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A tale of two arrests: Outrage as police grant courtesy to double murder suspect Arzadon
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'I Can Breathe Now': After Days Of Nationwide Protests, George Floyd Is Eulogized
'I Can Breathe Now': After Days Of Nationwide Protests, George Floyd Is Eulogized
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Murder charges dropped against two officers who body-slammed man
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Botham Jean's Sister Issues Strong Rebuke of Amber Guyger's 'Disrespectful' Appeal to Throw Out Murder Conviction: 'She Took His Life'
Attorneys for Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who was found guilty of murdering Botham Jean in 2018, have filed an appeal against the […]
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COMMENTARY: ENOUGH
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George Floyd, Whose Death Energized a Movement, Laid To Rest
HOUSTON (AP) — George Floyd was lovingly remembered Tuesday as Big Floyd — a “gentle giant,” a father and brother, athlete and mentor, and now a force for change — at a funeral for the black man whose death has sparked a global reckoning over police brutality and racial
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Protests continue worldwide as George Floyd is laid to rest –
The first of several memorial services was held in Minneapolis on June 4 at North Central University with the Rev. Al Sharpton delivering the
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Derek Chauvin Appears Before The Judge
On Monday, June 8, 2020, Derek Chauvin appeared in court for the first time after being charged with the second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter of George
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Minority Officers Allege Discrimination Over Chauvin Booking
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eight minority corrections officers who work at the jail holding a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd allege that they were barred from guarding or having contact with the officer because of their
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I Was Just Thinking: So Now Can We Hire Kaepernick Back?
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Attorney For Former Officer Involved In Killing George Floyd Blames Witnesses For Not Doing More To Help
An attorney for one of the former Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd is trying to shift the responsibility for his death on those who were witnesses rather than blame his
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Beyonce’ Writes A Letter Demanding Justice For Breonna Taylor
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Senate Confirms Nation’s First African American Service Chief – Westside Story Newspaper – Online
In an unanimous 98-0 vote presided over by Vice President Pence, a rare occasion, the Senate voted to confirm Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown as the Air Force’s next chief of
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Man sentenced in killing of Black Army Lt. Richard Collins III - TheGrio
Sean Urbanski has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2017 murder of Army Lieutenant Richard Collins III. Urbanski,... View Article The post Man sentenced in killing of Black Army Lt. Richard Collins III appeared first on TheGrio.
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Nike Responds To George Floyd’s Death With Powerful New Video: “For Once, Don’t Do it”
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WATCH: Kareem Abdul Jabbar Speaks to the Black Press About Injustice
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Family Autopsy: Floyd Asphyxiated By Sustained Pressure
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An autopsy commissioned for George Floyd’s family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes and ignored his cries of distress, the family’s attorneys said
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Democrats Kneel At Capitol Building To Honor George Floyd
House and Senate Democrats held a moment of silence at the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall on Monday (June 8) for eight minutes and 46 seconds in honor of George Floyd and others who have been killed by police
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COMMENTARY: ENOUGH – Voice and Viewpoint
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Father Slams Knee-On-Neck Arrest Of His Son As Video Is Compared To George Floyd
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Rapper Hurricane Chris Arrested For Murder in Louisiana
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Calif. school district under fire for creating white student support group for Chauvin trial - TheGrio
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Non-White Jail Officers Claim They Weren't Allowed To Monitor Derek Chauvin
Eight non-white corrections officers at a county jail that initially housed Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, say they were barred from guarding Chauvin because of their race, according to the Star
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Kevin Hart Speaks Out on George Floyd's Death, Says He Wants Police to Stop Ignoring the Problem
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