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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd‘s family on Wednesday demanded the arrest of all four police officers involved in his death, as they visited a makeshift shrine at the Minneapolis street corner where the black man died after a white officer pressed a knee on his neck as he pleaded for
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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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Richards Bay man apologises for video of him and a friend 'catching a klap for our troubles'
A man recorded goading and getting into a tussle with a security guard at a Richards Bay liquor store has apologised, saying what transpired was "a result of frustration of this whole Covid
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Minneapolis police face civil rights probe over Floyd death
The state of Minnesota on Tuesday launched a civil rights investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department in hopes of forcing widespread changes following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white officer pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for minutes, even after he stopped
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Lili Reinhart Comes Out As Bisexual, Supports LGBTQ For Black Lives Matter Protest
“Riverdale” star Lili Reinhart has come out as a “proud bisexual woman” in a post urging fans to attend a Black Lives Matter solidarity protest organized by the LGBTQ
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“Equal Protection under the Law”
Notwithstanding the accolades, I feel the effects of systemic racism and injustice simply by virtue of being a Black man living in
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Local Community Leaders Respond to the Police Violence Toward Black Americans
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A STATEMENT ON RACISM AND INJUSTICE FROM THE FIRST STREAMING SERVICE FOR BLACK TV & FILM - UMC | The Crusader Newspaper Group
As Black people, it is an unspoken language that only we as a community truly
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California’s Black Lawmakers Call for Converting Protest Momentum into Change
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If You’re a White Woman and You’re Uncomfortable Right Now, That’s a Good Thing
But if you haven’t, let me explain: In a video posted to Twitter, a white woman calls the cops on a Black bird-watcher after he asks her to leash her unleashed dog in Central Park, which mandates
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“It’s Time To Step Up”: Black Members of Broadway Community Call Out Racism Behind the Curtain – Free Press of Jacksonville
Many posts expressed outrage, sympathy and offers of solidarity, but a troubling pattern also emerged — members of the black community calling out instances of racism in the theater
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Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson’s Statement on the Death of George Floyd
Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson’s Statement on the Death of George Floyd
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Blackout Tuesday Confusion Brings To Question Who The Protest Is Really For
Music industry professionals Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang initially started #TheShowMustBePaused as a campaign to call out music industry decision-makers who don’t support Black issues despite having Black people push the
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Do Not Stand Silently
As I shared with Cone Health’s 12,000 employees on Friday, we cannot be silent while, across our country and here at home, people continue to be targeted and endangered based on their skin
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33-Year-Old Manuel Ellis Died In Police Custody After Saying He 'Can't Breathe' - Blavity
The sheriff’s spokesperson, Detective Ed Troyer, said police encountered Ellis, a Tacoma native, on the night of March 3 at an
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Protests Large But Peaceful After New Charges in Floyd Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Demonstrations across the U.S. to condemn racism and police abuses remained large but mostly without the violence of previous nights on the eve of a Thursday memorial service for George Floyd that kicks off a series of events to mourn the man whose death empowered a national
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Amanda Seales Will Not Be Returning To ‘The Real’
From the time Amanda Seales was hired as the fifth cohost for Fox’s daytime talk show, “The Real,” people have been debating whether or not she’s a good fit for the
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Racism Is A Public Health Crisis. Ohio Wants To Declare It A Statewide Emergency.
As nationwide protests continue over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck last month, Ohio is trying to declare racism a public health
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How To Talk To Kids About Racism And The George Floyd Protests
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US Legislatures Slow To Pass Laws Limiting Use Of Force
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — 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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Mourning and Mayhem: California Legislators React to the Brutal Killing of George Floyd
Protestors and pastors across California as well as angered citizens and politicians — including Gov. Gavin Newsom — have all responded to the violent death of an unarmed Black man in
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Last Monday, on Memorial Day, at 38th and Chicago in Minneapolis, four White police officers murdered George Floyd, a Black
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A Tearful Lizzo Speaks Out About Protests and the Fight Against Racism | Afro
Lizzo broke down into floods of tears as she vented about “the real story not being told fully” amid the protests against
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‘I Can’t Breathe’ pleas from George Floyd force Esaw Garner to...
The three words that still haunt Esaw Garner six years after her husband Eric Garner was killed by a New York Police Department officer rang in her ears again Tuesday
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Petition Aims To Stop ‘Heartless’ George Floyd Social Media Challenge White Kids Started On TikTok
Photos of young white people shown kneeling on other white people’s necks have been getting posted to social media as a part of the apparent “George Floyd challenge” that invited others to do the
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Katherine Dunham: legendary dancer who founded the 1st American black dance company
In 1934, with the assistance of Speranzeva, Dunham established the Chicago Negro School of Ballet and a company, a Negro Dance Group, which advanced into the Katherine Dunham Dance
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Nation’s Streets Calmest in Days, Protests Largely Peaceful
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protests were largely peaceful and the nation’s streets were calmer than they have been in days since the killing of George Floyd set off sometimes violent demonstrations over police brutality and injustice against African
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