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Video Shows Patriot Shooting At Breonna Taylor Protest That Cops Said They Were Prepared For

At least one person was killed and at least one person was injured after gunfire erupted in Louisville during a protest to demand justice for the police death of Breonna Taylor. The shooting happened despite police saying they were prepared.

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1 Police officer in Breonna Taylor killing finally fired!

Following pressure from civil rights activists, public servants, private citizens and a number of celebrities at least one of three police officers involved in “no-knock” warrant lead to the fatal shooting of a Breonna Taylor in Louisville has been fired, the Louisville’s mayor Greg Fischer

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Rayshard Brooks memorialized at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church

Family, friends, dignitaries, elected officials and community leaders gathered yesterday to remember the life of Rayshard Brooks at Historic Ebenezer Baptist

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Beyoncé drops surprise single 'Black Parade' on Juneteenth | The Atlanta Voice

Beyoncé did not let Juneteenth pass without dropping one of her signature surprises — a new single called “Black

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Breonna Taylor wrongful death lawsuit amended to allege links to Louisville gentrification plan

The no-knock search warrant executed by Louisville police officers which resulted in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor was part of a larger plan by the city to clear the area for a high dollar real estate development, Taylor's family alleges in a recently amended wrongful death suit.

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From Fannie Lou Hamer To Breonna Taylor, Black Women Have Been Victims Of Police Violence For Decades

Breonna Taylor’s story is reminiscent of countless others, and reflects a long-standing pattern: For decades, Black women have been targets of police violence and

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Rayshard Brooks Memorialized At Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Family, friends, dignitaries, elected officials and community leaders gathered today to remember the life of Rayshard Brooks at Historic Ebenezer Baptist

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DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines has banned a man who was kicked off a plane for refusing to wear a face covering, among the first such incidents since airlines promised to step up enforcement of their mask

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1 fatally shot at Breonna Taylor protest park in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities were investigating a fatal shooting Saturday night at a park in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, where demonstrators had gathered to protest the death of Breonna

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Kentucky Attorney General: ‘Beyoncé’s Letter Has No Bearing On Whether Or Not I Prosecute Cops In Breonna Taylor Case’

Kentucky’s first black Attorney General has responded to a high-profile celebrity’s letter, which demanded that his office take action in the Breonna Taylor (pictured

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Kentucky Capitol Rally Urges Action in Breonna Taylor Death

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Hundreds of people rallied at Kentucky’s capitol on Thursday to urge action in the investigation of three officers in the fatal police shooting of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor, at her Louisville

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Beyoncé Sends Letter To AG Calling For “Swift” Justice For Breonna Taylor

The Lemonade crafter made it abundantly clear that she wants “swift justice for Breonna Taylor, who died after she was shot in her own Louisville apartment by cops executing a “no-knock

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Black women need to be free

Although the dominant narrative suggests men, more than women, have been more affected by COVID-19 and police brutality, Black women shouldn’t be erased in time, especially if we all want to get

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Connecticut US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Urges a Navy Veteran Who Has Lung Cancer and Who had Heavy Exposure to Asbestos to Call the Lawyers at Karst von Oiste to Discuss Compensation-Please!

NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT , USA, June 12, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Connecticut US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate says, "We are urging a Navy Veteran or person in Connecticut who now has lung cancer and who decades ago had significant exposure to asbestos to know that the $30 billion dollar

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Kentucky Governor Plans to Offer '100 percent' Health Coverage to Black Residents | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect

Andy Beshear (D), the governor of Kentucky, announced plans to ensure that every Black resident in the state has access to free health coverage in an attempt to correct racial

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Angela Davis Receives Birmingham’s Top Human Rights Award

Angela Davis, humanitarian, global civil rights activist and Birmingham native on Friday received the Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award from the Birmingham Civil Rights

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Three Students Make History at Northwestern University as the First All-Black MFA Directing Cohort

Assistant directing: Nina Simone: Four Women (Arena Stage), In the Heights (Seattle Rep), Quixote Nuevo (Hartford Stage/Huntington Theatre Company), and The Luckiest People (Actors Theatre of

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Impatience grows for cops' arrests in Breonna Taylor's death | The Atlanta Voice

But three months after plainclothes detectives serving a warrant busted into her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment and shot the 26-year-old Black woman to death, only one of the three officers who opened fire has lost his

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Rayshard Brooks funeral to be held at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church

The funeral of Rayshard Brooks will be held at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church on today, June

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Audio Reveals Conflicting Accounts Regarding Breonna Taylor Killing

Previously unheard audio of interviews in the investigation of the shooting death of Breonna Taylor have revealed new details about the incident. According to NBC News, the investigator interviewing Sgt.

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City Council to Probe Handling of Breonna Taylor Shooting

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville’s city government has announced plans to review the handling by the mayor’s administration of the fatal police shooting of Breonna

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Owner of Black-Owned BBQ Joint Killed By Louisville Officers Who Had Body Cameras Turned Off

David McAtee, a 53-year old African American entrepreneur who owned a BBQ restaurant in Louisville, KY, and reportedly often fed the police for free, was shot and killed by police officers who were trying to disperse a crowd that had gathered after the city's curfew hours.

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Louisville to probe handling of Breonna Taylor shooting

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Government officials in Kentucky said they will begin an investigation into the city of Louisville’s handling of the fatal police shooting of Breonna

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Kentucky And New York Hold Primaries Amid Concerns About Polling Site Closures

Kentucky, which has had thousands of polling places in previous elections, has merely 170 open on Tuesday, including a single polling place for the state’s largest city: Louisville, which has more than 600,000

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Adams, John Quincy ["J. Q."] (1848-1922)

Educator, newspaper publisher and politician John Quincy Adams is best known as the editor of the Western Appeal/The Appeal of St. Paul, Minnesota. He held the position from 1886 to

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Charles Booker Suddenly Has Progressives Excited About Kentucky

But in the last three weeks, progressive state Rep. Charles Booker, the youngest Black state lawmaker elected in Kentucky in nearly a century, has interrupted McGrath’s quiet stroll to the

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Mayor of Mississippi town cries while signing order to take down state flag

The mayor of Laurel, Miss. was so emotional when he signed an order to remove the Mississippi state flag from his town that his response went

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Protesters Come Out for Floyd and Others

Floyd was handcuffed while lying prone on the ground when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck as two other officers had their knees on his back for nearly nine minutes causing his

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Lawyers with Bar Association offering pro bono help to most local protesters

The Magic City Bar Association (MCBA) has established an ongoing Protest Protection Plan (PPP) to help provide free legal representation to many Birmingham protesters arrested during

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