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In this frame grab from body camera video provided by the Roswell Police Department, Tony Peralta leans against a police vehicle after turning himself in to authorities, in Roswell, N.M., May 1, 2023. Peralta called 911 to confess to the 2008 killing of his former landlord. (Roswell Police Department via AP)

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Guilt-ridden man confesses to landlord's killing 15 years later, recordings show
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press
Tue,05/30/23-2:14PM , 89 Reads
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police officers found Tony Peralta earlier this month sitting on a curb not far from the convenience store in a small southeastern New Mexico community where he borrowed a cellphone — so he could call 911 and confess to killing his landlord 15 years earlier.
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Joshua Danjuma, 36, poses with a handcrafted riffle in Kunji Village, Southern Kaduna Nigeria, Thursday , April 27, 2023. Danjuma, a hunter who lost two of his five children in a late night March 2023 gunmen attack that left 33 people dead, has joined others in protecting their homes. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)

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In Nigeria’s hard-hit north, families seek justice as armed groups seek control
By CHINEDU ASADU - RUNJI, Nigeria
Sun,05/28/23-1:24AM , 96 Reads
Associated Press (AP) — Christian Jonathan's mother was holding the 9-month-old boy in her arms when she was shot dead during an attack on their village in northwestern Nigeria. The assailants cut off one of Christian's fingers and abandoned him by the side of the road with a bullet wound in his tiny leg.
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AP correspondent Donna Warder reports on the anniversary of a police killing that resulted in protests throughout the U.S.

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Anniversary of George Floyd's killing: Changes were made, but short of 'reckoning' on racial justice
By AARON MORRISON AND STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press
Wed,05/24/23-11:03PM , 57 Reads
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, and the fervent protests that erupted around the world, looked to many observers like the catalyst needed for a nationwide reckoning on racism in policing.
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Two former Jackson, Miss., police officers have been indicted on murder charges and a third officer on a manslaughter charge in connection to the Dec. 31, 2022, death of Keith Murriel, who died while in custody of the three officers. Jackson, Miss., officials announced the indictments during a Wednesday, May 24, 2023, afternoon news conference. (Barbara Gauntt

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3 ex-officers indicted in death of Black man seen on video being shocked with stun guns
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Wed,05/24/23-7:10PM , 91 Reads
JACKSON, Mississippi. (AP) — A Mississippi grand jury has indicted two former police officers on murder charges and another ex-officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of a Black man seen on video being pinned down and repeatedly shocked with stun guns during a New Year's eve arrest.
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