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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 in a Minneapolis grocery store over the

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New ACLU Report Shows Despite COVID-19, Fatal Police Shootings Continue - Milwaukee Community Journal

NEW YORK — Today, the American Civil Liberties Union released “The Other Epidemic: Fatal Police Shootings in the Time of COVID-19.” The report finds fatal shootings by police are so routine that, even during a national pandemic, with far fewer people traveling outside of their homes and police

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Minnesota’s Black Newspapers Speak Out Amidst Uprising in Wake of Police Murder of George Floyd

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The National Guard has been called out, and you see those vehicles that you saw when they raided Iraq and Afghanistan. People are upset and [...]

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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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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Murder charge upgraded in Floyd case, 3 other cops charged

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against three other officers at the scene, a newspaper reported

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Movement for Black Lives seeks sweeping legislative changes - DefenderNetwork.com

Proposed federal legislation that would radically transform the nation’s criminal justice system through such changes as eliminating agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration and the use of surveillance technology was unveiled Tuesday by the Movement for Black Lives. Dubbed the BREATHE

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Sister Of Riah Milton Decries Deadnaming By Police: Using The Right Pronouns 'Cost You Nothing' - Blavity

The grieving sister of Riah Milton, a 25-year-old Black, transgender woman killed in Ohio earlier this month, is speaking out against the deadnaming of her

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Petition Demanding Justice for Elijah McClain Receives More Than 2 Million Signatures, Colorado Governor Announces Investigation

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced his office would look into the police-involved death of Elijah McClain after public

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Nigerians Got Their Abusive SARS Police Force Abolished - but Elation Soon Turned to Frustration

[The Conversation Africa] For a brief moment in October, it seemed that youthful protesters calling to "abolish" a police force had succeeded. After weeks of mass demonstrations against police brutality, the government agreed to disband a widely hated police unit.

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‘I Need this Country to Be Better for My Children’: Milwaukee Mothers Rally for Racial Justice

So when protests began to engulf Milwaukee and other cities across the nation after the death of George Floyd, she knew she had to

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[Graphic Video] Georgia Deputy Under Investigation For Brutally Assaulting Black Lyft Passenger

The vehicle was pulled over for a broken tail light

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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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Fulton County Commissioners approve legislation on police conduct

Ordinances call on police to report misconduct, avoid use of neck restraints and deadly force

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Coronavirus Pushes Street Vendors to the Edge

With COVID-19 still claiming lives and jobs, there are few groups more vulnerable than street vendors.

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Source: The Washington Informer

Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept. Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept.

In a win for anti-police violence activists in Oakland, the Oakland School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to disband the OUSD Police Dept., committing to eliminate the department that has 20 sworn officers and 120 school resource officers. The 7-0 vote followed a two-hour debate and several

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George Gascon Sworn In As 43rd Los Angeles District Attorney; Announces Sweeping Reform | L.A. Focus News

By Dianne Lugo, Staff George Gascon was sworn in as Los Angeles’ new District Attorney on Monday and announced sweeping new changes that point to an era of criminal justice reform in the nation’s largest local prosecutor’s office. Gascon was elected after defeating incumbent District Attorney

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House bill would end controversial qualified immunity for police officers

have joined forces to introduce a bill in the House of Representatives that would eliminate the controversial doctrine of qualified immunity for police

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

An Off-Duty LAPD Officer Claimed Starbucks Put A Tampon In His Drink

The Los Angeles Country Sheriff’s Department is investigating reports where an off-duty cop claims to have found a tampon inside of his beverage at Starbucks.

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Widow And Family Of Rayshard Brooks Hold Emotional Press Conference

The family of Rayshard Brooks, the 27-year-old Black man who was killed by an Atlanta police officer, in a Wendy’s drive through, became extremely emotional during a press conference on Monday (June 15), expressing shock and grief that one the many incidents of Black men being killed by law

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LA city council approves plan to replace cops with unarmed responders

(Photo by David McNew/Getty

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Redesign of Public Safety Series: State legislators speak on police reform - DefenderNetwork.com

As part of the Defender’s “Redesigning Public Safety” series, we spoke with the state senators who are at the heart of Texas’ police reform efforts. Here, Texas legislators Borris Miles, Royce West and John Whitmire share their perspectives on those reform and the legislation they will be working

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Tiffany Haddish Opens Up About Being Sexual Assaulted At 17

Haddish discussed the traumatizing experience while on the 'Hustling with Vivica A. Fox' podcast.

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City to Pay $12M to Breonna Taylor's Family, Reform Police - Black Voice News

The city of Louisville, Ky. agreed to pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part of a settlement announced Tuesday, months after Taylor's slaying by police thrust the Black woman's name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race. But Taylor's mother

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Stevante Clark Arrested, Released

Stevante Clark was booked into Sacramento County main jail on felony battery charges this week, after he was apprehend by the Sacramento Police Department’s Career Criminal Unit on May 18, Sacramento police

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Protest forces T&T to deal with at-risk youth

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) The Trinidad and Tobago Government announced Thursday the establishment of a National Recovery Programme (NRP) as it appealed to young people to put down their guns and seek to improve their lives.

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Trinidad: Cops, soldiers charged with humiliating homeless man

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment is confirming that two of its soldiers, along with two police officers, have been charged in connection with an incident that happened with the “homeless humiliation” in the first days of the Covid-19 lock

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Evicted ‘naked man’ sobs during police minister’s visit

The incident sparked outrage amongst South Africans, who accused the City of Cape Town of violating the man’s right to human dignity and also reignited calls against heavy-handedness by law enforcement officials in the country

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Ex-Atlanta Officer Who Killed Rayshard Brooks Granted Bond

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ruled that the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks can be free on bond while his case is pending. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jane Barwick set a bond of $500,000 for Garrett Rolfe, who faces charges including felony murder in the

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Hip hop is the soundtrack to Black Lives Matter protests

No one who has listened to hip hop since its origins in the 1970s should be surprised that rap music has become the soundtrack to protests. Source

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