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Can policing be reformed? - DefenderNetwork.com

The devastating video of Memphis police officers rehearsing their excuse for their deadly use of force even as Tyre Nichols’ lifeless body lay just steps away painted a horrifying, if not entirely clear, portrait of five cops who murdered a man for no apparent reason and then conspired to destroy his reputation. The actions of […]

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta to block the city from enforcing its mandate to wear a mask in public and other rules related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, in a suit filed in state court late Thursday in Atlanta, argue that Atlanta Mayor Keisha

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Water Is Wet: Donald Trump’s Niece Says She Heard President Use N-Word, Anti-Semitic Slurs

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Who Was Danroy ‘DJ’ Henry, and Why Jay-Z, Rihanna and Others Are Speaking Out 10 Years After He Was Killed By Police

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Megan Thee Stallion's Producer Seems To Believe Tory Lanez Played A Role In The Shooting

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Raise Up Massachusetts calls on Mass. legislators to invest in public services - The Bay State Banner

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United Way of Greater Atlanta announced that it has created the United for Racial Equity and Healing Fund to tackle the systemic issues underlying the correlation between race and zip codes, place, and equity. Funds will be invested in organizations in metro Atlanta that are primarily focused on

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Black Lives Matter protester statue replacing effigy of UK slave trader removed - Face2Face Africa

A figure of a Black Lives Matter protester installed to replace the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol has been removed. The statue of Jen Reid, photographed standing on the plinth with her fist raised after the bronze figure of the 17th-century slave trader was pulled down by

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2 Indiana men charged in assault on Black man, threat to 'get a noose' : TheGrio

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Felony charges against protesters in support of Breonna Taylor dropped in Kentucky - TheGrio

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Mary Trump says Trump is 'virulently racist,' has used racial slurs : TheGrio

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One North Carolina City Council Approves Reparations – Sort Of | BlackPressUSA

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Dambusters dog's racial slur gravestone altered by RAF - The New York Beacon

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