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By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press/ BNC Contributor TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appellate court has stayed a lower court ruling that gave impoverished Florida felons the right to vote. The order issued Wednesday disappointed voting rights activists and could have national implications in
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KHAEMBA: Tech holds key to making cities liveable, sustainable
Smart cities are not simply about connecting devices and services, rather it is a means to offer and progressively re-establish quality lifestyle.
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Seven Minneapolis Cops Resign Amid George Floyd Protests
Seven Minneapolis police officers have reportedly resigned amid nationwide protests over police brutality and racial inequality sparked by the death of George Floyd, according to the Minneapolis Star
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Activist on The Front Line: Monuments, Voting and Budget Remain Focus of Protests – Free Press of Jacksonville
By Lynn Jones - The Duval County Democratic Black Caucus, Take 'em Down Jax, Northside Coalition of Jacksonville (NCOJ), NOW (National Organization of Women) and Vets for Peace joined together with concerned and engaged community
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Minneapolis City Council Vows To Dismantle Police Department
The Minneapolis City Council voted on Sunday (June 7) to dismantle the city’s police department after concluding that more attempts to reform the force would not
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D.C. Council Passes Emergency Police Reform Bill | Afro
The Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, prohibits neck restraints and chokeholds, has restrictions on police hiring, emphasizes accountability procedures and punishments, and clarifies the meaning of deadly
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UNITY IN DAYTONA – Daytona Times
‘I Can’t Breathe’ peaceful protest draws hundreds BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES About 500 people participated in the “I Can’t Breathe’’ protest in Daytona Beach the evening of June 11. The peaceful event was a team effort of the Daytona Beach Black Clergy Alliance, the MLK Celebration
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Alphonso R. Jackson cultivated a three-decade career in public service that included an appointment as head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the administration of his long-time friend, President George W. Bush.  Born in Marshall, Texas, in 1946, Jackson grew up in
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Secret Recordings Capture Police Officers Framing & Beating Innocent Residents In Mount Vernon, NY
While we're sure Bovell will once again be ostracized by his fellow "brothers in blue," he's the kind of officer of the law that we ask for and hopefully his actions will inspire more in his line of work to do the same whenever they witness injustice.
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Dallas developer facing bribery charges put on house arrests – Dallas Post Tribune
DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas real estate developer has been put on house arrest after two federal judges found that he violated conditions of his release by contacting a potential government witness in his pending bribery trial. Ruel Hamilton was recorded in January telling a former employee that she
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Why Was Derek Chauvin Granted Bail While Protestors Are Stuck In Jail?
Derek Chauvin Granted Bail while Protestors Stuck in Jail
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Councilman apologises for calling protesters 'uneducated'
Republican Allen County Councilman Larry Brown made the comments Thursday during a council meeting during which members discussed whether they should issue a statement regarding the
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One Woman Is Baking Pies — And Giving Them Away — For A Grieving Minneapolis
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“Acknowledging Your Privilege and Becoming an Ally”: a Guide to Resources for White Folks
Music Supervisor Rob Lowry (Twitter: @robertlowry) was recently inspired by Han Martin‘s (Twitter: @hnicolemartin) “Resources for White Family” post to create his own version of a letter and resources to White friends and family and tweet it to anyone who wanted
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(1963) John F. Kennedy, “We Face A Moral Crisis: The Civil Rights Message to Congress, 1963”
On June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy sent his civil right message to Congress urging it to pass a civil rights act.  The message was immediately prompted by the action of Governor George Wallace of Alabama in physically blocking the entrance of two African American students whom a federal
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Black Lives Matter Has Been Doing The Work To 'Defund The Police' For Years
LOS ANGELES — On Monday, after the Los Angeles Police Department spent days violently attacking people protesting police brutality and racism, the City Council appeared set to allow a new budget — which would allocate nearly 54% of the city’s discretionary spending to the LAPD — to go into
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African Nations Push UN to Hold U.S. Accountable for Racism, Police Brutality
The United Nations Human Rights Council opened a special, unscheduled debate on Wednesday to discuss the issue of racism and police brutality in the United States in the wake of the murder of black American George
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'You Broke My Wrist': Georgia Cops Seen Using Excessive Force On Black Man Before Realizing They Had The Wrong Guy - Blavity
A Black man in Valdosta, Georgia, is suing its police department after he was hospitalized following an encounter with police.
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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan Will Wind Down CHOP Zone After Shootings
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Slavery Advocate’s Statue Being Removed in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The historic South Carolina city of Charleston was removing a symbol of its legacy on Wednesday, sending crews to take away a statue honoring John C. Calhoun, an early U.S. vice president whose zealous defense of slavery led the nation toward civil
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AWS using 'hardball' restraints to stop employees joining rivals
The retailer and cloud computing giant sued Hall, seeking to prevent him from taking his new role as a vice president in Google cloud’s marketing group because of the non-compete clause he had signed upon joining Amazon two years
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Elzie Kitchen Named Savannah Fire Department Assistant Chief, Logistics
After a nationwide search and thorough interview process with more than 60 applicants, the Savannah Fire Department’s own Elzie Kitchen was selected to serve as Assistant
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Viral video shows New Orleans police release woman after protesters intervene
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Sonia Sotomayor , in full Sonia Maria Sotomayor (born June 25, 1954, Bronx, New York, U.S.), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 2009. She was the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the Supreme
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LAPD budget slashed by $150M, reducing number of officers - Black News Channel
LOS ANGELES (AP) — City leaders voted Wednesday to slash the Los Angeles Police Department budget by $150 million, reducing the number of officers to a level not seen for more than a decade amid nationwide demands to shift money away from law enforcement agencies during Americas reckoning over
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Activists and Artists hold Art Action and Caravan to ICE Detention Center | Dallas Weekly
On Friday, June 26, 2020 a federal judge in Los Angeles ordered the release of all migrant children from ICE’s three family detention centers . There are currently eleven children and parents who have tested positive for Covid-19 at the Karnes Family Detention Center in Karnes City, TX. The full
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'I don't care' - Another video of police pinning black man to death released
A newly released body camera footage from last year has shown a black suspect being pinned down to death in Oklahoma
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Mayor Declares State of Emergency, Curfew in Birmingham
What began as a peaceful demonstration Sunday afternoon in Birmingham to protest the death of George Floyd, a man killed by a Minneapolis police officer last week, led to a state of emergency for the city and a mandatory curfew beginning
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MPD Chief Arradondo announces suspension of police union negotiations
Vowing to earn back the trust of the community, today Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced that the MPD would immediately suspend contract negotiations with the police union until the federation agrees to “forward-looking” reform measures and a top-to-bottom review of the existing
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