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Port of Seattle Commission To Establish Task Force On Port Policing And Civil Rights - The Seattle Medium
The Port of Seattle Commission approved the establishment of a task force on Port policing and civil rights, which will lead a comprehensive assessment of the Port of Seattle Police
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Breonna Taylor's Neighbor Questions Why Cop Wasn't Charged For Shooting Into His Apartment
Breonna Taylor's neighbor is coming forward asking why cops weren't charged from hailing bullets into his apartment unit during the night of the incident.
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THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Lacey needs to re-examine questionable shootings
That is the number of times deadly force has been used by the Los Angeles Police Department and L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies in the past two
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Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept. Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept.
In a win for anti-police violence activists in Oakland, the Oakland School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to disband the OUSD Police Dept., committing to eliminate the department that has 20 sworn officers and 120 school resource
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Rep. Omar Is Calling For The End Of U. S. Political and Economic Systems
[ad_1] Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar called for dismantling U.S. economic and political systems that serve as a “system of oppression.” According to Fox News, the Minnesota Democrat said during an outdoor press conference Tuesday, most conversations around police brutality and racial injustice do not
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‘You’ve Been Warned’: Black Florida Sheriff Threatens To Deputize Gun Owners Against Protesters
Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels released a video.
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South Africa: C19 People's Coalition Calls for 'Independent' Probe Into Collins Khosa's Death
An alliance of social movements, trade unions and community organisations has demanded that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) be held accountable for the death of Collins
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Plan Advances to Allow Dismantling Minneapolis Police Dept. - Black News Channel
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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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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Elijah McClain: Video of Fatal Police Beating Sparks Calls For Investigation
Elijah McClain’s story hasn’t been widely told.
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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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Minnesota’s Black Newspapers Speak Out Amidst Uprising in Wake of Police Murder of George Floyd
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The National Guard has been called out, and you see those vehicles that you saw when they raided Iraq and Afghanistan. People are upset and [...]
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Cori Bush Is Set To Be The First Black Lives Matter Leader In Congress
The activist's primary win against Rep. William Lacy Clay in Missouri's 1st Congressional District is a milestone for the movement born in Ferguson.
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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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Evicted ‘naked man’ sobs during police minister’s visit
The incident sparked outrage amongst South Africans, who accused the City of Cape Town of violating the man’s right to human dignity and also reignited calls against heavy-handedness by law enforcement officials in the country
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Seattle to ban tear gas use for next 30 days
SEATTLE, United States (AP) — The Seattle mayor has banned the police use of tear gas as protests continue in the city and nationally over the killing of George
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Armed Texans rally again for bar that defied COVID-19 shutdown order
More than a hundred Texans held an armed rally on Saturday in support of a bar whose owner was arrested for defying a shutdown order ...
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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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House bill would end controversial qualified immunity for police officers
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Norma Gigaba threatens urgent legal action against the Hawks if they don't return her devices | News24
Norma Gigaba's lawyer has said in a letter to the Hawks that she "did not consent to the seizure and your members possessed no warrant."
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Clunis’ sudden death shocks cops, family
When Leon Clunis called Senior Superintendent Wayne Cameron at 12:35 p.m. on Tuesday to remind him that he would be discharged shortly from the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), neither man would imagine that the wounded “warrior” would be leaving...
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Man held with guns after threats of violence
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Four Minneapolis Officers Fired After Death of Black Man
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was
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#StayWoke The Oklahoma Eagle Editorial: Langston Justice, BLM Relevant and Another Police Stop | The Oklahoma Eagle
Langston: Compensation Is Not The Same As Justice The 17-year-old dispute between Langston University and Oklahoma State University is stumbling to a painful conclusion. Like many battles where the small is right they are eventually ground to a decision because of the considerable resources of the
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Racist Cop Says Public Scrutiny Caused Him To Say Police Are Going To ‘Slaughter’ Black People | The Crusader Newspaper Group
All the cops involved argue that theyre not racist. By Royce Dunmore, NewsOne Three North Carolina police officers have been fired for racist comments about killing Black people, which was caught on camera. The cops were identified as Michael Kevin Piner, Jesse E. Moore II and James
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Brother of Robert Fuller, California Man Found Hanged In Tree, Gunned Down by L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies a Week Later In Nearby City
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed the half-brother of Robert Fuller, a Black man found hanged in a tree in a Southern California town earlier this month, after a traffic stop in the city of Rosamond on the afternoon of Wednesday, June
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An Off-Duty LAPD Officer Claimed Starbucks Put A Tampon In His Drink
The Los Angeles Country Sheriff’s Department is investigating reports where an off-duty cop claims to have found a tampon inside of his beverage at Starbucks.
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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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