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Grand juror speaks after judge ruling in Breonna Taylor case - Black News Channel

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By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — A grand juror who won a court fight to speak publicly about the Breonna Taylor investigation took issue Tuesday with statements by Kentucky's attorney general and said the jury was not given the option to consider charges connected to Taylor's shooting death by police. The anonymous grand juror had filed suit to speak publicly after Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced last month that no officers would be directly charged in the March shooting death of Taylor during a narcotics raid. The grand jury charged one officer with endangering her neighbors. […]

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel
Dallas furloughed city employees - An open letter
Municipal employees at libraries and cultural centers have found inspiring ways to serve their communities by creating free content accessible to anyone with an internet
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Source: The Dallas Examiner
Kenya: Three Al Shabaab Militants Shot Dead in Fierce Gun Fight With Police
Police officers in Wajir on Saturday afternoon trailed a group of Al Shabaab militants and killed three of them in a fierce
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Source: allAfrica.com
George Floyd Used To Be Down With DJ Screw, Was A Rapper In The 90’s
Source: George Floyd / Courtesy of Roxie Washington
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Source: The Urban Daily
Limpopo man arrested for allegedly killing girlfriend, burying body in shallow grave
Limpopo police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his girlfriend, who was reported missing in January, after her body was discovered in a shallow grave in the
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Source: https://www.news24.com
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Preserved by Purpose: Black Lives Still Matter | Dallas Weekly
Preserved by Purpose: Black Lives Still Matter
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Source: Dallas Weekly
Sponsored by BARBinc
Special Prosecutor In Breonna Taylor’s Case Is Mitch McConnell’s ‘Protégé’ Who Trump Loves
The road to achieving justice for Breonna Taylor may not be as smooth as it could be after it was announced that the Republican attorney general of Kentucky would be serving as the case’s special
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Source: Black America Web
Three police officers deny aiding suspect escape from cell
Three police officers were Thursday charged with aiding a kidnapping suspect escape from lawful
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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME
Cleaver, Eldridge (1935-1998)
Eldridge Cleaver, author and civil rights activist, was born on August 31, 1935 in Wabbaseka, Arkansas.  Cleaver, a child of six, lived in a household where his father abused his mother.  The Cleavers moved to Phoenix, Arizona and finally settled in Los Angeles, California where Cleaver spent much
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Source: Black Past
Sponsored by Intellitech
Aug
31
1935
Castrated Black Leaders.
Where are the “leaders” of the African-American
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Source: ThyBlackMan
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton is a religious leader and political activist. He was born on October 3, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York. His father left the family and Sharpton was raised by his mother. They had to move to the public housing projects, where his mother worked as a maid and supported the family on her
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Source: Black History Resources
Oct
3
1954
Black Man Dies After Video Shows Officer Kneeling on Neck
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis was seen on a bystander’s video pleading that he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his neck during the arrest and kept his knee there for several minutes after the man stopped
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Source: Black America Web
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Shooting of Walter Scott
The shooting of Walter Scott occurred on April 4, 2015, in North Charleston, South Carolina, following a daytime traffic stop for a non-functioning brake light. Scott, an unarmed black man, was fatally shot by Michael Slager, a white North Charleston police officer. The race difference led many to
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Source: AA Studies Research Guide
Apr
4
2015
Let It Burn: Protestors Set Fire To Minneapolis Police Precinct During Third Night of Protests
Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty
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Source: The Urban Daily
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Williams v. Mississippi (1898)
? Submitted March 18, 1898. Decided April 25, 1898. At June term 1896 of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, the plaintiff in error was indicted by a grand jury composed entirely of white men for the crime of murder. On the 15th day of June he made a motion to quash the indic
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Source: Black Past
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Johnson, Kevin Maurice (1966- )
