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COMMENTARY: ENOUGH Voice and Viewpoint

Will the Murder of George Floyd Finally Bring About the Change Black People Have Been Demanding? By Jeffrey L. Boney, Houston Forward Times Associate Editor “I can’t breathe!” This has become an all too familiar phrase, uttered by yet another African American man on video, nearly six years after America was temporarily traumatized by the []

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WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) Democrats proposed a far-reaching overhaul of police procedures and accountability yesterday, a sweeping legislative response to the mass protests denouncing the deaths of black Americans at the hands of law enforcement.

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Ferguson Elects Ella Jones As First Black Woman Mayor

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Father Slams Knee-On-Neck Arrest Of His Son As Video Is Compared To George Floyd

The graphic clip of Patrick Carroll sparks outrage.

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Former Police Chief still in the dark as to why he was let go | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By David Denson Former Gary Police Chief Richard Ligon says he still doesn’t know why he was asked to resign. At a press conference earlier this month, Mayor Jerome Prince announced that he had accepted Ligon’s resignation and was appointing Deputy Chief Brian Evans to serve as interim Police

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Minneapolis City Council Votes To Abolish Police Force

The move allows the city's law enforcement to be reimagined.

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Florida cops shot unarmed Black man within seconds during arrest - TheGrio

A 2014 Florida fatal shooting is under renewed scrutiny after a newly released video showed that police officers shot an unarmed Black man within seconds of the encounter without provocation. READ MORE: Council advances plan to dismantle Minneapolis Police Dept. The Pasco Sheriff’s Office has

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Elijah McClain: Video of Fatal Police Beating Sparks Calls For Investigation

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Woman Charged in Hit-and-Run at Indiana Protest - Black News Channel

By CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America/ BNC Contributor INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana woman was charged Thursday in a hit-and-run crash that sent one woman to the hospital and caused minor injuries to a man during a southern Indiana protest over the assault of a Black man by a group of

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It Only Takes One - Los Angeles Sentinel

George Floyd’s death at-the-hands of a Minneapolis police officer is one of many tragic deaths suffered by communities of color across the country on a regular basis. These acts are the results of systemic racism in our society and the failure to expose it and weed it out from

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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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Open letter to my fellow members of law enforcement | Chicago Defender

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Hundreds Line Up for George Floyds Memorial in Houston

HOUSTON (AP) — The last chance for the public to say goodbye to George Floyd drew thousands of mourners Monday to a church in his native Houston, as his death two weeks ago continues to stoke protests in America and beyond over racial injustice, and spurred France to abruptly halt the use of police

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Police Chief Renews Defense Of Black Woman’s Violent Arrest After Old Video Goes Viral

Old video footage of a violent arrest of a Black woman in 2018 has gone viral and the police chief overseeing it made sure everyone knows he approves of the neck restraint used, even if his department can't use them.

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Reinstate Whistleblower Sgt. Javier Esqueda: Petition | The Crusader Newspaper Group

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Hanging death of Black man in California park ruled suicide - Black News Channel

By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in a Southern California city park last month was ruled a suicide Thursday following a police investigation prompted by outrage from the family who said authorities

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Chance The Rapper Calls Out ‘Militarized Police’ For Targeting Black Chicago Neighborhoods Amid Social Distancing

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Oakland Equity Caucus Budget Approved, $26.9M in COVID-19 Funding for Most Impacted Communities, Redirects Police Funding

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What do blacks say about the police? - African American News Today - EIN News

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Oakland School Board Votes To Eliminate Its Police Department - The New York Beacon

The school board in Oakland, California, unanimously voted on Wednesday to dismantle the school district’s police department — making the district the latest to cut ties with law enforcement amid nationwide anti-racism protests. At a school board meeting on Wednesday night, all seven board members

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THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Lacey needs to re-examine questionable shootings -

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Rep. Omar Is Calling For The End Of U. S. Political and Economic Systems

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