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Kansas City Activist Whose Blistering Condemnation of Police Board Went Viral Now Claims Cops Are Following, Intimidating and Plotting to Murder Her
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Collins Khosa death: IPID recommends disciplinary steps against JMPD and police officers | News24
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Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Resigns, Along With Police Chief
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(VIDEO) Chicago Police Raid Wrong Home, Cuff and Detain Naked Woman Who Lives There, Then Tell Her She Doesn't 'Have to Shout'
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Lee should apologize | Culver City News
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Oklahoma man says he killed Black woman to 'teach her a lesson'
An Enid, Oklahoma man is in custody for being connected to the murder of a Black woman, 27-year-old Martika Ferguson.... View Article The post Oklahoma man says he killed Black woman to 'teach her a lesson' appeared first on TheGrio.
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Dems Propose Banning Chokeholds, No-Knock Entries for US Police Over Killings of African-American - African American News Today - EIN News
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St. Paul Police Accused of Sabotaging George Floyd Protests After White Man Randomly Vandalizes AutoZone Store with Hammer
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Tulsa police major under review after controversial comments on 'shooting African-Americans'
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Minneapolis Police Station Torched Amid George Floyd Protest
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Africa urges UN probe of US 'systemic racism', police violence
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George Gascon Sworn In As 43rd Los Angeles District Attorney; Announces Sweeping Reform | L.A. Focus News
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A New Low’: Elijah McClain’s Family Reacts To Photos Of Cops Re-enacting Chokehold Death
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Trump Issues Executive Order On Police Reform And Meets With Black Families
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OP-ED | Defining Defunding the Police to Help our Community - African American News Today - EIN News
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