Kevin Johnson, Mayor of Sacramento, California, was born in Californias capital city in 1966. He graduated from Sacramento High School, where he led the state in basketball scoring during his senior year, with a point average of 32.5 points. Johnson then played college basketball at the University
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Source: Black Past
Aug
8
2000
Shooting of John Crawford III
The shooting of John Crawford III occurred on August 5, 2014. Crawford was a 22-year-old African-American man shot to death by Beavercreek police officer Sean Williams, in a Walmart store in Beavercreek, Ohio, near Dayton, while holding a toy BB
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Source: AA Studies Research Guide
Aug
5
2014
Police Shootings: Black Americans Disproportionately Affected [Infographic]
Police violence has reared its ugly head in the United States yet again with thousands of people hitting the streets of Minneapolis to protest the death of George Floyd over the past few
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Source: https://www.forbes.com
Ice T
Tracy Marrow, better known as Ice T is mostly celebrated for his rap songs concerning street life & violence. He has been an influential figure for the gangster rap genre. Highly controversial songs such as Cop Killer brought much fame to Ice T. He also pursued a career in acting, his most
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Source: Black History Resources
Feb
16
1958
Lockdown: Here's how members of the public can now report allegations of wrongdoing by cops
In line with the Collins Khosa judgment handed down by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has added extra capacity its National Service Complaints Centre to enable the public to report allegations of wrongdoing by police officers during the
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Source: https://www.news24.com
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Minneapolis Officers Fired After Video Of George Floyd’s Death Shared On Social Media
The four Minneapolis police officers involved in the deadly altercation between George Floyd, a man who pleaded with officers to breathe during a Monday arrest, were terminated on
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Source: MadameNoire
Kenya: IPOA Probes Police Who Teargassed 2-Month-Old Baby Inside House
The investigators received the teargas canister lobbed into Shamsu Abdikadir's house where his infant
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Source: allAfrica.com
Sean Bell shooting incident
Sean Bells murder took place in the New York City borough of Queens, New York, United States, on November 25, 2006. Three men were shot a total of 50 times by a team of both plainclothes and undercover NYPD officers. Sean Bell was killed on the morning before his wedding, and two of his
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Source: AA Studies Research Guide
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Gunmen kill 28 in back-to-back attacks in Nigeria
Members of the Fulani tribe have targeted and killed 28 Christian villagers in north-central Nigeria as attacks in the region continue to
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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.
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Uganda: COVID-19 Cases Spike to 203 After 43 Truckers Test Positive
Uganda has announced its biggest coronavirus cases spike in a day after 43 truck drivers tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday, May
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Smoked out: NW cop in court for allegedly stealing cigarettes worth R6K from evidence locker
A North West police officer has been charged for theft and defeating the ends of justice after she allegedly stole R6 000 worth of cigarettes out of the Rustenburg police station's exhibit store earlier in
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Source: https://www.news24.com
Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Prosper, Pierre-Richard (1963– )
Pierre-Richard Prosper is an attorney and diplomat who turned his passion for the rule of law into a global pursuit for justice for victims of the worst crimes of humanity, and accountability for the perpetrators of those
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Source: Black Past
Sep
11
2001
Where Ahmaud Arbery Ran, Neighbors Cast Wary Eyes
Using security camera footage, cell phone video, and 911 calls and logs, The Times has reconstructed the critical 12 minutes from when Mr. Arbery appeared on Satilla Drive to his death, less than 300 yards
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Source: Unpublished Black History
Racially Motivated Slayings
Buffalo, N.Y., grand jury indicted Pvt. Joseph G. Christopher of the U.S. Army on murder charges stemming from the racially motivated slayings of three Blacks in September, 1980.
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Apr
29
1981
Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Clarifies Message to Black America
Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden clarified his message to Black America after the GOP, and others, seized on a remark he made in jest while wrapping up an interview with the famous Breakfast
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Source: Chicago Defender
Trinidad opens wider on Thursday - No Covid cases for 21 days
Trinidad opens wider on Thursday – No Covid cases for 21 days
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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