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Cori Bush Is Set To Be The First Black Lives Matter Leader In Congress
The activist's primary win against Rep. William Lacy Clay in Missouri's 1st Congressional District is a milestone for the movement born in Ferguson.
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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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Civil Rights Groups: Increase Accountability in Policing
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, submitted written testimony today to the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice highlighting the need for transformative reform of policing at both the federal
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Rep. Marilyn Strickland Calls Out The Erasure Of Black Capitol Workers Impacted By Riot
The newly elected congresswoman also called for the arrest of everyone involved in Wednesday’s attack.
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A New Low’: Elijah McClain’s Family Reacts To Photos Of Cops Re-enacting Chokehold Death
Reports describe a shockingly insensitive act in the midst of protest.
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Roderick Walker's Stepson Screamed ‘Daddy’ As Georgia Deputy Punched Him In Viral Video
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#StayWoke The Oklahoma Eagle Editorial: Julius Jones Wins Phase I Of Commutation Process, Black Farmers and OKC Shootings | The Oklahoma Eagle
Julius Jones Wins Phase I Of Commutation Process In what some might call a stunning vote by the probation and parole board, they voted 3-1 to consider Julius Jones’ case for commutation. Jones has spent two decades on death row after his conviction of the 1999 murder of Paul Howell in
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Congress Moves George Floyd Justice In Policing Act Measure Forward | The Savannah Tribune
The House Judiciary Committee has introduced the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act, the first-ever bold, comprehensive approach to hold police accountable, end racial profiling, change the law enforcement culture, empower communities, and build trust between law enforcement and minority
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Abolishing the police is about customer service, not to protect and serve
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NNS Spotlight: ‘People power’: How the African American Roundtable Works to Educate and Empower Leaders - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Department of Justice Opens Investigation into Minneapolis Police Department – Free Press of Jacksonville
(Source: www.insightnews.com) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced this morning the Department of Justice will open an investigation in the Minneapolis Police Department. “The investigation I’m announcing today will asses if the Minneapolis Police [...]
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THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Lacey needs to re-examine questionable shootings
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City to pay millions to Breonna Taylor’s mom, reform police – Dallas Post Tribune
By DYLAN LOVAN LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Months after the police killing of Breonna Taylor thrust her name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, the city of Louisville agreed to pay the Black woman’s family $12 million and reform police practices as part of a settlement announced
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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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Biden set to host family of George Floyd on first anniversary of his death
By: Alyssa Wilson Tuesday marks the first anniversary of the day former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. The world watched the video of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd for nine minutes as he said, 'I can't breathe.'   Since that day, protests erupted across 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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Memorial Events, Marches And White House Meeting Mark One Year Since George Floyd's Death - The Seattle Medium
It's been a year since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, sparking global protests and supporters, activists and his family will honor Floyd with a series of celebrations of his life and marches
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Protests Erupt In Minnesota After Police Fatally Shoot 20-Year-Old Black Man Over Alleged Air Freshener Violation
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Driver Rams Into Officers at Capitol, Killing One and Injuring Another
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Widow And Family Of Rayshard Brooks Hold Emotional Press Conference
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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An Off-Duty LAPD Officer Claimed Starbucks Put A Tampon In His Drink
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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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VIDEO: Rashard Brooks and the Tale of Two Police Officers and Officer Discretion
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Op-Ed: "I Was With George Floyd's Family When Derek Chauvin Was Found Guilty" • EBONY
Activist Najee Ali shares what it was like to be on the ground during protests and with the Floyd family the evening of the conviction of disgraced police officer Derek Chauvin.
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Black Texas Teen Seen Being Violently Pinned Down By Cop, Evacuates Home With Family - Blavity
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Dartavius Barnes Sues Springfield Police After Body Cam Footage Showed They Tested His Baby Girl's Ashes Like Drugs
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