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Pregnant Nurse Dies Of COVID-19; Baby Survives After Emergency C-Section
Senators Fear Black People In Face Masks Racially Profiled
Listen black people didn’t need a global pandemic to make us hyper-aware of our appearance and how we have to work a little harder to avoid being “suspicious-looking.” Hoodies, baggy pants and dark clothing are just a few things that have increased the likeli- hood of us being racially pro- filed. Now, statewide requirements to wear face cov- erings during the coronavirus pandemic have given us one more thing to worry about. As a result, Democratic lawmak- ers are asking that police be extra vigilant in checking any impulses they may have to tar- get black people for unreason- able suspicion.
According to the Associated Press (via HuffPost), Sen. Kamala Harris and other
Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray on Friday requesting that federal law enforcement agencies provide anti-bias training and guidance to police officers.
Less than a week after the
CDC issued recommendations that certain states require peo- ple to wear face masks when riding public transportation or visiting grocery stores, two black men recorded them- selves being followed around by police and being run out of a Walmart.
Shortly after that, a video was posted to social media showing a black man being forcibly dragged off of a bus for not having his face cov- ered. Many people speculated that he may have simply been trying to avoid being profiled. Harris said in a letter to the Associated Press that these in- cidents suggest mask require- ments “could expose Black Americans to unfair and dan- gerous treatment from law en- forcement”.
LONDON -The baby of a pregnant nurse who died of COVID-19 is doing "very well" after being delivered via emer- gency cesarean section, a spokeswoman for the UK's Na- tional Health Service (NHS) told CNN on Thursday.
Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, who worked at Luton and Dunstable Univer- sity Hospital, northwest of London, was admitted to the hospital on April 7 after testing positive for the virus two days earlier.
The 28-year-old died on Sunday, Bedfordshire Hospi- tals NHS Foundation Trust confirmed in a statement on Wednesday. She had worked for the hospital system for five years.
At least 27 NHS workers have now died from coron-
Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong was admitted to the hospital on last week after testing posi- tive for the virus.
avirus, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Thursday in an interview with the BBC.
More than 13,700 people have died of coronavirus in the UK and more than 100,000 have tested positive, according to the UK government.
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