Monthly Archives: August 2020

Top female Chief quits, accuse NYPD of widespread gender bias

Shortly after Dermot F. Shea was appointed New York City Police Commissioner, he called one of the department’s top women to his office and told her there would be some changes. The woman, Chief Lori Pollock, was in charge of the department’s data-driven, abuse strategy and had asked to be …

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Biden will lose if he does not choose Black Woman as VP

Rebecca Morin USA TODAY Published 9:11 AM EDT August 11, 2020 WASHINGTON – More than 100 Black male leaders, including activists, preachers, rappers and celebrities, asked Joe Biden in an open letter Monday to choose a Black woman as his running mate, saying that if he did not, he would …

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Retired MetroLINK buses set fire to Rock Island

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) – Eight retired MetroLINK buses in Rock Island caught fire after a high-voltage line caught on Monday afternoon during severe storms. It happened on 25th Ave. and 7th St. at about 1:40 p.m. According to the Fire Marshal with the Rock Island Fire Dept., when the …

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