers, community leaders, mentors, and mothers who did duo-parenting to serve in the capacity of a father, may your special day be a new leap into taking your patriarchal responsibilities to new heights.

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Meanwhile In Minneapolis …

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It was the brutal murder of George Floyd by former police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25th, 2020, that led to a three-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into the practices of the Minneapolis police department.  Yesterday, the Justice Department released its findings in a scathing 89-page report that found systemic abuses by the police in Minneapolis.

Per the New York Times

The report includes several cases that are painfully familiar to many people in Minneapolis — the fatal police shooting of Justine Ruszczyk, an unarmed white woman; a Christmas tree at a police station with racist decorations; racist remarks by an officer to young Somali people about “Black Hawk Down” — as well as others that were not widely known. It described an incident when an officer threw a handcuffed man to the ground face-first; another when an officer drew his gun on a…

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La bodega fue su tumba: centenares de niños y mujeres estaban encerrados en el barco naufragado

Stigmatis News

Los detalles del siniestro ocurrido en Grecia, donde al menos 78 personas han muerto, evidencian los métodos de las mafias que los trasladaban a Europa. 

Redacción HuffPost / Agencias

El barco naufragado, arrastrado a Kalamata.GREEK COAST GUARD/HANDOUT/ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES

Las autoridades griegas detuvieron este jueves a nueve personas de nacionalidad egipcia acusadas de tráfico de personas en el marco de las investigaciones por el naufragio de un pesquero en el mar Jónico que dejó al menos 78 muertos y cientos de desaparecidos.

Según informa la televisión pública ERT, los nueve egipcios, que se encuentran entre los 104 rescatados del naufragio, se enfrentan a los cargos de formar una organización criminal con el fin de ejercer tráfico ilícito de inmigrantes.

Conforme pasan las horas se van conociendo detalles del viaje de horror que habían organizado, a saber cuántas veces, y que esta vez acabó en una tragedia de…

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