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Mayor: Officer Who Put Knee on Man’s Neck Should Be Charged
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mayor of Minneapolis called Wednesday for criminal charges against the white police officer seen on video kneeling against the neck of a handcuffed black man who complained that he could not breathe and died in police
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A Man Who Cares
The Sentinel goes one-on-one with Sergeant Andre Clansy, Los Angeles Police Department Gang Intervention Liaison
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Arthur Allen Fletcher, “The Father of Affirmative Action”
Arthur Allen Fletcher is known to many as the father of affirmative action.  In the following account historian David Hamilton Golland describes the career of Fletcher, a Republican civil rights activist during the last half of the 20th
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Musona waiting on Anderlecht
The 29-year-old Zimbabwean international is returning to his parent club, Anderlecht, after his loan stint with KAS Eupen got cut short due to the Jupiler Pro League being called off early amid the COVID-19
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East Africa: COVID-19 Leaves Region in $2.3 Billion Debt Hole in Three Months
East African countries have borrowed nearly $2.3 billion new loans in less than three months since reporting the first Covid-19 positive case, adding to the region's mounting debts at a time of shrinking tax
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Source: allAfrica.com
EDITORIAL: Finance ministers owe citizens the truth on budgets
Given the unusual circumstances, the Finance ministers struck an optimistic posture, perhaps trying to lift the spirits of a region weighed down by the ripple effects of varying levels of Covid-19 related lockdowns in three of the member
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Source: The East African
Plans Unveiled for the Phased Reopening of Walt Disney World Resort Theme Parks, Resort Hotels and Disney Stores
Today, we submitted a proposal to the Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force in Florida describing our approach for a phased reopening of Walt Disney World Resort theme parks planned to begin on July
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Louisville Community Leader On Protests: 'People Want To See Something Different'
Demonstrators gather outside City Hall in Louisville, Ky., on May 29 to protest of police
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A tale of two lynchings & two very different responses
This past week’s international civil disturbances, sparked by the ‘lynching’ of a Black man in Minneapolis,  took me back four decades to the killing/murder of Earnest Lacy by Milwaukee police
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Donna Morton: First African American Woman Hired as a Police Instructor at Eastern Kentucky University
Donna Morton: First African American Woman Hired as a Police Instructor at Eastern Kentucky University
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Human Rights Watch Calls For Tulsa Race Massacre Reparations A Century After Violence | The Oklahoma Eagle
Human Rights Watch argued that beyond the physical destruction, the state and city government created polices of structural racism that kept black people in Tulsa from
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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle
Fired Louisiana Cop Says It’s ‘Unfortunate’ That All Black People Weren’t Killed By Coronavirus
Kaplan Police Officer Steven Aucoin was fired following an investigation for allegedly suggesting that it was “unfortunate” that the coronavirus pandemic had not killed off black people, officials
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'Unfortunate COVID-19 didn't wipe out blacks' – Louisiana cop fired for racist Facebook post
A white Louisiana police officer, who in a racist Facebook post, said it is “unfortunate” the coronavirus pandemic hadn’t wiped out black people in the United States has been
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57 Buffalo police resign from response team in support of suspended officers
Police assault on senior in Buffalo during protest (Screenshot from viral
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Earth Today | Gov’ts urged to prioritise environmental considerations amid COVID-19 storm
THE GOVERNMENTS and people of the Caribbean are reminded to keep environmental considerations as key to sustainable economies and overall development front of mind, even as they negotiate the challenges of the COVID-19
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Africa: COVID-19 'Is an African Governance Crisis'
In the wake of Covid-19, a governance crisis is emerging which could impact on the way that Africa is able to respond to the
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African Americans 'probably ought to be' shot more by police, a top Tulsa officer said
Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum on Wednesday blasted one of his police department's top commanders after the officer denied there's systemic racism in law enforcement, then said African Americans "probably ought to be" shot
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'Get Your Story Straight': Postal Inspector Denies Police Claim That Suspicious Packages Were Delivered to Breonna Taylor's Home Before Raid That Led to Her Death
A Louisville-based U.S. postal inspector revealed his office was not consulted about suspicious packages going to Breonna Taylor’s home, which was a major factor for the police department’s “no-knock” warrant
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CBCF To Host First-Ever All Digital Annual Legislative Conference
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) have announced it will deliver its Annual Legislative Conference completely online later this
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Fort Bend ISD announces plans to host outdoor graduation ceremonies
Following Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s recent executive order allowing outdoor graduation ceremonies to take place on or after June 1 in all counties, Fort Bend ISD has decided to host all 11 high school ceremonies at FBISD’s Kenneth Hall
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West Africa: Food Insecurity in West Africa Could Leave 43 million at Risk as Coronavirus Hits
During the lean season in June and August, more than 21 million people across West Africa "will struggle to feed themselves", she explained, adding Gambia and Benin to the list of countries in
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Source: allAfrica.com
Lowes Commits Additional $25 Million in Grants & Resources To Small Businesses In Wake of COVID Pandemic
As small businesses look to reopen in the coming weeks and months, Lowe’s announced a second $25 million commitment to support ongoing COVID-19 relief, bringing the company’s pandemic support to communities to $50
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More funding for police department, not less, says Birmingham (Ala.) chief
Defunding the police department is a not good idea and could cost lives, said Birmingham Police Department (BPD) Chief Patrick D. Smith in an interview on
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Booed By Protesters After Not Committing To Abolishing Police
On Saturday (June 6) Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who is up for re-election next year, was booed out of a rally after he declined to make a commitment to defund the city’s police department, according to The New York
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Black officers hurt when our community hurts
The members of the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers (MAMLEO) understand that those actions are not isolated in nature but reflect the long history of people of color being mistreated and killed by members of our
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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
Kaleemah Rozier, 22, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon following a heated confrontation with several NYPD officers, reported
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Florida sheriff tells residents to shoot looters as more rioting follows George Floyd’s death | Afro
A Florida sheriff has put looters on notice: Gun owners in his county should use their firearms to kill
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Cop Charged With Assault After Pepper Spraying Black Men On Their Porch
A Woodlynne, N.J., policeman was charged with assault for pepper spraying two Black men without being provoked as they sat on their front porch in an incident caught on video last week, according to
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Africa coronavirus: DRC's returnees from Europe, Zim lockdown extended
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Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young Announces Cancellation of Public Events Through August 31 | Afro
Mayor B ernard C. “Jack” Young Announces Cancellation of Public Events Through August 31
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