In a shocking incident, an Amazon employee at Troutdale, Oregon, died at work, allegedly going unnoticed for a significant period. A company spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that the incident occurred last week at the distribution centre. According to a report by The Western Edge, the worker collapsed on the floor at the PDX9 warehouse. He reportedly lay unattended for over an hour while others continued working around him. The man is believed to have died on Monday, 6 April. He was reportedly 46 years old. The report further claimed that workers were instructed to continue operations for more than an hour after the incident. Employees continued fetching totes, picking items off shelves, and loading packages onto trucks while the man's body remained on the floor.
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A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers that was captured on video as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, officials announced Monday. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and Sheriff Bob Fletcher said at a news conference they are pursuing information from the Department of Homeland Security that they need for their investigation into the arrest of ChongLy "Scott" Thao, 56, on Jan. 18. Ramsey County includes the state capital of St. Paul. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers bashed open the front door of Thao's St. Paul home at gunpoint " without a warrant as far as Choi and Fletcher have been able to determine " then led him outside in just his underwear and a blanket in freezing conditions.
A Trump supporter in Michigan who went on a racist tirade and threatened to lynch a Black woman in an Aldi parking lot was facing hate crime charges on Monday. Randall Lee Miller, 55, was boasting about white privilege and threatening a woman using racial slurs in Cascade Township on March 10, according to MLive.com. Court records show that Miller, who is white and was questioned by sheriff's deputies, continued to double down on his comments and told a deputy he would say "something as equally as offensive" to anyone of a different race. Authorities said Miller told her, "You're the reason why we need to bring back hanging n-----s from trees." Miller talked about white privilege, pointed at his skin and the American flag, according to the affidavit.
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