Brad Brooks

Dec 10, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Brad Brooks

Factbox-What are 'ghost guns' like the one found with suspect in killing of a UnitedHealth CEO?

Dec 4, 2024 | in.marketscreener.com | Brad Brooks

(Reuters) - The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday following an investigation, calling on the Tennessee city's police to undertake significant reforms. The federal investigation began in July 2023, in the wake of the beating death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis officers.

Nov 19, 2024 | marketscreener.com | Brad Brooks

(Reuters) - Victims of a deadly 2022 shooting attack on a gay nightclub in Colorado have sued local authorities, accusing them of failing to enforce a red flag gun law they say could have prevented the violence. The two lawsuits were announced on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Nov. 19, 2022 shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs that killed five people and injured another 25.

Nov 14, 2024 | marketscreener.com | Brad Brooks |Kanishka Singh

(Reuters) - Florida's attorney general said on Thursday she filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency for allegedly discriminating against hurricane victims who supported President-elect Donald Trump. FEMA earlier this week said it fired an employee who advised her survivor assistance team in Florida to not go to homes with yard signs supporting Trump. FEMA said the matter was referred for investigation to the Office of Special Counsel.

Nov 14, 2024 | gazette.com | Brad Brooks

By Brad Brooks(Reuters) -The Palm Springs city council on Thursday unanimously approved a $5.9 million reparations settlement with former residents of a largely Black neighborhood that was leveled in the 1960s for commercial development. The city council also was set to approve another $21 million for housing and small business support aimed at the former residents and their descendants.