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Man Who Drove Into Black Lives Matter Protesters In Seattle Is Identified
The driver who drove his car into a group of Black Lives Matter protesters in Seattle, leaving two of them in critical condition, has been identified as a man named Dawit Kelete.
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Former Florida Police Officer Arrested After Video Reveals Him Placing Knee on Pregnant Black Woman’s Neck and Using Taser - Black Enterprise
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Irate Wisconsin Woman Arrested for Spitting on Black Teen Protester, Released and Arrested the Next Day for Kneeing Cop In Groin
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Demonstrators Resist as Crews Arrive at Seattle Protest Zone - Black News Channel
By AP / BNC Contributor SEATTLE (AP) — Crews arrived with heavy equipment arrived early Friday at Seattles occupied protest zone, apparently ready to dismantle barriers set up by demonstrators, but halted work when demonstrators resisted, including by lying on top of some of the makeshift
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Police Reform Was Never Going to Be Easy — But Now’s the Time
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Digicel Foundation launches major $42-million Operation SAFE effort New push to sanitise, advocate, feed
Digicel Foundation has announced a significant investment in Jamaica's response to the COVID-19 crisis with the launch of its $42-million islandwide humanitarian project dubbed Operation SAFE – focused on sanitising, advocating, feeding, and enabling Jamaicans in the fight against
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Mother Arrested In Front of Her Child for Not Wearing Mask Properly, NYPD Commissioner Claims Cops Are 'Dealing with Gang Members' In Response to Criticism
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NYC Teen Tasered By Police After Mistaken Identity
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Police: Men Yelled Racial Slurs at Black Family in Oregon
LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — Seven men were arrested after police say they taunted a Black family by yelling racial slurs and using Nazi salutes during a Fourth of July incident in an Oregon beach town. The men challenged police to a fight when officers arrived to the beach in Lincoln City and set off
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UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial forms Community Advisory Council | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Announcement creates formal process to ensure community input informs UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial’s care and outreach The University of Chicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial recently announced the creation of its first community advisory council (CAC). The CAC will seek community input on health
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Angola: Sagrada Esperança to Play in Confederation Cup
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Black community and political leaders are calling on President Donald Trump to at least change the date of an Oklahoma rally kick-starting his return to public campaigning, saying that holding the event on Juneteenth, the day that marks the end of slavery in America, is a “slap in
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