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Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins has died at the age of 93. Dinkins holds the distinction of being the city's first African American mayor. According to CNN, Dinkins served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993. He was born in 1927 in Trenton, New Jersey, and graduated from Howard University and Brooklyn Law School. His wife, Joyce Dinkins passed away on October 11 at age 89. Dinkins is survived by two children and two grandchildren.
In footage courtesy of Twitter user @WhoAteMyPizza, Sniper rounds could be heard ripping through Dallas on Thursday night, after 11 police officers were shot, 5 fatally, during a protest against the police killing of African-Americans Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Police reports indicate that two snipers fired multiple shots at police officers from an elevated position in the city centre.
Footage courtesy of the Dallas Police Department shows Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings and Dallas Police Department Chief David Brown as they held a joint press briefing in Dallas on Thursday, right after two snipers opened fire on police during a march for African American police shooting victims Alton Sterling and Philandro Castile in the Dallas city center. 5 police officers were killed and 6 others received injuries.
New Yorkers head to the polls in a mayoral election that is virtually guaranteed to elect Black former policeman Eric Adams as the next leader of America's biggest city. IMAGES
Leigh-On-Sea, Oct 15 (EFE/EPA).- British lawmaker Sir David Amess died Friday after being stabbed at his constituency office in the town of Leigh-on-Sea in southeast England.Politicians from across the spectrum paid tribute to Amess, who served as a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party since 1983. He was 69. (Camera: ANDY RAIN).B-ROLL OF THE CRIME SCENE IN LEIGH-ON-SEA, ESSEX, UK.