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Hope through the suffering
In a nation with a long shameful history of public lynchings as spectacle and entertainment, George Floyd’s murder has ignited something new: public mourning and public outcry for real
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Police dragnet catches Westmoreland’s most wanted
WESTERN BUREAU: A reputed high-ranking member of the feared King Valley Gang who was atop the Westmoreland’s most wanted list was apprehended in a police dragnet at a house in Grange Hill in the parish on Tuesday morning. He has been identified as...
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Louisiana Woman Stabbed Multiple Times, Boyfriend Charged with Second-Degree Murder: ‘She Wanted to be His Safe Harbor’
Kinnedy Smith died on June 6 after she was stabbed multiple times in her Baton Rouge
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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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Source: The Birmingham Times
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Charges for 3 Officers Involved in George Floyd’s Death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The three other officers on the scene when a member of the Minneapolis police force pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder, and the murder case against the main officer is being upgraded to second-degree, a newspaper reported
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Source: Black America Web
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Shooting of Oscar Grant
Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of New Years Day 2009 by BART Police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San
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An ex-Police Officer Charged in George Floyd's Death, J. Alexander Kueng, Questioned by Angry Shopper (Video)
After being charged in the police killing of George Floyd and posting bail, one of the four ex-police officers was discovered shopping freely by an angry
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Source: Charges for 3 Officers Involved in Floyd’s Death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The three other officers on the scene when a member of the Minneapolis police force pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder, and the murder case against the main officer is being upgraded to second-degree, a newspaper reported
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Source: Black America Web
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Protests Continue Nationwide Over George Floyd Killing In Minneapolis
Nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd — the Black man who died Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck — continued Friday evening as Americans demanded that those involved face
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IT’S MOURNING TIME –
George Floyd’s family to lay him to rest; protesters urged to ‘take
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A second-degree knee!
Last Monday, on Memorial Day, at 38th and Chicago in Minneapolis, four White police officers murdered George Floyd, a Black
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`He is going to change the world’: Funeral held for Floyd
HOUSTON (AP) — George Floyd was fondly remembered Tuesday as “Big Floyd” — a father and brother, athlete and neighborhood mentor, and now a catalyst 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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Minority Officers Allege Discrimination Over Chauvin Booking | Afro
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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Malcolm X born in Omaha, Nebraska
Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louis Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the familys eight children. His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Earls civil
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BREAKING: Attorney General Keith Ellison Brings Charges Against All 4 Officers in Floyd Case | BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said that he will elevate charges against the former Minneapolis police officer who The post BREAKING: Attorney General Keith Ellison Brings Charges Against All 4 Officers in Floyd Case appeared first on BlackDoctor.org.
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Al Sharpton Announces March On Washington In August
Rev. Al Sharpton and George Floyd’s family are planning a march on Washington this
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Rapper Hurricane Chris Charged With Murder In Louisiana
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Florida Mother Who Claimed Her Son was Kidnapped by 2 Black Men is Seen On Surveillance Video Trying to Drown Him Before Later Killing Him
A Florida woman, who said that two black men abducted her son, actually drowned the boy herself, according to ABC
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Ex-Cop Involved In George Floyd's Killing Confronted By Woman At Grocery Store: 'You're Not Gonna Be Able To Live Comfortably' - Blavity
According to TMZ, a woman spotted Kueng while he was shopping and captured the confrontation on video, which was posted to
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Tentative Trial Date Set For Ex-Minneapolis Officers Accused In George Floyd Death
A judge in Minnesota has set a March 8 trial date for the four former police officers accused in the death of George
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Creating During a Crisis: Black Muralist Sydney G. James To Recreate Iconic Malice Green Painting
During this time of Strange Fruit, Artist, and Muralist, Sydney G. James has found a way to hang her frustrations by re-creating the mural in honor of unjustly slain Malice Green, killed at the hands of Police
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Breaking News: George Floyd Murder Case
The family of George Floyd may be one step closer to
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Rapper Hurricane Chris Arrested For Murder in Louisiana
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Rap artist Hurricane Chris, known for the hit “A Bay Bay,” has been arrested on a murder charge in
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Shooting of Jordan Davis
The shooting of Jordan Davis occurred on Friday, November 23, 2012, at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, United States by Michael David Dunn, a 47-year-old software developer, following an argument over the loud music played by Davis and/or his three friends. Jordan Russell Davis was
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Gender-based violence: Ramaphosa demands life sentences for rapists
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed several key issues surrounding the lockdown, the cigarette ban, and gender-based violence.
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Kevin Hart Speaks Out on George Floyd's Death, Says He Wants Police to Stop Ignoring the Problem
With people protesting George Floyd’s death across the United States, many have been vocal about looting and property damage that has followed some of the
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George Floyd’s son visits site where dad was killed: 'We want justice'
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Murder Charge Upgraded in Floyd Case, 3 Other Cops Charged
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors on Wednesday expanded their case against the police who were at the scene of George Floyd’s death, charging three of the officers with aiding and abetting a murder and upgrading the charges against the officer who pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck to second-degree
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Cop involved in Floyd's death released from jail on bail
His lawyer, Earl Gray, confirmed Lane was released Wednesday afternoon after posting bail and told ABC News he had no further comment at this
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Tim Scott won’t acknowledge systemic racism and defunding police because he actually wants to stop systemic racism...by defunding the police
But, for some reason Scott won’t acknowledge that there is systemic racism in the way officers police black people in
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IS DEMOCRACY ON LIFE SUPPORT?
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