NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
1 _ Tulsa massacre: At least 10 bodies were found Wednesday in an unmarked mass grave at a cemetery where investigators are searching for the remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Oklahoma’s state archaeologist said. The violence occurred on May 31 and June 1, 1921, when a white mob attacked Tulsa’s Black Wall Street, killing some 300 mostly Black people and wounding 800 more, while robbing and burning businesses, homes and churches. The massacre happened two years after what is known as the “Red Summer,” when hundreds of African Americans died at the hands of white mobs around the United States.
2 _ Pot dispensaries: Missouri’s first licensed marijuana dispensaries opened this weekend in the St. Louis area with long lines. The two dispensaries opened Saturday in Ellisville and Manchester. Another dispensary is expected to open Monday in the Kansas City area nearly two years after Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment to allow the sale of medical marijuana. To buy the drug, people need approval from a doctor and a state medical marijuana card. The Missouri Department of Health and Human Services expects most of the state’s 192 approved dispensaries to be open by the end of the year.
3 Juvenile prisons: Detainees in Texas’ juvenile prisons suffer from frequent physical and sexual abuse, inadequate mental health care and high rates of staff turnover, two youth advocacy groups wrote in a federal complaint Wednesday. The rights of the hundreds of youths detained in five secure facilities around the state continue to be violated, despite recent and longstanding efforts at reform, according to Texas Appleseed and Disability Rights Texas. The groups are asking the U. S. Department of Justice to investigate conditions, which they say have become harder to monitor because of the pandemic.
4 _ Biden/ Harris threat: A man in Maryland has been arrested on charges that he threatened to kidnap and kill Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. A criminal complaint filed by the Secret Service did not describe any steps taken by the man, identified as James Dale Reed, to carry out the alleged threat. It said that on Oct. 4, Reed approached a house in his hometown, Frederick, Md., northwest of Washington, that had BidenHarris campaign signs in the yard and left a handwritten note that contained graphic threats against the candidates and their supporters. Reed, 42, was arrested Friday and is being held without bond in Frederick County.
5 _ Breonna Taylor: A Louisville police officer who shot Breonna Taylor after he was wounded by her boyfriend’s gunshot said she “didn’t deserve to die.” Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly said Taylor, a 26yearold emergency medical worker who was roused from her bed by police serving a narcotics warrant, “didn’t do anything to deserve a death sentence.” Mattingly spoke to ABC News and the Louisville Courier Journal, his first media interviews on the shooting that sparked weeks of protests in the city. Taylor was shot five times and died at the scene.