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City to pay millions to Breonna Taylor’s mom, reform police – Dallas Post Tribune
By DYLAN LOVAN LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Months after the police killing of Breonna Taylor thrust her name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, the city of Louisville agreed to pay the Black woman’s family $12 million and reform police practices as part of a settlement announced
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JCF resolute despite terrible loss
Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) yesterday said they remain resolute in their task to beat back criminality even as the death of Superintendent Leon Clunis rocks the
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Cops salute murdered officer who was shot with his own gun - The Mississippi Link
On a day when 11 people were shot, two fatally, amid months of soaring gun violence in Chicago, a memorial honored a police officer who was shot 10 years ago in the back with his own gun and then, as he lay fallen, shot in the head at close range. Chicago Police holds a memorial []
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Black Lives Matter Demands LA’s First Black District Attorney To Resign
Jackie Lacey has been on the job for eight years.
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Virginia Pastor Arrested After Calling Cops On White ‘Mob’ Threatening To Kill Him
Virginia Pastor Leon McCray, 61, called the police for protection after being threatened by a white “mob” in front of property he owned and instead of arresting them, the police arrested McCray. McCray said he was visiting an apartment property he owns in Edinburg when he saw a man and...
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Protests In White And Black, And The Different Response Of Law Enforcement
… Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, who teaches African-American Studies at Princeton University, said …
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Lee should apologize | Culver City News
… believed demonstrated “disproportionate responses” to African-Americans by Culver City Police, vice …
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Police reform will require sustained effort - The Bay State Banner
While the police reform proposals are reasonable and fair, there will likely be some folks who don’t think so. The ultimate resolution will require sustained support from the electorate. The post Police reform will require sustained effort appeared first on The Bay State Banner.
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Kamala Harris: I'm Grateful That Black Women Have Had My Back
The post Kamala Harris: I'm Grateful That Black Women Have Had My Back appeared first on Essence.
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Former police boss granted bail in R47m World Cup tender scandal
Former KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, Mmamonnye Ngobeni and Captain Aswin Narainpershad face charges of fraud and corruption
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NNS Spotlight: ‘People power’: How the African American Roundtable Works to Educate and Empower Leaders - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
By Caroline White Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Members of the African American Roundtable believe there
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Uganda: The Roots of Pre-Election Carnage By Uganda Security Forces
[The Conversation Africa] For two days in November 2020, Uganda witnessed some of the most violent riots in a decade. The riots were triggered by the arrest of opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, who is challenging the incumbent Yoweri Museveni in the February 14 2021
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White man who drove into Iowa protesters avoids prison
A white man who deliberately sped his car through a crowd of racial injustice protesters in Iowa City, Iowa, striking several, will... View Article The post White man who drove into Iowa protesters avoids prison appeared first on TheGrio.
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Ava DuVernay Announces LEAP Initiative Created to Spotlight Police Brutality Through the Arts
Producer, director, and filmmaker Ava DuVernay is using her gifts to further amplify stories of those impacted by police brutality and
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Group Engages Mom-to-Cop Discussions to Fight Police Violence | Afro
MOCHA MOMS, NATION’S OLDEST SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS OF COLOR, TAKES PRACTICAL STEPS TO END POLICE VIOLENCE
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Black Lives Matter Demands LA’s First Black District Attorney To Resign
Thousands who are protesting in the streets of Los Angeles demanding justice for George Floyd’s killing at the hands of Minneapolis police are calling for their own district attorney to resign over the staggering amount of people killed by police
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Prosecutor Says Deputies Were Justified In The Fatal Shooting Of Andrew Brown Jr.
Brown was shot and killed in his car by Pasquotank County, N.C., sheriff's deputies as they arrived to carry out warrants last month. His family called his death an "execution."
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Rep. Omar Is Calling For The End Of U. S. Political and Economic Systems
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar called for dismantling economic and political systems that serve as a “system of oppression,” Tuesday.
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Op-Ed: Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Highlights Cruel Irony in the Justice System • EBONY
Attorney Areva Martin breaks down how the argument presented Derek Chauvin's defense team attempts to undermine logic.
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Trump Issues Executive Order On Police Reform And Meets With Black Families
President Donald Trump held a press conference today (June 16) in the Rose Garden at the White House to sign an executive order providing his strategy for restoring, renewing and rebuilding communities through police
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George Floyd Verdict: I Didn’t Feel Relief.
The footage of George Floyd being murdered may have shocked the nation, but it is a terrible truth that Black people in this country already understand.
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Miami police shown punching, kicking Black man in cellphone video
Miami police officers were caught on cellphone video punching and kicking a Black man in the Liberty City neighborhood on... View Article The post Miami police shown punching, kicking Black man in cellphone video appeared first on TheGrio.
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Sadiq Khan speaks to The Voice ahead of May elections for London Mayor and says tackling racial inequality is his priority - Voice Online
In the run up to the May 6th elections, Sadiq Khan has spoken exclusively to The Voice as he outlines his plans for a second term as Mayor of London
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Memorial Events, Marches And White House Meeting Mark One Year Since George Floyd's Death - The Seattle Medium
It's been a year since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, sparking global protests and supporters, activists and his family will honor Floyd with a series of celebrations of his life and marches
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Congress Moves George Floyd Justice In Policing Act Measure Forward
The House Judiciary Committee has introduced the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act, the first-ever bold, comprehensive approach to hold police accountable, end racial profiling, change the law enforcement culture, empower communities, and build trust between law enforcement and minority
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LA Protesters Detained In Cruelly Ironic Location
UCLA and its faculty expressed outrage Tuesday that Los Angeles police detained people arrested during protests against George Floyd’s death at the university’s Jackie Robinson Stadium, named for Major League Baseball’s first Black player and a school
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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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Op-Ed: "I Was With George Floyd's Family When Derek Chauvin Was Found Guilty" • EBONY
Activist Najee Ali shares what it was like to be on the ground during protests and with the Floyd family the evening of the conviction of disgraced police officer Derek Chauvin.
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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
The bill stops short of the demands of protesters to "defund" the police in the country, but imposes new obligations without providing additional funding.
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Civil Rights Groups: Increase Accountability in Policing
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, submitted written testimony today to the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice highlighting the need for transformative reform of policing at both the federal
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