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by Sherrilyn A. Ifill onApril 24, 2009
A recent videotape of a drunk police officer mocking a black murder victim pales in comparison to a recent spate of killings of black men at the hands of police. But it underscores the need to refocus federal efforts around police training.
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by Mary C. Curtis onJanuary 13, 2009
At this point, these depressingly familiar incidents seem to follow a script: bullets fired, accounts disputed, families grieving, lawsuits filed. And despite having reached a historic moment, black men can still catch a bullet from the police.
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by Ibram H. Rogers onJanuary 5, 2009
The same cycle of brutality needs more than the same old reaction. It's time to cut the bush, thorns and all.
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