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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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Investigation Launched Against White Couple Who Aimed Guns At Protesters
A white couple in St. Louis pictured holding a handgun and a semiautomatic rifle aimed at a group of Black protesters who had taken to the streets calling for the resignation of Mayor Lyda Krewson on
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Fulton County Commissioners approve legislation on police conduct
Ordinances call on police to report misconduct, avoid use of neck restraints and deadly force
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Officer Involved In Breonna Taylor Shooting To Be Fired
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville’s mayor said Friday that one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor will be
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Rayshard Brooks’ Death Sparks Atlanta Mayor To Announce New Rules For Police
Rayshard Brooks’ death at the hands of Atlanta police on Friday night (June 12) further ignited the city’s protests against racism and police brutality over the
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APD Chief Erika Shields resigns after shooting death of Rayshard Brooks | The Atlanta Voice
Bottoms said Saturday that she believes it was an unnecessary use of deadly force and she has called on the officer’s immediate
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Shooting, protests test Atlanta's image of Black prosperity | The Atlanta Voice
Then her uncle, Rayshard Brooks, was shot in the back by a white Atlanta police officer after fighting a drunken driving arrest and trying to run
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‘Wakanda’ Is a Myth: We Are Still Dying In Atlanta [Editorial]
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A Start: Detective Involved In Murder Of Breonna Taylor Fired
On Tuesday (Jun 23), the Louisville Chief of Police announced the firing of one of the three officers involved in the murder of EMT Breonna Taylor in her home back in
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New study finds police in America fail to meet basic international human rights standards | New York Carib News
A new study from the University of Chicago has found police in America’s biggest cities are failing to meet even the most basic international human rights standards governing the use of lethal
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Police Officer Involved in Breonna Taylor Shooting Fired
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Louisville Metro police department has fired one of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, more than three months after the 26-year-old Black woman was killed in her
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Peru’s coronavirus response was ‘right on time’ – so why isn't it working?
In stark contrast to his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro – who has deliberately undermined social distancing and quarantine measures – Peru’s leader strictly adhered to the World Health Organization’s coronavirus recommendations and mobilised the police and army to enforce a stringent
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What About Our Daughters? Breyonna Taylor and overlooking women in the movement
#SayHerName is another social movement that raises awareness for Black female victims of police brutality; however, Breyonna Taylor’s story seemed to be overlooked in these movements and almost ignored by the
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1 Police officer in Breonna Taylor killing finally fired!
Following pressure from civil rights activists, public servants, private citizens and a number of celebrities at least one of three police officers involved in “no-knock” warrant lead to the fatal shooting of a Breonna Taylor in Louisville has been fired, the Louisville’s mayor Greg Fischer
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Police arrest pro-life activists for ‘Black Preborn Lives Matter’ sidewalk chalk - African American News Today - EIN News
Police in Washington, D.C., arrested a man and a woman in front of Planned Parenthood because they were writing “Black Preborn Lives Matter” with a piece of chalk outside the abortion facility.
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New video shows moment Atlanta police fatally shot Rayshard Brooks
Atlanta police fatally shoot Rayshard Brooks 27, on Friday, June
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US Legislatures Slow To Pass Laws Limiting Use Of Force
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — 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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Mothers Against Police Brutality | Dallas Weekly
The killings of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, Breonna Taylor by police in Louisville, the killings by police in Indiana of Dreasjon “Sean” Reed, McHale Rose, and Ashlynn Lisby, and the killing of Ahmaud Arbery by vigilantes in Georgia remind us in the worst way that deadly police brutality
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Activists say present system has ‘failed us’
A coalition of anti-police-violence organizations hosted a press conference on June 8 outlining actionable recommendations to address systemic issues within the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of George
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Protesters Call Attention to Deaths of Two More Black Men | Afro
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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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1 Police officer in Breonna Taylor killing finally fired!
Following pressure from civil rights activists, public servants, private citizens and a number of celebrities at least one of three police officers involved in “no-knock” warrant lead to the fatal shooting of a Breonna Taylor in Louisville has been fired, the Louisville’s mayor Greg Fischer
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Unless graft is addressed, regional devt commissions won’t work, HURIWA says
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has warned that the creation of regional development commissions will not make any impact without dealing with
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Impatience grows for cops’ arrests in Breonna Taylor’s death
But three months after plainclothes detectives serving a warrant busted into her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment and shot the 26-year-old Black woman to death, only one of the three officers who opened fire has lost his
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No Policy, No Peace: It's Time For Police Policy Reform
“Our analysis finds that each additional use of force policy was associated with a 15 percent reduction in killings for the average police
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Atlanta police chief resigns after police shooting at local restaurant
ATLANTA, GA — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Saturday that Police Chief Erika Shields has resigned as calls for her firing built following a police-involved shooting at a fast-food
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Black Caucus Statement on Minnesota’s Swift Actions in Death of George Floyd
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Mother of African American man killed by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, files wrongful death lawsuit
Deborah Franklin is suing the city government and officer Wende Kerl, who shot Danquirs Franklin on March
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George Floyd Unrest and Action Continues…
George Perry Floyd Jr., born in North Carolina, raised in Houston’s Third Ward, and forging a new life in Minneapolis, was honored in all his humanity with funerals in all three
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