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Trayvon Martin
Name at birth: Trayvon Benjamin Martin
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2013
Cop claims he wasn't promoted to police chief because he's white
A Missouri cop is suing the St. Louis Police Department and the city, claiming he wasn't promoted to Police Chief because he is
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Source: Daily Mail Online
Algiers Motel Incident (1967)
The Algiers Motel Incident occurred in Detroit, Michigan on July 25, 1967, two days after the Detroit Race Riot began. The incident started when Army National Guardsman Ted Thomas reported hearing gunshots at the Algiers Motel Annex. Detroit Police, Michigan State Police, and other National
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Source: Black Past
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25
1967
The Slaughter House Cases (1873)
? SLAUGHTER-HOUSE CASES.; THE BUTCHERS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW ORLEANS v. THE CRESCENT CITY LIVE-STOCK LANDING AND SLAUGHTER-HOUSE COMPANY.; PAUL ESTEBEN, L. RUCH, J. P. ROUEDE, W. MAYLIE, S. FIRMBERG, B. BEAUBAY, WILLIAM FAGAN, J. D. BRODERICK, N. SEIBEL, M. LANNES, J. GITZINGER, J. P. A
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An ex-Police Officer Charged in George Floyd's Death, J. Alexander Kueng, Questioned by Angry Shopper (Video)
After being charged in the police killing of George Floyd and posting bail, one of the four ex-police officers was discovered shopping freely by an angry
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Hope through the suffering
In a nation with a long shameful history of public lynchings as spectacle and entertainment, George Floyd’s murder has ignited something new: public mourning and public outcry for real
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Source: The Dallas Examiner
Army Grants Posthumous Promotion To Slain ROTC Student
The Department of Defense is granting a posthumous promotion to Richard Collins III, a ROTC student at Bowie State University who was murdered in 2017, days after being commissioned a second lieutenant in the
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Source: Stories About Black History
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`He is going to change the world’: Funeral held for Floyd
HOUSTON (AP) — George Floyd was fondly remembered Tuesday as “Big Floyd” — a father and brother, athlete and neighborhood mentor, and now a catalyst for change — at a funeral for the black man whose death has sparked a global reckoning over police brutality and racial
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A second-degree knee!
Last Monday, on Memorial Day, at 38th and Chicago in Minneapolis, four White police officers murdered George Floyd, a Black
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Bail set at $750K apiece for 3 fired officers in Floyd's death
Minneapolis (BNC) – Bail has been set for the officer’s involved in the death of George Floyd at $750,000 apiece charged with aiding and abetting in the killing of George Floyd, as a memorial service took place just blocks
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Niecy Nash Says a Police Officer Pulled Out a Taser on Her Son and Questioned Him About Car He Was Driving
Not only because she’s been affected by the death of George Floyd and the ongoing protests, but because her son Dominic Nash was harassed by a police
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The protests show that black Americans have been telling the truth about police brutality
The protests started in Minneapolis on 26 May, the day after a police officer killed George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, by pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck for more than eight
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Manuel Ellis: Tacoma Man Died In Police Custody, Saying He 'Can't Breathe'
Matthew Ellis speaks at a vigil at the intersection where his brother, Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old black man, died in police custody in
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Source: Stories About Black History
Kanye West Gives $2 Million to Help Legal Teams of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, Plans to Cover College Costs for Floyd's Daughter
Kanye West donated $2 million to the legal teams of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, and has created a 529 college savings plan for Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter
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Senate Confirms Nation’s First African American Service Chief – Westside Story Newspaper – Online
In an unanimous 98-0 vote presided over by Vice President Pence, a rare occasion, the Senate voted to confirm Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown as the Air Force’s next chief of
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4 Minneapolis cops charged in George Floyd’s death
Prosecutors charged a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder on Wednesday, and for the first time, levelled charges against three other officers at the scene, according to criminal
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More funding for police department, not less, says Birmingham (Ala.) chief
Defunding the police department is a not good idea and could cost lives, said Birmingham Police Department (BPD) Chief Patrick D. Smith in an interview on
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Source: The Birmingham Times
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Former Nightclub Worker Says George Floyd and Derek Chauvin Had Beef At Work
The 46-year old unarmed Black man was killed while being arrested on Memorial Day after former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin used his knee to subdue Floyd, applying pressure for nearly nine
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Fired Cop Involved In George Floyd’s Killing Is Already Out Of Jail
Lane was arrested and booked last week after Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the charges for the three officers who were assisting Derek Chauvin, the cop seen on video using his knee to apply deadly pressure to the neck of Floyd, who was handcuffed and unarmed face-down on the
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Russell Simmons Leads Hip-Hop Elite in Praising New Police Reform Legislation – Voice and Viewpoint
In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, the hip-hop community has rallied behind proposed new legislation to reform American
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Owner of Black-Owned BBQ Joint Killed By Louisville Officers Who Had Body Cameras Turned Off
Nationwide — David McAtee, a 53-year old African American entrepreneur who owned a BBQ restaurant in Louisville, KY, and reportedly often fed the police for free, was shot and killed by police officers who were trying to disperse a crowd that had gathered after the city’s curfew
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George Floyd's Brother Says Trump Was Dismissive On Condolence Call
A condolence phone call from President Donald Trump ended up frustrating George Floyd’s brother, who said Trump “didn’t give [him] the opportunity to even
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Book Excerpt #2: "The Roots of Racism in American Policing" | Black Star News
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Meghan Markle Addresses Death Of George Floyd In Heartfelt Graduation Address
Meghan Markle addressed the police killing of George Floyd as she delivered a virtual graduation speech to her old
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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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“It time to stand up in George’s name” — Sharpton delivers eulogy for George Floyd memorial
Politicians, civil rights leaders and celebrities joined Floyd’s family, Thursday at a private memorial service in a sanctuary at North Central University in Minneapolis to honor his
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The death of George Floyd: A historical context
“Floyd’s murder is the latest example of 400 years worth of terrorism against Black people,” said Kofi Taharka, chairman of the National Black United
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Minneapolis to ban police chokeholds in wake of George Floyd death
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Minnesota Raises Charge Against Fired Officer in George Floyd Case, Charges Three Others
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Al Sharpton Announces March On Washington In August
Rev. Al Sharpton and George Floyd’s family are planning a march on Washington this
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