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2021: Grand Rapids Times Local & National News In Review
2021: Grand Rapids Times Local & National News In Review
Kim Potter Found Guilty of Manslaughter In Daunte White's Death
MINNEAPOLIS — The former police officer who said she mistook her gun for her Taser when she fatally shot a man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb was convicted of two counts of manslaughter on Thursday, a rare guilty verdict for a police officer that is likely to send her to prison for years.
Mercy Health Saint Mary's Earns 2021 Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and Safety
Grand Rapids, MI - Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Mercy Health Saint Mary's was named a Top Teaching Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group. Announced today, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive awards American hospitals can receive. The Top Hospital designation is bestowed by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers recognized as the toughest standard-setters for health care safety and quality.
Carrie Meek, Pioneering Black Former Congresswoman, Dies
Fort Lauderdale, FL. (AP) Carrie Meek, the grandchild of a slave and a sharecropper's daughter who became one of the first Black Floridians elected to Congress since Reconstruction, died Sunday. She was 95.
Reaction To Death Of Lee Elder, 1st Black Golfer At Masters
Reaction to the death of Lee Elder, the first Black golfer to play at the Masters:
Virus Claims Black Morticians, Leaving Holes In Communities
Mullins, S.C. (AP) When the last mourners departed and funeral director Shawn Troy was left among the headstones, he wept alone.
Biz Markie, Pioneering Beatboxer And 'Just A Friend' Rapper, Dies At 57
Legendary Rapper Biz Markie was born Marcel Theo Hall and a larger-than-life hip-hop figure, has died at the age of 57. Known widely for a career spanning back to 1986, Hall went on to become a beloved cultural figure later in life, celebrated for his spirited personality as much as his massive 1989 hit, "Just A Friend." His death was confirmed by his manager, Jenni D. Izumi.
Racism Of Rioters Takes Center Stage In Jan. 6 Hearing
It had only been hinted at in previous public examinations of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection: Scores of rioters attacked police officers not just with makeshift weapons, stun guns and fists, but with racist slurs and accusations of treason.
Bill Cosby Conviction Overturned
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned comedian Bill Cosby's 2018 sexual assault conviction.
Louisville (Finally) Terminates Cops Involved in the Death of Breonna Taylor
The City of Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday, fired Det. Myles Cosgrove, the police officer who shot and killed Breonna Taylor, and Det. Joshua Jaynes, the cop who sought the warrant that led to the fatal and flawed March 13, 2020 raid of Taylor's home.
Officer Brett Hankison was fired in June and a grand jury indicted him in September on charges of endangering Taylor's neighbors by shooting through a nearby apartment's windows.