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SCA students argue for reparations at NYU - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… descendants of chatel slavery.  “Black Americans are the only group that … to formally achieve redress for African-Americans and American Descendants of Slavery … and violence has disproportionately killed Black Americans for years. When people protested …
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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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Book Excerpt #2: "The Roots of Racism in American Policing" | Black Star News
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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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Authorities Investigating Florida Principal Who Paddled 6-Year-Old Student In Front Of Her Mother
Video of the disturbing event circulated on social media shows Melissa Carter, head of Central Elementary School in Clewiston, bending a child over and hitting her with a wooden paddle on April 13.
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Justice For Shaheen Mackey: Graphic Video Shows Prison Guards Taser Shackled Inmate In Medical Distress Before Death
Shaheen Mackey, who was an inmate at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, suffered from an epileptic seizure only to met with a brutal response that his family argues caused his death.
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How The War On Terror Also Became A War On Black America - Blavity
Saturday marks the 20 th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks . For those of us who were old enough to experience 9/11 and understand the gravity of what was happening, it was evident 9/11 was a transformational moment that would change America from that point forward.  Perhaps the
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Contant Knolls Man Charged With Rape, Child Abuse
According to the V.I. Police Department, on Oct. 6, at 6:20 p.m., police arrested Mackeem Appleton, age 28 of Contant Knolls – charged with 2nd degree rape, delinquency of a minor, child abuse, unlawful sexual contact, 2nd degree aggravated rape, and prohibition of visual medium depicting sexually
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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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Police Accountability, Ban on Chokeholds, No-Knock Warrants Among List of Legislative Priorities Endorsed by Washington State BLM and Introduced This Session
When most people envision strides in the civil rights movement, Atlanta, Montgomery, Birmingham, Selma and other Southern cities come to mind. But the Pacific Northwest […]
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Medical Examiner’s Autopsy Of Andrew Brown Jr. Contradicts DA’s ‘False Narrative,’ Family Lawyers Say
North Carolina state's autopsy report for Andrew Brown Jr.'s police killing in Elizabeth City not only contradicts a "false" narrative by law enforcement but also supports claims from his family that he was "executed," lawyers say.
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Derek Chauvin Wants Probation Over a 40-Year Prison Sentence • EBONY
A motion filed Wednesday, June 2, by an attorney representing Derek Chauvin requested that a Minnesota judge only sentence him to probation and time served. This comes roughly three weeks ahead of Chauvin’s sentencing hearing for the murder of George Floyd. He faces up to 40 years in prison for the
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Al Sharpton eulogizes white Arkansas teen shot by deputy
The Rev. Al Sharpton and attorneys for George Floyd’s family on Tuesday mourned a white Arkansas teenager fatally shot by... View Article The post Al Sharpton eulogizes white Arkansas teen shot by deputy appeared first on TheGrio.
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Nigeria: Buhari Vows to Deal With Attackers of Security Personnel
[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his administration will act firmly and decisively "against any and all persons fomenting or carrying out attacks on our Police Force and other security personnel".
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Protests In White And Black, And The Different Response Of Law Enforcement
… Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, who teaches African-American Studies at Princeton University, said …
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JCF resolute despite terrible loss
Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) yesterday said they remain resolute in their task to beat back criminality even as the death of Superintendent Leon Clunis rocks the
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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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BCSO to host blood, toy drive
An upcoming blood drive will not only save lives but will benefit children who are victims of childhood cancer and other illnesses. The Burke County Sheriff’s Office will hold the drive with Shepeard Community Blood Center this Thursday, Sept. 3, from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the
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Oklahoma man says he killed Black woman to 'teach her a lesson'
An Enid, Oklahoma man is in custody for being connected to the murder of a Black woman, 27-year-old Martika Ferguson.... View Article The post Oklahoma man says he killed Black woman to 'teach her a lesson' appeared first on TheGrio.
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Minneapolis Police Station Torched Amid George Floyd Protest
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and angry demonstrations flared across the U.S over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white
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LA Protesters Detained In Cruelly Ironic Location
UCLA and its faculty expressed outrage Tuesday that Los Angeles police detained people arrested during protests against George Floyd’s death at the university’s Jackie Robinson Stadium, named for Major League Baseball’s first Black player and a school
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Kenya: Embu Brothers Jumped Out of Moving Vehicle, Police Say
[Nation] Police in Embu have claimed that two brothers who died in their custody jumped from a moving vehicle while under arrest, without the officers who had arrested them noticing.
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Kenya: Police Launch Manhunt for Man Who Shot Two Officers, Woman
[Nation] Police in Nairobi have stepped up the hunt for a gunman who shot three people inside Quivers Lounge on Thika Road on Friday night. They say the man who shot two police officers and a woman is a civilian who is armed and dangerous.
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Wesson, Martinez Call for Reforms to Replace Police Officers with Non-Law Enforcement Agencies For Non-Violent Calls
Wesson, Martinez Call for Reforms to Replace Police Officers with Non-Law Enforcement Agencies For Non-Violent Calls
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ESOP condemns Chief Mary Barton, calling officer’s reassignment a retaliation
Officer Shanette Hall is the first of three Black female police officers to introduce herself on a recent Vice video in which black female cops talk about the culture of
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Council can’t slow cops’ overtime roll - The Bay State Banner
In response to calls for defining police last year, Mayor Martin Walsh pledged to cut the Police Department’s overtime budget by 20%, but the police have already overspent that budget little more than half way through the fiscal
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Witness in Winston Smith police shooting said she never saw a gun in the car
A woman who was in the car with Winston Smith when he was shot by law enforcement says she never saw a gun in the car. Source
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VIDEO: Rashard Brooks and the Tale of Two Police Officers and Officer Discretion
Video shows Officer Devin Bronsan, who joined the Atlanta Police Department in 2018, driving first to wake up
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VIDEO: Police K-9, Drone Team To Find Criminal Hiding On Roof – Dallas Post Tribune
HILLSBORO, Ore. - A local police department used a police dog and a drone to help catch a wanted criminal hiding on top of a house in Hillsboro, Oregon. The suspect, identified by police as as Alejandro Jaimes-Radilla, was arrested by the officers after a chase that first involved Blazer, part of
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What do Derek Chauvin and Amy Cooper have to do with public education? Everything.
Submitted by: Jon Hale, University of South Carolina,  Candace Livingston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educators in South Carolina have been called to task once again. Recent calls to abolish the police, indict and convict police officers including Derek Chauvin, and to hold Whites
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