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In Minneapolis, where protests exploded after a police officer killed local resident George Floyd, the school board voted Tuesday evening in favor of a resolution to cut ties with the police
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D.A. Lacey says video of Floyd’s death made her angry
LOS ANGELES — District Attorney Jackie Lacey said was “angry” and “pissed off” when she saw the video capturing the death of a black man in Minneapolis at the hands of a white police officer, while emphasizing her support for peaceful protests and belief that looters are hurting the wrong
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Ella Jones Elected As First Black Woman, First Black Mayor Of Ferguson
Jones will succeed Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III, who was elected in 2011, unable to run for re-election because he exceeded his term
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'We Are Living in a Racism Pandemic,' Says APA President | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
The following statement was released by the American Psychological Association following nationwide protests tied to the murder of George
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KIEREINI: As fury rages over US police, let’s also look in the
After working a few odd jobs, Amin was recruited into the King’s African Rifles (KAR) of the British Colonial Army in 1946 as an assistant
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Zoom pledge to work with law enforcement spurs user blowback
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Doja Cat Responds After Being Accused of Joking with White Supremacists and Mocking Sandra Bland's Death In Song
Doja Cat took to social media in recent days to address the backlash that she received for one of her old
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Protesters mass near White House for 2nd day
The Latest on the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck (all times
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Snapchat Says It Is No Longer Promoting Trump's Account
Snapchat said Wednesday that is has stopped promoting President Donald Trump’s content on its “Discover” pages due to recent comments he has made about protesters demonstrating against racial inequality and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis
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Newswire: Vigil and makes hit memorial near place where George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis
WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 400 other civil rights organizations today called on congressional leadership to swiftly rectify the legacy of white supremacy and anti-black racism that has led to police violence against Black people across our
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Covid-19: Kenyan police have killed 15 since start of virus curfew, says oversight body
Kenyan police have been involved in the killing of 15 people since the country put a nighttime curfew in place in March to combat the coronavirus, the policing oversight body said in a statement seen by AFP
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Tired, Angry, Hurt, Disgusted: Protesters take to the street to fight police brutality
Soon it a was clear that a sizeable group of people were in attendance in front of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Downtown Greensboro to meet an impromptu call, slowly but surely, to
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Drew Brees Apologizes For 'Insensitive' Take On NFL Players Kneeling In Protest
Drew Brees admitted he’d “completely missed the mark” this week when he dismissed NFL players taking a knee in protest of racial inequality and police brutality as “disrespecting the
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ACLU And Black Lives Matter Sue Trump Administration Over Protest Violence
The American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration and federal law enforcement agencies, saying they violated the constitutional rights of demonstrators who were violently evacuated out of a park Monday to clear the path for
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Rare Video Footage of Historic Alabama 1965 Civil Rights Marches, MLK's Famous Montgomery Speech
To see much more from the film, King: A Filmed Record, on Democracy Now!, visit http://owl.li/i1B3S. In a Black History Month special, Democracy Now! airs excerpts of the 1970 documentary, King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis, a rarely seen Oscar-nominated feature about Dr. Martin Luther
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'We Have the Right to Fight Back': Colin Kaepernick Addresses George Floyd's Death, Starts Legal Defense Fund
Colin Kaepernick has a message for the people protesting the death of George Floyd: It’s not only within their right to fight back; it’s absolutely
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Free Us From the Chains (Once and for All)
After living on this earth for six decades, the only thing that changes are the names and ages of the victims who succumb to acts of violence whether at the hands of police, vigilantes or simply living while being
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Open letter: African writers in solidarity with African Americans
Dozens of writers from across Africa and the diaspora have co-signed a letter of support for the Black Lives Matter movement in the face of growing protests in the United States following the latest death of an unarmed Black man, George Floyd, at the hands of white police
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Transit Workers Union Backs Members Who Refuse Transporting Minneapolis Police
The union representing more than 200,000 public transit workers in the U.S. and Canada said its members in Minneapolis have the right to refuse to transport police, in solidarity with protests over the police killing of George
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Moi moves to shut Ruto out of Rift
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Obama steps out as nation confronts confluence of crises
Aides said Obama will call for turning the protests over Floyd’s death into policy change and will urge specific reforms to ensure safer policing and increased trust between communities and law
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'Thank You': 'RHOA' Stars Porsha Williams and Dennis McKinley Help to Bail Out Protesters Standing Against Police Brutality
Atlanta-based couple Porsha Williams and Dennis McKinley of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” are putting their time and money where their mouths
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Black Youth Are Central Force in California George Floyd Protests
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'How many more?' - Killing of George Floyd in the U.S sparks global anger
From Minneapolis, Minnesota where African-American Floyd was kneed to death by officer Derek M. Chauvin, protest marches have taken a global
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Court throws out appeal by ‘victims of police brutality’
Five women seeking compensation for torture and police brutality meted on them during the 1992 “Mothers of Political Prisoners” demonstrations in Nairobi have suffered a blow after the Court of Appeal threw out their
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Protest march in Ghana in wake of George Floyd killing as president denounces brutality
As nationals across the world solidarize with America’s black community in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by holding protest marches, Ghanaian nationals and their African-American counterparts resident in Ghana also held a peaceful protest march, which culminated in front of the US Embassy in
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'That's How Faith Had You': Stevie J.'s Blackout Tuesday Post Derails as Fans Ask About Faith Evans Abuse Allegations
Stevie J. joined Blackout Tuesday in solidarity with the protests against social injustice and police brutality against Black people taking place across the globe, but his post went a little sideways when some fans piped up with questions about his recent abuse allegations against wife Faith
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Police across US Speak Out against Minneapolis Custody Death | Afro
Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the actions of Minneapolis police in the custody death of a handcuffed Black man who cried for help as an officer knelt on his neck, pinning him to the pavement for at least eight
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NFL Website Appears To Change Colin Kaepernick Status From 'Retired' After Backlash
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On Tuesday Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore apologized for saying that George Floyd’s death was on
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