The Daily Populous

Friday July 2nd, 2021 evening edition

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SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio -- Police Chief Anthony Campo resigned Tuesday following an incident in which he left a “Ku Klux Klan” sign on a Black officer’s desk, Sheffield Lake Mayor Dennis Bring said.

Campo, who has been with the department for 33 years and served as chief for eight, is seen in the video walking into a room with a piece of paper in his hand that says, “Ku Klux Klan.”

He walks out of the room to wait for the officer, an unidentified Black man, to come into the room.

The officer, who started working for the department nine months ago, walks in and sees the message.

It is unclear what the officer and Campo say to one another as the video has no audio.

Sheffield Lake Law Director David Graves brought the incident to Bring’s attention Tuesday and characterized it to the mayor as “really serious.”.

He asked the chief not to touch anything, hand over the keys to his cruiser, and find a ride home. »

Britney Spears' professional co-conservator files to resign after explosive testimony

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The professional co-conservator for Britney Spears’ estate filed a petition to resign Thursday following the pop star’s explosive testimony last week in which she called the situation abusive.

The financial institution cited Britney Spears’ desire to end the conservatorship during her June 23 testimony in its decision to step away from its role.

In rare public testimony last week, Britney Spears called her conservatorship “abusive” and asked the judge to release her from the legal case without further medical evaluation. »

More Churches Up in Flames in Canada as Outrage Against Catholic Church Grows

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Another two Catholic Churches have been torched in Canada, as more Indigenous Nations have confirmed unmarked graves at residential school sites that likely hold the remains of Indigenous children.

At 3 a.m. on Wednesday, firefighters were called to a century-old Roman Catholic church just north of Edmonton after it lit up in flames.

Catholic churches across the country have also been defaced, many strewn in blood red hand and foot prints. »

Richard Branson will fly into space on July 11, beating rival Jeff Bezos by 9 days

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Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Galactic, will fly into space aboard his company's VSS Unity rocketplane on July 11 for an up-and-down test flight, beating Amazon-founder and rival Jeff Bezos into sub-orbital space by nine days.

Along with wealthy space tourists, both companies expect to fly researchers and experiments from government agencies and companies developing or testing space technology.

Neither company has said how much it plans to charge for a ride to space, but tickets are expected to cost between $250,000 and $500,000. »