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LMPD Finally Released Breonna Taylor’s Police Report. It’s Almost Completely Blank
On Wednesday, nearly 90 days after three plainclothes Louisville Metropolitan Police officers barged into 26-year-old Breonna Taylor’s apartment, shooting her eight times, LMPD finally released the incident report from the night of her killing. As the Louisville Courier Journal reports, the document was almost completely blank. And the little information it does contain includes outright…
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For Years, ‘Qualified Immunity’ Protected Violent Cops. Could a New Court Decision Mark a Shift?
On Tuesday, a federal court went against more than a decade of decisions in denying qualified immunity to a cop who shot a black man 22 times. The unanimous decision by a three-judge panel concerns the case of Wayne Jones, who was shot and killed in West Virginia in 2013 by five cops, who fired…
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No More Cop-aganda: Paramount Network Cuts the Cord on Cops, America's Longest-Running Reality TV Show
This is the kind of “cancel culture” you can get behind. Paramount Network has decided to can Cops, which was scheduled to premiere its 33rd season on Monday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Cops is not on the Paramount Network and we don’t have any current or future plans for it to return,” a spokesperson…
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The Woman Who Sang the Viral 'Lose Yo Job' Song Is Getting the Recognition—and Coins—She Deserves
The song of the summer had no marketing plan, no record deal, no big, glitzy video with star cameos. It contains just two lines, perfectly delivered and perfectly encapsulating a moment that is both maddening, exhausting, and oddly hopeful. It comes courtesy of 27-year-old Johnniqua Charles, and she’s as surprised by the development as anyone…
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Pittsburgh Paper Expands Reporting Ban to Reporters Who Stood With Black Journalists Banned From Protest Coverage
When it comes to the recent, nationwide wave of Black Lives Matter protests, there is a clear demarcation line between who is on the right and who is on the wrong side of history. The owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have picked their side—and it ain’t the right one. According to Post-Gazette energy reporter Anya…
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Milwaukee Educators Call for Hate Crime Charges After White Attorney Spits on Teen Protest Leader
A 17-year-old high school student who was spat on by a white attorney during a Black Lives Matter protest in Milwaukee is calling for “prompt and appropriate” justice in his case. Eric Lucas, a junior at Shorewood High School and an organizer of the Saturday demonstration, spoke at a press conference about the incident on Monday.…
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Sorry to This Monument: Brits Give Statue of Prolific Slave Trader a Nice New Home at the Bottom of the Bristol Harbor
A statue of a prominent slave trader found its proper home on Sunday: at the bottom of a harbor. The overdue relocation came at the hands of Black Lives Matter protesters in the British town of Bristol. Videos of them toppling the statue, rolling it through the streets, and Jazzy Jeff-ing it into the Bristol…
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Bill de Blasio Gestures at…Hints at…Suggests He Will Do the Right Thing by Saying He Will Cut Funding From NYPD
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared to make a major concession to anti-police brutality protesters on Sunday, saying that he would cut money from the NYPD’s massive $6 billion budget and reallocate it toward social services. If he follows through, it would mark the first time in his tenure that he’s cut funding…
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Minneapolis City Council Vows It Will Dismantle Police Department: 'Our Efforts at Incremental Reform Have Failed. Period.'
Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council—enough to constitute a veto-proof supermajority—pledged to disband the Minneapolis police department on Sunday, as the city approached nearly two weeks of daily anti-police brutality protests following the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd at the hands of MPD officers. The announcement was made at a community rally on Sunday.…
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What You Can Do to Lift Up Breonna Taylor and Other Female Victims of Police Brutality
Nearly three months after 26-year-old EMT Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by the Louisville Metro Police Department in a botched drug raid, no officers have been charged in her killing. In fact, since her death, another black person, West Louisville barbecue caterer David McAtee, was shot and killed by law enforcement. June 5 would…
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