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Florida Principal Won’t Face Charges After Paddling 6-Year-Old Student | Black America Web
A Florida State's Attorney found no wrongdoing relating to a disturbing viral video which showed an elementary school principal paddling a six-year-old child.
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Power Up: There’s been a dramatic shift in public opinion about police treatment of black Americans - African American News Today - EIN News
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Robert Fuller, man found hanging from tree in Palmdale, to be mourned at funeral service Tuesday - African American News Today - EIN News
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Littlerock for Robert Fuller, the 24-year-old Palmdale man whose body was found hanging from a tree in a park across the street from Palmdale City Hall.
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Trump Outlines 4-Point Plan To Address 'Disparities' At Dallas Event
President Trump on Thursday met with pastors, law enforcement officials and small-business owners at a church in Dallas to discuss plans to "build safety, opportunity and dignity," following recent nationwide protests against police
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Will Smith Pulls Film Out Of Georgia, Ignoring Post-Reconstruction Era Lessons In His Docuseries ‘Amend’
Smith and director Antoine Fuqua decided to pull their slave drama "Emancipation" out of Georgia in protest of new voting restrictions, but voting rights advocates have asked that high-profile celebrities stay and fight instead.
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Derek Chauvin will appear in court for the first time two weeks after George Floyd's death | The Atlanta Voice
Nine Minneapolis City Council members made a commitment this week to start the process of defunding and “dismantling” the police department, City Council President Lisa Bender said
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St. Paul Police Accused of Sabotaging George Floyd Protests After White Man Randomly Vandalizes AutoZone Store with Hammer
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Unveils the One Atlanta: One APD Community Policing Roadmap | Atlanta Daily World
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Unveils the One Atlanta: One APD Community Policing Roadmap Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms released the One Atlanta: One APD Community Policing Roadmap—a cohesive community policing strategy that will help reform policing in our community and protect all Atlantans. The
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COMPTON — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors June 23 joined others in calling for an independent investigation into the death of an 18-year-old security guard shot to death by deputies from the Compton Sheriff’s Station June 18. Acting on a motion by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, the
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Evicted ‘naked man’ sobs during police minister’s visit
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‘What Is Justice?’ Daunte Wright’s Family Demands Full ‘Accountability’ In Wake Of Kim Potter’s Arrest
The family stated that there is no sufficient form of justice because they have to venture through life without their son, but urged for "accountability at the highest level."
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US legislatures slow to pass laws limiting use of force
A wave of police killings of young black men in 2014 prompted 24 states to quickly pass some type of law enforcement reform, but many declined to address the most glaring issue: police use of
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Police Officer Charged With Assault for Ordering Dog to Attack Black Man
A white police officer has been charged with second-degree felony assault for ordering his police dog to bite a Black man who had already surrendered
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1 Year Later, What’s Really Changed Since George Floyd’s Murder?
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Judge Only Allows A Fraction Of Bodycam Footage Of Andrew Brown Jr. Shooting To Be Seen
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Check It Out: Banning the banned chokehold | New Pittsburgh Courier
by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier During the 2000 presidential race, civil rights organizations demanded a federal ban on racial profiling. Democrat Al Gore said, racial profiling ran counter to what the United States was all about, and if entrusted with the presidency, ending racial
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President Johnson seeks 10% MPD budget reduction in 2021 to be reallocated for vital community needs
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Alexandria’s first African American police chief talks police reform, race relations
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What do blacks say about the police? - African American News Today - EIN News
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Kansas City Activist Whose Blistering Condemnation of Police Board Went Viral Now Claims Cops Are Following, Intimidating and Plotting to Murder Her
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Eight Louisiana police officers accused of excessive force after chase have been indicted | The Atlanta Voice
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Cops salute murdered officer who was shot with his own gun
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