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Ferguson Mayor: Darren Wilson not to receive severance package
The white police officer who resigned almost four months after fatally shooting an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Missouri will not receive severance pay, according to the city’s mayor. Darren Wilson was not asked to leave the force, but chose to resign after his actions sparked a wave of international protests.
St. Louis mayor: ‘National Guard will play limited role’
The mayor of St. Louis said that he supported Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s decision to send the state’s National Guard to his city in preparation for the grand jury’s decision on whether to indict Officer Darren Wilson. Mayor Francis G. Slay also stated that troops operating within the city would have a secondary role […]
At mayor’s request, state troopers deployed to Chicago
Illinois State Police are on their way to Chicago to work with the city’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit as of Thursday. Starting at District 11 on the West Side, a new crime-fighting effort will bring forty officers with the Illinois State Police in to help the unit track down wanted criminals.
Ras Baraka clinches Newark mayoral seat
Yesterday, Ras Baraka claimed the mayoral seat of Newark, NJ. Baraka, a councilman and activist, beat law professor Shavar Jeffries for the seat left vacant by Cory Booker, who is now a senator in Washington. Baraka won 54% of the vote.
Muriel E. Bowser defeats D.C. mayor in primary
Muriel E. Bowser won the Democratic mayoral nomination Tuesday, beating incumbent Vincent C. Gray’s chance of a second term. The 41-year-old D.C. Council member came out victorious in the latest string of District elections.
Mayor Emanuel wants to sell residential land to residents for $1 with new program
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel would like to sell several vacant lots in the city’s Englewood neighborhood for $1. If successful, Emanuel would like to extend the $1 lot idea to other neighborhoods, many of which are black communities.
Radical mayor Chokwe Lumumba dead at 66
Jackson, Mississippi, mayor Chokwe Lumumba has died. He was 66. Before becoming involved in Jackson politics, Lumumba was a lawyer and human rights activist.
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin found guilty of corruption
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been found guilty of corruption. After deliberating for over six hours, jurors decided that Nagin had accepted over $500,000 in benefits in exchange for millions of dollars in city contract work.
Supporters of convicted former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick start trust to help with legal funds
A new YouTube video and website is calling for supporters of convicted former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to donate to his legal fund. The video, fronted by former congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and Freedomjusticetrust.com, encourages citizens to remember the good done by Kilpatrick during his tenure.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel request six months to devise rules on gun sales in city
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has asked for six months to come up with rules for the city’s gun stores. A federal court struck down Chicago’s ban on gun stores, when a judge ruled it unconstitutional.
Alabama association, Montgomery mayor ‘uneasy’ about state’s slave trade markers
This coming Tuesday, Alabama’s Equal Justice Initiative will dedicate three new historic markers in Montgomery. The markers will appear in locations where the slave trade took place and serve to highlight the city’s role in slavery. The group will also release a report that includes the fact that 435,000 slaves where held in the state before the […]
Prosecutors want ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to pay $4.5M
Federal prosecutors are demanding $4.5 million from former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick for widespread corruption during his tenure as mayor. Kilpatrick entered federal prison last month to kick off the beginning of a 28-year prison sentence for taking bribes and rigging contracts.