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Columbus police officer fatally shoots girl swinging knife
Columbus police officer fatally shoots girl swinging knife
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Columbus police shot and killed a teenage girl who swung at two other people with a knife Tuesday, according to bodycam footage from the officer who fired the shots just minutes before the verdict in George Floyd’s killing was read...
·apnews.com·
Columbus police officer fatally shoots girl swinging knife
Beatings, buried videos a pattern at Louisiana State Police
Beatings, buried videos a pattern at Louisiana State Police
MONROE, La. (AP) — The most violent videos languished for years, lost or ignored in a digital vault. Louisiana State Police troopers and top brass alike would often look the other way, even as officers took to official messaging channels to banter about their brutality.
·apnews.com·
Beatings, buried videos a pattern at Louisiana State Police
Ahmaud Arbery's mother files civil rights lawsuit on anniversary of his death
Ahmaud Arbery's mother files civil rights lawsuit on anniversary of his death
The mother of Ahmaud Arbery filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday against the three men accused of killing her son, a Black man who was chased down and shot dead as he jogged through his Georgia neighborhood.
·reuters.com·
Ahmaud Arbery's mother files civil rights lawsuit on anniversary of his death
After chauvin minnesota set to prosecute three other officers in floyd death
After chauvin minnesota set to prosecute three other officers in floyd death
With the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd on Tuesday, prosecutors will begin turning their attention to making their case against three others who took part in the fatal arrest.
·wgntv.com·
After chauvin minnesota set to prosecute three other officers in floyd death
3 men indicted on murder charges in killing of Ahmaud Arbery
3 men indicted on murder charges in killing of Ahmaud Arbery
ATLANTA (AP) — Three white men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man fatally shot while running in a neighborhood near Georgia's coast...
·apnews.com·
3 men indicted on murder charges in killing of Ahmaud Arbery
Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after Civil War
Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after Civil War
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Long a symbol of pride to some and hatred to others, the Confederate battle flag is losing its place of official prominence 155 years after rebellious Southern states lost a war to perpetuate slavery...
·apnews.com·
Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after Civil War
Black Lives Matter and Pandemic Bring Juneteenth Into Focus
Black Lives Matter and Pandemic Bring Juneteenth Into Focus
UArizona historian Tyina Steptoe discusses the history of the holiday that recognizes emancipation, and why more people than ever may celebrate it this year and in the future.
·news.arizona.edu·
Black Lives Matter and Pandemic Bring Juneteenth Into Focus
Black history curriculum under new scrutiny
Black history curriculum under new scrutiny
For decades, when it was discussed at all, the killing of hundreds of people in a prosperous black business district nearly a century ago was referred to as the Tulsa race riot.
·courthousenews.com·
Black history curriculum under new scrutiny
Asian Americans Leading The Way In Art And Activism
Asian Americans Leading The Way In Art And Activism
Asian Americans Out Loud, our project highlighting people who are leading the way forward in the face of trauma and fear in Asian communities across America.
·huffpost.com·
Asian Americans Leading The Way In Art And Activism
The AP Interview: Nikole Hannah-Jones' warning on democracy
The AP Interview: Nikole Hannah-Jones' warning on democracy
NEW YORK (AP) — Following a year of professional milestones born of her work on America’s history of slavery, Pulitzer Prize-winning Black journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones said she is clear-eyed about her mission to force a reckoning around the nation’s self-image.
·apnews.com·
The AP Interview: Nikole Hannah-Jones' warning on democracy
What It Means To 'Say Her Name'
What It Means To 'Say Her Name'
Sandra Bland. Her name, her story, and her 2015 death in a Texas jail cell catapulted one Black woman’s experience of racial profiling, police violence, bail, and jailhouse neglect into the national consciousness.
·essence.com·
What It Means To 'Say Her Name'
A short history of black women and police violence
A short history of black women and police violence
Young men make up the majority of black people killed by police in the US. That’s fed a perception that black women are somehow shielded from the threat of police violence. They aren’t.
·theconversation.com·
A short history of black women and police violence