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Colorado Police Officer Suspended After Posting ‘Kill Them All’ Aimed at Black Lives Matter Protesters
A White Colorado police officer was suspended and reassigned by the Colorado Springs’ police department after he used a fake Facebook profile to lob disparaging words toward Black Lives Matter…
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Number of People Killed by Police Skyrocketed in Past Year, New Report Shows - The Washington Informer
Roughly 1,000 people have been killed by law enforcement since May 2020, according to a new report. The post Number of People Killed by Police Skyrocketed in Past Year, New Report Shows appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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Miami police shown punching, kicking Black man in cellphone video
Miami police officers were caught on cellphone video punching and kicking a Black man in the Liberty City neighborhood on... View Article The post Miami police shown punching, kicking Black man in cellphone video appeared first on TheGrio.
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Black Lives Matter Demands LA’s First Black District Attorney To Resign
Jackie Lacey has been on the job for eight years.
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Ava DuVernay Announces LEAP Initiative Created to Spotlight Police Brutality Through the Arts
Producer, director, and filmmaker Ava DuVernay is using her gifts to further amplify stories of those impacted by police brutality and
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‘Stop Killing Us’ Activists Bring Their Pain to State Capitol
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” on July 1, 2020. 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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California lawmakers failed to enact sweeping police reforms. Here’s why. — The Sacramento Observer
(CALMATTERS) - Last summer, when California passed a landmark law meant to reduce police shootings, lawmakers praised the mothers, fathers and activists who had packed the Capitol throughout the year. They wore T-shirts memorializing shooting victims. Filled hallways with songs and prayer. Laid
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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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Florida Principal Won’t Face Charges After Paddling 6-Year-Old Student | Black America Web
A Florida State's Attorney found no wrongdoing relating to a disturbing viral video which showed an elementary school principal paddling a six-year-old child.
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George Floyd Verdict: I Didn’t Feel Relief.
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American Policing Has Always Been About Enforcing White Supremacy
The Brooklyn College professor and author of “The End of Policing,” and his academic peers, all experts in the history of American policing and police brutality, have been called on a lot since mass protests sprang up nationwide in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and
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Op-Ed: Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Highlights Cruel Irony in the Justice System • EBONY
Attorney Areva Martin breaks down how the argument presented Derek Chauvin's defense team attempts to undermine logic.
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Washington reviewing Ja anti-smuggling MOU
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Lawsuit Aims To Prove North Carolina Cop Framed Black Teen After False Arrest
The family is calling the incident a “modern day lynching.”
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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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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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Darnella Frazier, Teen Who Filmed George Floyd’s Murder, Says Minneapolis Police ‘Killed’ Her Uncle
Darnella Frazier, the teenager who filmed Derek Chauvin murder George Floyd, has revealed that Minneapolis police killed her uncle, who was an innocent driver during a high-speed chase conducted under questionable circumstances.
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What do blacks say about the police? - African American News Today - EIN News
nearly three-quarters of surveyed African-Americans report themselves satisfied with or “dismantle” police departments, but black Americans haven’t received concrete, alternative to curb violence. Most African-Americans clearly desire police reform over
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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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Coki Point Shooting Victim in Serious Condition Friday Night
A man found shot multiple times by police officers responding to a call in the Coki Point area of St Thomas was in serious condition at the Schneider Regional Medical Center as of about 8 p.m. Friday.
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From Fannie Lou Hamer To Breonna Taylor, Black Women Have Been Victims Of Police Violence For Decades
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Eight Louisiana police officers accused of excessive force after chase have been indicted | The Atlanta Voice
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Malawi may soon earn a space in the Guinness Book of Records for organizing never-ending demonstrations for a month hardly passes without one non-governmental organization (NGO) or a group of concerned citizens taking to the streets to demand enjoyment of one right after the other. Dissatisfied
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“Stop Killing Us:” Activists Bring Their Pain to State Capitol
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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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