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Police Accountability, Ban on Chokeholds, No-Knock Warrants Among List of Legislative Priorities Endorsed by Washington State BLM and Introduced This Session
When most people envision strides in the civil rights movement, Atlanta, Montgomery, Birmingham, Selma and other Southern cities come to mind. But the Pacific Northwest […]
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President Johnson seeks 10% MPD budget reduction in 2021 to be reallocated for vital community needs
A file was introduced with the purpose of directing the City of Milwaukee’s budget office to prepare a model 2021 police department budget showing a 10% reduction in
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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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SCA students argue for reparations at NYU - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… descendants of chatel slavery.  “Black Americans are the only group that … to formally achieve redress for African-Americans and American Descendants of Slavery … and violence has disproportionately killed Black Americans for years. When people protested …
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St. Paul Police Accused of Sabotaging George Floyd Protests After White Man Randomly Vandalizes AutoZone Store with Hammer
A Minnesota police department denied accusations from critics who believe they deployed undercover officers to undermine protests happening in
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“Stop Killing Us:” Activists Bring Their Pain to State Capitol
(CBM) Last week, several California social and criminal justice organizations, as well as community-based groups, gathered for a rally at the state Capitol titled “Stop Killing Us.” Oakland-based All of Us or None (AOUON) organized the event — with the help of other partners across the state — to
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Source: The Sacramento Observer
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Rihanna, Migos, Meek Mill, Nas & More Sign Open Letter Calling For Reform Of New York Police Department
Rihanna, Migos, Meek Mill, Nas & More Sign Open Letter Calling For Reform Of New York Police Department
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NGO wants harsher penalties for police who fail to attend court - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
ATTORNEY Lee Merry, director of High Tide Project, a non-profit Caribbean police-reform organisation incorporated in TT, is calling for harsher penalties for police officers who fail to attend court, which leads to cases being thrown out. Merry and Kashka Hemans, both attorneys, are founders o
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US police used British anti-riot gear at Black Lives Matter protests
Revelation contradicts official assurance that no UK-made equipment was used to repress peaceful demonstrations
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Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop
I ran across an essay written by a self-described former California police officer that he called “Confessions of a Former Bastard
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Lee should apologize | Culver City News
… believed demonstrated “disproportionate responses” to African-Americans by Culver City Police, vice …
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Book Excerpt #2: "The Roots of Racism in American Policing" | Black Star News
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Dartavius Barnes Sues Springfield Police After Body Cam Footage Showed They Tested His Baby Girl's Ashes Like Drugs
Dartavius Barnes, a grieving father, had insult added to injury after Springfield tested his deceased baby, Ta'Jana's, ashes for drugs during traffic stop.
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Fired officer who halted excessive force arrest wins pension – Dallas Post Tribune
By CAROLYN THOMPSON BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Buffalo, New York, police officer who was fired for trying to stop another officer from using a chokehold on a handcuffed suspect has won a yearslong legal fight to overturn her dismissal and collect her pension. A state Supreme Court judge cited the
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Police Officer Charged With Assault for Ordering Dog to Attack Black Man
A white police officer has been charged with second-degree felony assault for ordering his police dog to bite a Black man who had already surrendered
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Emails show Pittsburgh police officers accessed Clearview facial recognition after BLM protests | New Pittsburgh Courier
The use of facial recognition broke bureau policy and, later, city law. by Juliette Rihl Pittsburgh police officers accessed the facial recognition technology Clearview AI over the course of a year, including during Black Lives Matter protests last summer. The use of the technology violated police
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Kenya: Quivers Lounge Shooting Suspect to Appear in Court
[Nation] The man who shot two police officers and a woman at Quivers Lounge in Nairobi will be charged in court today after he surrendered to authorities yesterday.
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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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How Policing Has — And Hasn’t — Changed In The Year Since George Floyd Was Murdered
Local and state law enforcement agencies have adopted some reforms, but there's still a long way to go, according to experts and activists.
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‘You’ve Been Warned’: Black Florida Sheriff Threatens To Deputize Gun Owners Against Protesters
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Will Kamala Harris be the next VP?
(CALMATTERS) – California U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris is emerging as the top contender for Joe Biden’s vice president amid protests over police brutality and a renewed reckoning about racism in
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Protests In White And Black, And The Different Response Of Law Enforcement
… Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, who teaches African-American Studies at Princeton University, said …
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Black Texas Teen Seen Being Violently Pinned Down By Cop, Evacuates Home With Family - Blavity
A Black Texas teen who had a violent encounter with a white police officer last month, has evacuated her home with her family, after receiving death threats.    Nekia Trigg, 18, her mother Antanique Ray and other relatives left their residence located in Forney, Texas because they feared
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Sanco wants cops to clamp down on illegal mining after discovery of 20 bodies | News24
The South African National Civic Organisation has called on law enforcement authorities to intensify their efforts to curb illegal mining activity, after the discovery of the bodies of 20 suspected illegal miners in Orkney in the North West.
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Ma’Khia Bryant’s Funeral Scheduled For Friday
The 16-year-old was shot and killed by Columbus police.
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Minneapolis City Council announces plans to dismantle police department
During a Black Visions Collective and Reclaim the Block rally at Powderhorn Park on Sunday, Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender announced that she and a group of her colleagues were proposing to disband the city’s police
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Open Letter To My Fellow Members Of Law Enforcement
The disproportionate numbers of black, brown and disenfranchised Americans that are over-policed fundamentally will not change if we only focus on tactics and training without acknowledging the structural and systemic racism that policing in America is responsible
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A Black Man Was Shot by Georgia Cops Serving Drug Warrant. Attorneys Say Details Mirror Breonna Taylor Case - The New York Beacon
On Dec. 17, 49-year-old Johnny Lorenzo Bolton was shot dead in an apartment in Smyrna, Ga., by a member of a theCobb County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team while the team was executing a no-knock drug warrant. Bolton’s name was not listed on that warrant or
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Man held with guns after threats of violence
A 26-year-old man was taken into police custody and a number of firearms which belong to a private security firm were seized yesterday following the circulation of a video on social media threatening
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AG: All Barbadians 'have a stake' in fight against gun crime - Barbados Today
Attorney General Dale Marshall is calling on all Barbadians to join the fight against gun crime in Barbados. Marshall made the call in a statement on the killing of Sgt. Newton Lewis. “We all have a stake in this, and we all must do more. Join us in this fight against gun crime. If you
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