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Missouri officers accused of assaulting black woman, son
Andrew M. Stroth of the Chicago-based Action Injury Law Group said Marvia Gray was especially traumatized by how her son was treated given other high-profile incidents involving white officers and black men, including the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, another St. Louis
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Hospitals demand COVID-19 records
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AMHVoices: UN should intervene without delay
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Minnesota governor activates National Guard as protests continue
Police fire tear gas at protestors on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, during the second day of protests over the death of George Floyd in
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Trinidad opens wider on Thursday - No Covid cases for 21 days
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Louisville Mayor Increasing Body Cams After Police Shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville police will be required to wear body cameras and will change a search warrant policy after their fatal shooting of a black emergency medical worker in her home, the city’s mayor said
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Three police officers deny aiding suspect escape from cell
Three police officers were Thursday charged with aiding a kidnapping suspect escape from lawful
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Taylor, Francis Xavier (1948 – )
Francis Xavier Taylor is a senior military leader, intelligence and security expert, and American diplomat.  Born in Washington, D.C., on October 22, 1948, Taylor was raised by his mother Virginia Taylor, who worked as an administrator in the Department of the Army. When he later enrolled at the
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Ice T
Tracy Marrow, better known as Ice T is mostly celebrated for his rap songs concerning street life & violence. He has been an influential figure for the gangster rap genre. Highly controversial songs such as Cop Killer brought much fame to Ice T. He also pursued a career in acting, his most
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“Why I Can’t Stand Out in Front of My House?”: A Study About Black Poverty, Oppression, and Police
As black America remains under an ongoing murderous and unrelenting police occupation, black social scientists have continued performing their much-needed work as the demand for true justice grows by the
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Illinois Lottery Thanks Police With Free Lunch And Blue Police Memorial Instant Tickets | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The Illinois Lottery and retail partner Mariano’s provided a free lunch, along with a Blue Police Memorial instant ticket, to say ‘thank you’ to police officers for continuing to support Illinois during the
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Newswire : Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden clarifies message to Black America
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Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Clarifies Message to Black America | Afro
Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden clarified his message to Black America after the GOP, and others, seized on a remark he made in jest while wrapping up an interview with the famous Breakfast
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Kenya, Uganda Scramble to Resolve Malaba Border Crisis
Despite an agreement arrived at on Wednesday by government officials from Kenya and Uganda on the process of Covid-19 testing for truckers at the common border, an association for Kenyan truck drivers on Thursday advised its members to suspend services until both governments address stigma and
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Sonny Liston
Sonny Liston was a notable twentieth century African-American boxer. He was known for his punching power and intimidating appearance in the boxing ring. Liston earned the World Heavyweight Championship in 1962 when he knocked out his opponent Floyd
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Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody | The Mississippi Link
Thousands of protesters march down Hiawatha Ave in Minneapolis to protest the police killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police on May
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Shooting of Oscar Grant
Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of New Years Day 2009 by BART Police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San
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Lawyer Argues Someone Is Building Smear Campaign Against Ahmaud Arbery As New Video Shows Officer Tried to Tase Victim During 2017 Stop
Bodycam footage from 2017 shows Ahmaud Arbery was approached by two Glynn County Police officers while relaxing in
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An Open Letter: America on Fire
While the world deals with COVID 19, those kissed by the sun as usual find themselves dealing not only with the disparities revealed during these times in areas such as: technology, health care, and income, just to name a few, but the pandemic of African American men hanging from trees like strange
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The Burning Of America – Again.
(ThyBlackMan.com) I do not advocate violence, but apparently those police officers and racists who kill black people every week
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Why COVID-19 has not ravaged Miramar
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Protesters mass near White House | Dallas Weekly
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Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man | The Atlanta Voice
Four Minneapolis police officers who were involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday after a bystander’s video showed the man pleading that he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his
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Limpopo man arrested for allegedly killing girlfriend, burying body in shallow grave
Limpopo police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his girlfriend, who was reported missing in January, after her body was discovered in a shallow grave in the
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Zimbabwe: Activists' Abductions - EU, UK, US Light Fires Under Mnangagwa, Demand Unbiased Probe
The international community has unequivocally told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that it expected his government to carry out swift, thorough and credible investigations into last week's abduction and brutal attacks on three MDC Alliance youth
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Berry Lawson Case (1938)
On March 26, 1938, Berry Lawson, a twenty-seven-year-old African American waiter staying at the Mt. Fuji Hotel located on Yesler Way in downtown Seattle, Washington, was reportedly asleep in a chair in the hotel lobby. He was spotted by three Seattle Police Department officers, who approached
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Police across US Speak Out against Minneapolis Custody Death | Afro
Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the actions of Minneapolis police in the custody death of a handcuffed Black man who cried for help as an officer knelt on his neck, pinning him to the pavement for at least eight
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Thousands protest in Hong Kong over security law proposal
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Police fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters who gathered yesterday against a controversial security law proposed by China, in the most intense clash for
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Shooting of Walter Scott
The shooting of Walter Scott occurred on April 4, 2015, in North Charleston, South Carolina, following a daytime traffic stop for a non-functioning brake light. Scott, an unarmed black man, was fatally shot by Michael Slager, a white North Charleston police officer. The race difference led many to
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