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Eighth LAPD Officer Dies Due To COVID-19 Complications
An eighth Los Angeles Police Department officer has died from complications due to COVID-19, the department announced Monday. Officer Becky Strong, who joined the department in 1994, died early Monday after several days in the hospital. She worked as a police officer for 27 years. She was last assigned to the South Traffic Division. “It is with an extremely heavy heart that we mourn the loss of LAPD Police Officer Becky Strong, who passed away this morning from complications of COVID-19,” LAPD said in a tweet. “Our deepest condolences go out to Officer Strong’s entire family, colleagues, and friends in this most difficult time.” Two other non-police-officer LAPD employees have also died from COVID-19. Back in April, 31-year-veteran Sgt. Anthony White, who had worked for the LAPD since 1990 also died of COVID-19 complications. The department had previously lost six sworn and two civilian employees to the virus since the
Child struck and killed by vehicle in South LA
By Mary Stringini
Child struck and killed by vehicle in South Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES - A child is dead after being struck by a vehicle in South Los Angeles, authorities said Monday.
The crash was reported shortly before 10 a.m. near the intersection of Compton Avenue and E 87th Street, the California Highway Patrol reported.
A child was fatally struck by a vehicle Monday near the intersection of Compton Avenue and E 87th Street in South LA. (FOX 11)
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General Order No. 3, prepared on June 19, 1865, by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, announced the end of legalized slavery in the state. This was some two years after the Emancipation Proclamation and two months after Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. In “On Juneteenth,” historian Annette Gordon-Reed describes the event as a source of great pride statewide and considers the move to make it a national holiday a tribute to the exceptionalism of Texas in every respect. (Though in the wake of last year’s social justice protests, it has also become an opportunity for commercialization.)