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Murder charge upgraded in Floyd case, 3 other cops charged
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against three other officers at the scene, a newspaper reported
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It Only Takes One
The individual captured on video slowly draining life from Mr. Floyd wore a uniform, but he did not represent its values – his actions were his
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Cops salute murdered officer who was shot with his own gun
On a day when 11 people were shot, two fatally, amid months of soaring gun violence in Chicago, a memorial honored a police officer who was shot 10 years ago in the back with his own gun and then, as he lay fallen, shot in the head at close range. Chicago Police holds a memorial []
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Virginia Pastor Arrested After Calling Cops On White ‘Mob’ Threatening To Kill Him
Virginia Pastor Leon McCray, 61, called the police for protection after being threatened by a white “mob” in front of property he owned and instead of arresting them, the police arrested McCray. McCray said he was visiting an apartment property he owns in Edinburg when he saw a man and...
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Justice For Shaheen Mackey: Graphic Video Shows Prison Guards Taser Shackled Inmate In Medical Distress Before Death
Shaheen Mackey, who was an inmate at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, suffered from an epileptic seizure only to met with a brutal response that his family argues caused his death.
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Ahmaud Arbery’s Alleged Murderer Was Allegedly Encouraged By Cops To Be A Vigilante
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George Floyd Verdict: I Didn’t Feel Relief.
The footage of George Floyd being murdered may have shocked the nation, but it is a terrible truth that Black people in this country already understand.
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Petition Demanding Justice for Elijah McClain Receives More Than 2 Million Signatures, Colorado Governor Announces Investigation
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced his office would look into the police-involved death of Elijah McClain after public outcry. McClain was walking home from a []
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Brother of Robert Fuller, California Man Found Hanged In Tree, Gunned Down by L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies a Week Later In Nearby City
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed the half-brother of Robert Fuller, a Black man found hanged in a tree in a Southern California town earlier this month, after a traffic stop in the city of Rosamond on the afternoon of Wednesday, June
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Cori Bush Is Set To Be The First Black Lives Matter Leader In Congress
The activist's primary win against Rep. William Lacy Clay in Missouri's 1st Congressional District is a milestone for the movement born in Ferguson.
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Robert Fuller, man found hanging from tree in Palmdale, to be mourned at funeral service Tuesday - African American News Today - EIN News
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Littlerock for Robert Fuller, the 24-year-old Palmdale man whose body was found hanging from a tree in a park across the street from Palmdale City Hall.
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Black Children In California More Likely To Be Hospitalized For Police Violence, Study Shows - Blavity
According to a new study, Black children in the state of California are more likely to be hospitalized due to police-related injuries.  Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley , analyzed injuries of children and teenagers sustained by law enforcement from 2005 to 2017. Using data from
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Kansas City Activist Whose Blistering Condemnation of Police Board Went Viral Now Claims Cops Are Following, Intimidating and Plotting to Murder Her
A 20-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, activist who last week excoriated law enforcement in her city for being racist has received death threats and worries the […]
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Minneapolis Police Station Torched Amid George Floyd Protest
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and angry demonstrations flared across the U.S over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white
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Jail time for 2 Limpopo cops who asked foreign national for R500 bribe | News24
Two Limpopo police officers are to spend the next five years in jail for asking an undocumented immigrant for a R500 bribe to avoid arrest.
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White man who drove into Iowa protesters avoids prison
A white man who deliberately sped his car through a crowd of racial injustice protesters in Iowa City, Iowa, striking several, will... View Article The post White man who drove into Iowa protesters avoids prison appeared first on TheGrio.
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Owner of Black-Owned BBQ Joint Killed By Louisville Officers Who Had Body Cameras Turned Off
Nationwide — David McAtee, a 53-year old African American entrepreneur who owned a BBQ restaurant in Louisville, KY, and reportedly often fed the police for free, was shot and killed by police officers who were trying to disperse a crowd that had gathered after the city’s curfew
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Redesign of Public Safety Series: State legislators speak on police reform - DefenderNetwork.com
As part of the Defender’s “Redesigning Public Safety” series, we spoke with the state senators who are at the heart of Texas’ police reform efforts. Here, Texas legislators Borris Miles, Royce West and John Whitmire share their perspectives on those reform and the legislation they will be working
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Widow And Family Of Rayshard Brooks Hold Emotional Press Conference
The family of Rayshard Brooks, the 27-year-old Black man who was killed by an Atlanta police officer, in a Wendy’s drive through, became extremely emotional during a press conference on Monday (June 15), expressing shock and grief  that one the many incidents of Black men being killed by law
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Ahmaud Arbery’s Alleged Murderer Was Encouraged By Cops To Be A Vigilante
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Uganda: Police on the Spot as Lira Bars Operate Despite Ban Over Covid-19
[Monitor] Police in Lira District have come under the spotlight for selective enforcement of Covid-19 guidelines by allowing some night clubs to operate and blocking others.
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Legal Representation at First Point of Contact with Law Enforcement - New Orleans Data News Weekly
The land of the free is in the grip of a pandemic. This pandemic is reaching into every nook and cranny of America. I am not speaking of the Coronavirus I am talking about over
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Dems Propose Banning Chokeholds, No-Knock Entries for US Police Over Killings of African-American - African American News Today - EIN News
The bill stops short of the demands of protesters to "defund" the police in the country, but imposes new obligations without providing additional funding.
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Black officers break from unions over Trump endorsements - TheGrio
Police unions nationwide have largely supported President Donald Trump’s reelection, amid mass demonstrations over police brutality and accusations of systemic... View Article The post Black officers break from unions over Trump endorsements appeared first on TheGrio.
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JCF resolute despite terrible loss
Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) yesterday said they remain resolute in their task to beat back criminality even as the death of Superintendent Leon Clunis rocks the
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Oklahoma man says he killed Black woman to 'teach her a lesson'
An Enid, Oklahoma man is in custody for being connected to the murder of a Black woman, 27-year-old Martika Ferguson.... View Article The post Oklahoma man says he killed Black woman to 'teach her a lesson' appeared first on TheGrio.
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Trump Issues Executive Order On Police Reform And Meets With Black Families
President Donald Trump held a press conference today (June 16) in the Rose Garden at the White House to sign an executive order providing his strategy for restoring, renewing and rebuilding communities through police
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New Jersey cop charged for pepper spraying Black men without reason
A New Jersey police officer has been charged assault for pepper spraying young men while responding to a 911
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Georgia cashier killed, 3 others injured after argument over face masks
A grocery store cashier in the Atlanta area was killed and three other people were wounded Monday in a shooting... View Article The post Georgia cashier killed, 3 others injured after argument over face masks appeared first on TheGrio.
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