A Black policeman in Lexington, Kentucky, was fired earlier this year for providing sensitive information about several of his fellow officers to Black Lives Matter protesters who marched through the city last summer clamoring for police reform.
But in a lawsuit filed last month, the former cop denies the allegations that he fed protesters sensitive information that wasn’t already public knowledge and demands he be reinstated to the police force.
“I’ve always said that this is bigger than me,” Jervis Middleton told Atlanta Black Star. “I have my issue that I need to be made whole from. But there’s systemic changes that just have to be made, and it’s been there.”
Severe weather tears through Midlands on Monday afternoon Chris Trainor, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
May 3 The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Lexington County on Monday afternoon as a strong storm system ripped across parts of South Carolina.
A tornado warning was issued for the Gilbert, Red Bank and Summit areas in Lexington County until 4:15 p.m. Monday. Aside from the possibility of a tornado, the weather service warned of the potential of lightning and quarter-sized hail.
At 4:15 p.m., the weather service downgraded the alert to a severe thunderstorm warning for Lexington.
The tornado warning for Lexington followed tornado warnings in several other counties in South Carolina, including Newberry, Greenwood, and Abbeville counties on Monday afternoon. Shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, the National Weather Service tweeted a confirmation of a tornado in Abbeville County. The Greenwood Index-Journal reported that Abbeville County tornado was near
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A Lexington man with outstanding warrants for habitual assault was arrested for allegedly shooting at a woman in a car on Monday with the intent to kill or injure her.
Edward Tyronne Knox, 38, of Kildee Drive in Lexington, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill or inflict serious injury, discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle and misdemeanor communicating threats.
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In addition to the charges connected to the shooting incident, Knox was given a $1 million bond for failure to appear in court on charges of habitual assault.
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Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy Terry Dyer was laid to rest Sunday following a touching ceremony that celebrated his life of service and impact on his fellow officers.
“You’ve all heard the saying ‘If you live your life in the correct way, you will preach your own funeral.’ And I believe that’s exactly what’s going to happen here today,” said Madison County Sheriff’s Department Investigator Zachary Fitzgerald, who opened the ceremony. “Terry, to some, he was ‘father.’ To some, he was ‘brother,’ ‘uncle,’ ‘cousin,’ ‘deputy,’ or ‘officer.’ But to every single person who knew Terry Dyer, he was ‘friend.’