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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that he would redirect $250 million from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to other city programs and services that support black and brown
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How D.C. Mayor Bowser used graffiti to protect public space
When President Donald Trump sent heavily armed federal law enforcement officers and unidentified officers in riot gear into Washington, D.C. during the height of protests recently, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser responded by painting “BLACK LIVES MATTER” directly on the street leading to the White
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Africa: Coronavirus Exposes 'Brutal Inequality' of Townships
The coronavirus is hitting South Africa's mainly black townships harder than areas that were once the exclusive preserve of white people, according to new data that highlights the lasting impact of apartheid-era housing
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New Black-Owned Apparel Line Launched to Help Legalize Being Black
Nationwide — A new Black-owned apparel line called TheRarestShirts.com has launched to help create more awareness about the constant racism, discrimination, and police brutality that African Americans continue to experience across the
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OPINION | Anant Singh: All lives matter, especially black lives
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Atlanta Mayor Announces City’s Police Chief Is Stepping Down After Fatal Wendy’s Shooting
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on Saturday afternoon (June 13) that police chief Erika Shields is stepping down after an officer allegedly shot and killed Rayshard Brooks during an arrest attempt less than 24 hours
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Powerful Reactions To Trump’s Executive Order On Police Reform
Amid continued protests and outrage around police killings of Black people, President Donald Trump on Tuesday met with several families at the White House who’ve lost loved ones at the hands of law
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Atlanta Hawks Coach To Join NAACP’s Rayshard Brooks Protest After Police Killing
Following yet another Black man, Rayshard Brooks, killed at the hands of police on Friday June 12 in Atlanta, crowds of protestors, including Atlanta Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce, are expected to march with the NAACP on Monday (June
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Africa urges UN probe of US 'systemic racism', police violence | New York Carib News
Two years ago President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the UNHRC, the White House said that the decision did not mean that the country would retreat from its stance on human rights — a cause the administration accused the council of
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George Floyd, Whose Death Energized a Movement, Laid To Rest
HOUSTON (AP) — George Floyd was lovingly remembered Tuesday as Big Floyd — a “gentle giant,” a father and brother, athlete and mentor, and now a force for change — at a funeral for the black man whose death has sparked a global reckoning over police brutality and racial
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Mike Pence just gave a rambling non-answer on whether it's harder for black Americans
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Ava DuVernay Announces LEAP Initiative Created to Spotlight Police Brutality Through the Arts
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Trump Appoints First-Ever Black Chief of Staff for the United States Air Force | L.A. Focus Newspaper
General Charles Q. Brown Jr. was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the nation’s first black chief of staff for the United States Air
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'Married to Medicine' Creator Mariah Huq Shares the 'Awkward' Conversation She Had with Her Children About Police Brutality and the Importance of Protesting
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Dave Chappelle Speaks On George Floyd In New Netflix special
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Congressional Black Caucus Introduces Legislation to Make Police More Accountable
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – The Congressional Black Caucus has introduced “The Justice in Policing Act of 2020,” legislation designed to make the nation’s police more accountable to the nation’s citizens, especially its black citizens, in the wake of the brutal in police custody death of George
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Trump, Hailing Law Enforcement, Signs Executive Order Calling For Police Reform
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