A correctional officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in connection with the December death of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating at the Marcy Correctional Facility was recorded by officers’ body cameras. Christopher Walrath, 36, was one of six guards charged with second-degree murder in the beating. He pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter during a hearing at state court in Utica. The plea deal calls for him to get a 15-year prison sentence. Under questioning by Judge Robert Bauer, Walrath admitted that he beat Brooks, put him in a chokehold and struck his body and groin. He also admitted that...
Thousands Of People Gather Near Buckingham Palace To Mark The 80th Anniversary Of V-E Day
Thousands of people lined the roads around the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace on Monday as British and allied troops paraded past at the start of four days of pageantry to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. After Big Ben tolled at the stroke of noon, actor Timothy Spall recited the victory speech that Winston Churchill delivered to a roaring crowd in central London on May 8, 1945. Britain started its commemorations of V-E Day three days early, because Monday is a public holiday in the U.K. The Cenotaph, the nation’s war memorial, was covered with...
Rwanda Confirms Talks With US About Taking In Migrants
Rwanda is in the “early stage” of talks with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the US, the East African country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has said. His comments come after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last month that Washington was “actively searching” for countries that would take in “some of the most despicable human beings”. Nduhungirehe said the talks were “not new to us” as Rwanda had previously agreed to accept migrants deported by the UK. However, the UK abandoned the scheme, which faced numerous legal changes, after Keir Starmer’s Labour government took office...
Kenya Government Condemns Citizen Flinging Shoe At The President During Rally
The Kenyan government has described as “shameful” an incident in which a shoe was flinged at President William Ruto during a rally on Sunday. Widely shared video clips show the footwear striking the president’s left arm as he held it aloft while he was speaking. Government spokesman Isaac Mwaura condemned what happened and called for those behind it to be “apprehended”. “What would happen if we all decided to throw shoes at each other? What values are we teaching our children?” he asked in post on X The president was addressing a crowd at a public event in the western county...
Four Kenyan Police Officers Charged Over Baby’s Killing As Others Freed
Four Kenyan police officers have been charged with the murder of a six-month-old baby nearly eight years ago. Eight other officers who had originally also been accused alongside the four have had the charges against them dropped by the public prosecutor, sparking criticism. The case relates to baby Samatha Pendo, who was fatally hit in 2017 as police were deployed to quell violence linked to post-election protests in the western city of Kisumu. On Monday, the four officers who are still accused denied multiple charges including murder as a crime against humanity. They also pleaded not guilty to other charges...
“The Tinubu Administration’s Systematic Crackdown On Opposition Voices Is Nothing Short Of Disgraceful.” Atiku Speaks On VDM Alleged Abduction
The former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has thrown his weight behind a social media activist and influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VDM who was allegedly abducted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission —EFCC—- on Friday at a banking hall in Abuja. The security operatives is yet to speak out on the reason for his arrest despite planned protest by some of his fans and some personalities speaking out in VDM’s favor. According to report, VDM had gone to GTB banking hall, where it was alleged that the bank has given a loan to another person...
