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Texas Southern University’s Center for Justice Research Launches National Police Reform Advisory Group
In the wake of George Floyd’s tragic death and the resulting national outcry for systemic policing reforms, Texas Southern University’s Center for Justice Research (CJR) has formed a National Police Reform Advisory
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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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Investigation Concludes Vermont Police Endangered Then-Only Black State Legislator Kiah Morris Who Was Forced to Resigned After Months of Racial Threats
In 2018, Rep. Ruqaiyah 'Kiah' Morris, the then-only Black female lawmaker in Vermont, stepped down from her duties after suffering months of racial threats and […]
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City to Pay $12M to Breonna Taylor's Family, Reform Police - Black Voice News
The city of Louisville, Ky. agreed to pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part of a settlement announced Tuesday, months after Taylor's slaying by police thrust the Black woman's name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race. But Taylor's mother
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Africa urges UN probe of US 'systemic racism', police violence
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Naked with 'spit hoods' on, protesters decry Prude's death - Black News Channel
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Naked except for 'spit hoods' in a reference to the killing of Daniel Prude, several protesters sat outside Rochester's police headquarters Monday morning to push for police accountability, local news outlets reported. Photos and video showed roughly a half-dozen
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Minority Officers Allege Discrimination Over Chauvin Booking
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press/ BNC Contributor MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously advanced a proposal to change the city charter to allow the police department to be dismantled, following widespread criticism of law enforcement over the
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NGO wants harsher penalties for police who fail to attend court - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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