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Charges upgraded on officer arrested for George Floyd’s death – The Mississippi Link
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COMMENTARY: ENOUGH – Voice and Viewpoint
The tragic way in which George Floyd was murdered has conjured up so many past and recent memories of Black people that have fallen victim to homegrown, domestic terrorism, at the hands of members of law enforcement or those who just simply despise Black
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A loud demand for change
Court cases were proceeding at a snail’s pace and the municipal and county police forces effectively replaced the lynch mobs as agents to control the
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BE Exclusive: Stephen Jackson on Justice for George Floyd, Getting Blackballed From the NBA, and More (Video)
In 2014, former NBA star Stephen Jackson released the song “America Da Beautiful,” featuring legendary rapper Scarface, where he rapped about systemic racism, compared the NBA to a planation, and blasted former NBA team owner Donald
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Shooting of Jordan Davis
The shooting of Jordan Davis occurred on Friday, November 23, 2012, at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, United States by Michael David Dunn, a 47-year-old software developer, following an argument over the loud music played by Davis and/or his three friends. Jordan Russell Davis was
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8 Minority Corrections Officers File Complaint After Being Barred from Guarding Derek Chauvin
Eight minority Ramsey County corrections officers have filed racial discrimination charges with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights late last
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Kanye West Donates $2 Million, Pays College Tuition For George Floyd's Daughter
(CNN) — Kanye West has made a $2 million donation to support the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, a representative for West told
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Thomas Lane, former cop charged with killing George Floyd, makes bail
TMZ reports that Thomas Lane, the officer who had just four days on the job has been able to post $750K on a $1M dollar
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Watch: J. Alexander Kueng, Cop Charged In George Floyd's Death, Get Publicly Shamed While Grocery Shopping
June 25 will mark the one month anniversary of the horrific killing of George Floyd, who died after a former officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeled in his neck for nearly nine
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GoFundMe stops campaign sponsored by Candace Owens after George Floyd comments
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Creating During a Crisis: Black Muralist Sydney G. James To Recreate Iconic Malice Green Painting
During this time of Strange Fruit, Artist, and Muralist, Sydney G. James has found a way to hang her frustrations by re-creating the mural in honor of unjustly slain Malice Green, killed at the hands of Police
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Minneapolis to ban police chokeholds in wake of George Floyd death
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Report: 3 more officers to be charged in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The three other police officers on the scene when a Minneapolis officer pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder, and the case against the main officer is being upgraded to second-degree murder, a newspaper reported
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Another Former Cop Charged In George Floyd’s Death Released From Jail
Another former police officer who was charged in the death of George Floyd has posted bail and has been released from
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Minneapolis City Council Agreement Bans Police Officers from Using Neck Restraints, Requires Cops to Intervene If They Witness Excessive Force
The Minneapolis City Council approved a ban on the use of neck restraints and chokeholds as part of an agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human
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Calif. school district under fire for creating white student support group for Chauvin trial - TheGrio
A California school district has come under fire this week after it was reported that school officials created a support... View Article The post Calif. school district under fire for creating white student support group for Chauvin trial appeared first on TheGrio.
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Father Slams Knee-On-Neck Arrest Of His Son As Video Is Compared To George Floyd
According to the Herald-Tribune, Rayheem Moore is bringing attention to the arrest of his son Patrick
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Shooting of Renisha McBride
The shooting of Renisha McBride, a 19-year-old African-American woman, occurred on November 2, 2013, in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, United States. Renisha McBride crashed her car at a street in Detroit, and then walked to a neighborhood in Dearborn Heights where she knocked on the door of
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ENOUGH: Will the Murder of George Floyd Finally Bring About the Change Black People Have Been Demanding?
The tragic way in which George Floyd was murdered has conjured up so many past and recent memories of Black people that have fallen victim to homegrown, domestic terrorism, at the hands of members of law enforcement or those who just simply despise Black
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George Floyd’s Killer Derek Chauvin Could Receive $1 Million In Taxpayer Funds For Pension
Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd by holding a knee to his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, may have been fired from the police department and facing second degree murder charges, but he’s repotedly still on track to receive up to $1 million in taxpayer funds
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“‘We Must Do Better” Detroit’s Top Law Firms Stand Against Racial Injustice
Detroit’s leading law firms spoke out against racial injustice as the appalling deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, among many others, have sparked protests
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Protests Large But Peaceful After New Charges in Floyd Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Demonstrations across the U.S. to condemn racism and police abuses remained large but mostly without the violence of previous nights on the eve of a Thursday memorial service for George Floyd that kicks off a series of events to mourn the man whose death empowered a national
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WATCH: Kareem Abdul Jabbar Speaks to the Black Press About Injustice
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Man gets life in prison for murdering mother of his 4 children | News24
A Mpumalanga man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of the mother of his four children.
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I Was Just Thinking: So Now Can We Hire Kaepernick Back?
Football great Colin Kaepernick’s take-a-knee gesture is now famous as a rallying cry around the world against police brutality, racial injustices, and the killing of citizen George
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Mother Who Lied That Black Men Kidnapped Her Son Is Charged With His Murder
One of the oldest tricks in the anti-Black playbook was unsuccessfully pulled last week in Florida when a mother told police that her autistic son had been kidnapped by two Black
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Tim Scott won’t acknowledge systemic racism and defunding police because he actually wants to stop systemic racism...by defunding the police
But, for some reason Scott won’t acknowledge that there is systemic racism in the way officers police black people in
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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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