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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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What do Derek Chauvin and Amy Cooper have to do with public education? Everything.
Submitted by: Jon Hale, University of South Carolina,  Candace Livingston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educators in South Carolina have been called to task once again. Recent calls to abolish the police, indict and convict police officers including Derek Chauvin, and to hold Whites
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Source: The Charleston Chronicle
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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Twin Cities Area Police Forces Loaded Up On War Surplus Under President Trump
Twin Cities Area Police Forces Loaded Up On War Surplus Under President Trump
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New Jersey cop charged for pepper spraying Black men without reason
A New Jersey police officer has been charged assault for pepper spraying young men while responding to a 911
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New Pennsylvania Law Requires Officers To Disclose Employment Records When Applying For New Jobs
The state of Pennsylvania will now require officers looking for new roles in law enforcement to disclose their previous employment records, and mandate that law enforcement agencies detail why they
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The Texas Legislative Black Caucus Announces George Floyd Act
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Virginia Pastor Arrested After Calling Cops On White ‘Mob’ Threatening To Kill Him
Virginia Pastor Leon McCray, 61, called the police for protection after being threatened by a white “mob” in front of property he owned and instead of arresting them, the police arrested McCray. McCray said he was visiting an apartment property he owns in Edinburg when he saw a man and...
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Rep. Omar Is Calling For The End Of U. S. Political and Economic Systems
[ad_1] Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar called for dismantling U.S. economic and political systems that serve as a “system of oppression.” According to Fox News, the Minnesota Democrat said during an outdoor press conference Tuesday, most conversations around police brutality and racial injustice do not
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Clunis’ sudden death shocks cops, family
When Leon Clunis called Senior Superintendent Wayne Cameron at 12:35 p.m. on Tuesday to remind him that he would be discharged shortly from the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), neither man would imagine that the wounded “warrior” would be leaving...
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Robert Fuller, man found hanging from tree in Palmdale, mourned at funeral service in Littlerock - African American News Today - EIN News
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Littlerock for Robert Fuller, the 24-year-old Palmdale man whose body was found hanging from a tree in a park across the street from Palmdale City Hall.
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New Poll: 63% of Americans Favor Eliminating Qualified Immunity for Police - Milwaukee Community Journal
62% favor limiting police unions’ collective bargaining power; 55% worry criticism of police could drive up crime Washington, D.C.— Washington, D.C. – Conducted in the wake of nationwide protests calling for law enforcement accountability, a new national Cato Institute/YouGov poll released today
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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 race. Floyd died on May 25 after
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Egypt court upholds sentence against activist | Africanews
Egypt’s highest appeals court on Saturday upheld a 15-year-sentence against one of the leading activists behind the country’s 2011 uprising, for his conviction of taking part of clashes between protesters and security forces later that
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Four Minneapolis Officers Fired After Death of Black Man
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was
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Check It Out: Banning the banned chokehold | New Pittsburgh Courier
by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier During the 2000 presidential race, civil rights organizations demanded a federal ban on racial profiling. Democrat Al Gore said, racial profiling ran counter to what the United States was all about, and if entrusted with the presidency, ending racial
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Ahmaud Arbery’s Mother To Help Breonna Taylor’s Family Get Justice
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25 cars join ‘Slow Ride for Justice’ through Eutaw to protest police brutality and call for criminal justice reform
On Sunday afternoon, June 14, 2020, twenty-five cars joined the ‘Slow Ride for Justice’ through the City of Eutaw, to protest the police killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many others. The ride called for criminal justice reform and passage of the Justice in Policing
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Brother of Robert Fuller, California Man Found Hanged In Tree, Gunned Down by L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies a Week Later In Nearby City
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed the half-brother of Robert Fuller, a Black man found hanged in a tree in a Southern California town earlier this month, after a traffic stop in the city of Rosamond on the afternoon of Wednesday, June
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It Only Takes One - Los Angeles Sentinel
George Floyd’s death at-the-hands of a Minneapolis police officer is one of many tragic deaths suffered by communities of color across the country on a regular basis. These acts are the results of systemic racism in our society and the failure to expose it and weed it out from
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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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US legislatures slow to pass laws limiting use of force
A wave of police killings of young black men in 2014 prompted 24 states to quickly pass some type of law enforcement reform, but many declined to address the most glaring issue: police use of
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Watch: Former Officer Charged In Death of George Floyd Confronted While Shopping In Minneapolis Grocery Store
J. Alexander Kueng, a former Minneapolis police officer who faces criminal charges in the death of George Floyd, was confronted and questioned by a shopper []
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LA city council approves plan to replace cops with unarmed responders
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HBCU Students Organize Thousands for Protest in Jackson – The Mississippi Link
The march was organized by HBCU students Calvert White, of Alcorn State University, Taylor Turnage, of Tougaloo College, Maisie Brown, of North Carolina A&T, and Timothy Young, a recent graduate of Jackson State
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South L.A. Community Patrol Works to Keep Parks and Rec Safe - Los Angeles Sentinel
Areas of misconception that created a snag in concise protection from the city’s police force, stems from the reasons they are called. “Over-policing” is tethered to overwhelming agendas that do not match the skill sets of law enforcement. Most escalations do not require the restraints or
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Rihanna’s Nonprofit Donates $11 Million To Racial Justice Initiatives
One of the Clara Lionel Foundation’s latest efforts is centered on fighting police brutality and supporting organizations focused on criminal justice
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Activists use informal tools to keep the peace at protests
When Berto Aguayo heard that Chicago protests started turning violent over the weekend, he called a few dozen people to meet in front of a colorful mural in a South Side
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Officers in deadly Breonna Taylor raid thought she was alone | The Atlanta Voice
Louisville police officers who fatally shot Breonna Taylor while serving a warrant were told she should be home alone because the main target of the narcotics investigation was elsewhere, according to an interview with one of the detectives who served the warrant. Taylor was shot eight times after
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#StayWoke The Eagle Newswire: Trumped In Tulsa, Statues And Images Of Oppression And Qualified Immunity | The Oklahoma Eagle
In the week before President Donald J. Trump’s kick-off rally in Tulsa, there was valid concern what the trip might mean for our
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