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House bill would end controversial qualified immunity for police officers
have joined forces to introduce a bill in the House of Representatives that would eliminate the controversial doctrine of qualified immunity for police
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Dems Propose Banning Chokeholds, No-Knock Entries for US Police Over Killings of African-American - African American News Today - EIN News
The bill stops short of the demands of protesters to "defund" the police in the country, but imposes new obligations without providing additional funding.
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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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Derek Chauvin will appear in court for the first time two weeks after George Floyd's death | The Atlanta Voice
Nine Minneapolis City Council members made a commitment this week to start the process of defunding and “dismantling” the police department, City Council President Lisa Bender said
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Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office and Behavioral Health Department Collaborate to Create Crisis Assessment and Response Team
By Karen Stokes The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Department (BHD) to create an alternative to emergency detentions or arrests for individuals suffering from mental health issues. The partnership started with a series of conversations
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Mule cop! - St James constable says she was offered US$2,000 to carry drugs
Based on an affidavit presented to a US judge by an ICE agent, Gooden reportedly stated that her colleague, Constable Dremar Graham, who was later arrested, was the mastermind behind the smuggling operation, which also resulted in the arrest of Constable Travonne
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Africa urges UN probe of US 'systemic racism', police violence
African countries are pushing for the UN's top rights body to launch a high-level investigation into "systemic racism" and police violence in the United States and beyond, according to a draft resolution seen on Tuesday by
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LA Protesters Detained In Cruelly Ironic Location
UCLA and its faculty expressed outrage Tuesday that Los Angeles police detained people arrested during protests against George Floyd’s death at the university’s Jackie Robinson Stadium, named for Major League Baseball’s first Black player and a school
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#StayWoke The Oklahoma Eagle Editorial: Langston Justice, BLM Relevant and Another Police Stop | The Oklahoma Eagle
Langston: Compensation Is Not The Same As Justice The 17-year-old dispute between Langston University and Oklahoma State University is stumbling to a painful conclusion. Like many battles where the small is right they are eventually ground to a decision because of the considerable resources of the
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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle
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Cops salute murdered officer who was shot with his own gun
On a day when 11 people were shot, two fatally, amid months of soaring gun violence in Chicago, a memorial honored a police officer who was shot 10 years ago in the back with his own gun and then, as he lay fallen, shot in the head at close range. Chicago Police holds a memorial []
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Stevante Clark Arrested, Released
Stevante Clark was booked into Sacramento County main jail on felony battery charges this week, after he was apprehend by the Sacramento Police Department’s Career Criminal Unit on May 18, Sacramento police
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The land of the free is in the grip of a pandemic. This pandemic is reaching into every nook and cranny of America. I am not speaking of the Coronavirus I am talking about over
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South Africans deserve an explanation about police brutality
South Africans deserve a full picture of the extent of police brutality and accountability when people die at at the hands of police.
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Minnesota’s Black Newspapers Speak Out Amidst Uprising in Wake of Police Murder of George Floyd
People are upset and outraged, and folks are still protesting, and some folks take advantage of the protest,” stated Mel Reeves, editor of the Minnesota
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Washington reviewing Ja anti-smuggling MOU
After more than four years of painstaking negotiations, Jamaica and the United States (US) are on the final leg of inking a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA), a memorandum of understanding aimed at stamping out the smuggling of contraband...
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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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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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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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Abolishing the police is about customer service, not to protect and serve
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Ex-Atlanta Officer Who Killed Rayshard Brooks Granted Bond
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ruled that the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks can be free on bond while his case is pending. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jane Barwick set a bond of $500,000 for Garrett Rolfe, who faces charges including felony murder in the
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From Fannie Lou Hamer To Breonna Taylor, Black Women Have Been Victims Of Police Violence For Decades
Breonna Taylor’s story is reminiscent of countless others, and reflects a long-standing pattern: For decades, Black women have been targets of police violence and
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Justice For Shaheen Mackey: Graphic Video Shows Prison Guards Taser Shackled Inmate In Medical Distress Before Death
Shaheen Mackey, who was an inmate at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, suffered from an epileptic seizure only to met with a brutal response that his family argues caused his death.
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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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Black College Student Wrongfully Arrested After Applying For Gun Permit Sues Georgia Cops - Blavity
A Black student spent more than a day in police custody after being mistaken for a suspect with a similar name.
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Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept. Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept.
In a win for anti-police violence activists in Oakland, the Oakland School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to disband the OUSD Police Dept., committing to eliminate the department that has 20 sworn officers and 120 school resource
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VIDEO: Rashard Brooks and the Tale of Two Police Officers and Officer Discretion
Video shows Officer Devin Bronsan, who joined the Atlanta Police Department in 2018, driving first to wake up
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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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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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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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Partisan Fault Lines Emerge In Congress Over Police Reform
As Washington turns its attention to police reforms following nationwide protests over George Floyd’s death, congressional lawmakers are already at odds about the steps needed to curb police misconduct and hold law enforcement more
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