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North Carolina City Bans Protests Protecting Confederate Monument A - Aida Chavez
North Carolina City Bans Protests Protecting Confederate Monument A - Aida Chavez
"A North Carolina city is using a restrictive ordinance to outlaw protest threatening to arrest anyone who even attempts to peacefully protest without a permit as part of an effort to protect a Confederate monument that sits outside its courthouse."
·theintercept.com·
North Carolina City Bans Protests Protecting Confederate Monument A - Aida Chavez
Legislation to Eliminate 'Qualified Immunity' Gets Reworked - Rachel Knapp
Legislation to Eliminate 'Qualified Immunity' Gets Reworked - Rachel Knapp
"A bill that would allow people to sue government officials including police if they violate their rights is going through some major changes. The bill better known as the 'Civil Rights Act' would get rid of qualified immunity and allow people to file their cases in state court instead of federal court."
·krqe.com·
Legislation to Eliminate 'Qualified Immunity' Gets Reworked - Rachel Knapp
United States: Arizona Cities Expand Discrimination Protections - Steven G. Biddle
United States: Arizona Cities Expand Discrimination Protections - Steven G. Biddle
"Arizona recdisently expanded provisions of the Arizona Civil Rights Act (ACRA) to cover pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions. Additionally following a national trend in response to perceived state and federal inaction cities in Arizona on their own passed new ordinances that expands protected categories and coverage."
·mondaq.com·
United States: Arizona Cities Expand Discrimination Protections - Steven G. Biddle
Protesters File Federal Lawsuit against Chicago Police - Brendan O'Brien
Protesters File Federal Lawsuit against Chicago Police - Brendan O'Brien
"Dozens of protesters sued Chicago's police chief and several officers on Thursday in federal court accusing them of brutal attacks and false arrests during social justice demonstrations this summer."
·reuters.com·
Protesters File Federal Lawsuit against Chicago Police - Brendan O'Brien
With 12 New Laws Washington State Joins Movement To Overhaul Policing - Austin Jenkins
With 12 New Laws Washington State Joins Movement To Overhaul Policing - Austin Jenkins
"Calling it a "moral mandate" Washington Gov. Jay Inslee a Democrat signed a dozen bills into law on Tuesday that backers hope will improve policing in the state reduce the use of deadly force and ensure that when deadly encounters do occur the investigations are thorough and independent."
·npr.org·
With 12 New Laws Washington State Joins Movement To Overhaul Policing - Austin Jenkins
New York City school segregation perpetuates racism lawsuit contends - Joseph Ax
New York City school segregation perpetuates racism lawsuit contends - Joseph Ax
"A group of New York City students filed a sweeping lawsuit on Tuesday that accuses the United States’ largest public school system of perpetuating racism via a flawed admissions process for selective programs that favors white students."
·reuters.com·
New York City school segregation perpetuates racism lawsuit contends - Joseph Ax
African American Reparation Bill Passes California Assembly
African American Reparation Bill Passes California Assembly
A proposal to establish a task force to study and prepare recommendations for how to give reparations to African Americans passed the California Assembly on Thursday.
·sacramento.cbslocal.com·
African American Reparation Bill Passes California Assembly
Sen. Cory Booker Breaks Down What 'Defund the Police' Means to Him
Sen. Cory Booker Breaks Down What 'Defund the Police' Means to Him
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) told The Root during an Instagram live interview on Juneteenth that he agrees with the spirit of the “defund the police” movement but is not for an all-out abolishment of law enforcement. He also delved into what exactly defunding the police looks like from his perspective and how…
·theroot.com·
Sen. Cory Booker Breaks Down What 'Defund the Police' Means to Him
'We Bought Every Manuscript': Black Historians, Community Members Band Together to Reclaim Trove of Rare Records Documenting Lives of Free and Enslaved Black People
'We Bought Every Manuscript': Black Historians, Community Members Band Together to Reclaim Trove of Rare Records Documenting Lives of Free and Enslaved Black People
Black historians and community members in Maryland pooled resources to reclaim thousands of pages documenting the auction and sale of enslaved Black
·atlantablackstar.com·
'We Bought Every Manuscript': Black Historians, Community Members Band Together to Reclaim Trove of Rare Records Documenting Lives of Free and Enslaved Black People
Recent Hangings Evoke Painful Memories of Lynchings and Racist Violence
Recent Hangings Evoke Painful Memories of Lynchings and Racist Violence
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·thenorthstar.com·
Recent Hangings Evoke Painful Memories of Lynchings and Racist Violence
Man charged with killing 8 people at Georgia massage parlors
Man charged with killing 8 people at Georgia massage parlors
ATLANTA (AP) — A white gunman was charged Wednesday with killing eight people at three Atlanta-area massage parlors in an attack that sent terror through the Asian American community , which has increasingly been targeted during the coronavirus pandemic.
·apnews.com·
Man charged with killing 8 people at Georgia massage parlors
Family of Ahmaud Arbery wants racial justice as murderers face new trial
Family of Ahmaud Arbery wants racial justice as murderers face new trial
The family of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger who was chased by three white men in pickup trucks and gunned down in south Georgia in 2020, says that the men's federal hate crimes trial will do what the state court did not - reckon with race.
·reuters.com·
Family of Ahmaud Arbery wants racial justice as murderers face new trial
Ahmaud Arbery's hometown hopes for change after convictions
Ahmaud Arbery's hometown hopes for change after convictions
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery as he ran on a residential street remained free for more than two months, with police and prosecutors appearing to accept their story that the young Black man was a fleeing criminal who turned and attacked before being fatally shot.
·apnews.com·
Ahmaud Arbery's hometown hopes for change after convictions
Hate crimes in US reach highest level in more than a decade
Hate crimes in US reach highest level in more than a decade
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hate crimes in the U.S. rose to the highest level in more than a decade as federal officials also recorded the highest number of hate-motivated killings since the FBI began collecting that data in the early 1990s, according to an FBI report released Monday...
·apnews.com·
Hate crimes in US reach highest level in more than a decade