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Texas Senate Unanimously Passes ‘Weakened’ Sandra Bland Act
The Texas Senate unanimously passed a significantly diluted Sandra Bland Act Thursday, and now the bill will go to the Texas House of Representatives, KHOU.com reports. The bill has been stripped of any measure of police accountability, including consent searches and pretext stops. But lawmakers believe it is still a good first step. The legislation…
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NJ’s Bill Brennan Might Be the Realest Politician You’ve Never Heard Of
“Yoooo, have you heard of this dude named Bill Brennan?!” My friend intentionally does not use exclamation points as an act of resistance against manufactured cyber emotion; so when I received that excited message last week, I quickly went through my mental Rolodex because it felt as if I should have heard of Bill Brennan…
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FBI Raids GOP and Tea Party Consulting Firm in Md. With Ties to Key Trump Advisers
Wearing plainclothes and bearing a search warrant Thursday morning, FBI agents raided GOP consulting firm Strategic Campaign Group in Annapolis, Md. The firm has close ties to two key Trump advisers: former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone. Dennis Whitfield, a senior adviser at Strategic Campaign Group, is also a…
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William Barber II, Legendary Civil Rights Leader, Steps Down From NC NAACP Leadership Role
When the words “black liberation theology” are spoken, several names immediately come to mind: the Rev. James Cone, who coined the term; the Rev. Sojourner Truth; the Rev. Nat Turner; the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; the Rev. Jeremiah Wright; Dr. Cornel West; the Rev. Dr. Traci Blackmon; and the Rev. Dr. William Barber…
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#FreeBresha: Bresha Meadows Offered Plea Deal
Updated Monday, May 22, 3:02 p.m. EDT: Bresha Meadows, 15, entered a plea of “true” Monday before a Trumbull County, Ohio, juvenile judge to a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of her father. Read here: Bresha Meadows, 15, has been offered a plea deal and could be released from jail in…
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Judge Denies Lawyer’s Request to #FreeBresha Meadows Until Trial
Updated Mon, May 8, 1:52 p.m. EDT: Bresha Meadows, 15, has been offered a plea deal and could be released from jail in less than a year. Read the details here. Updated Sunday, May 7, 7:09 p.m. EDT: Although attorneys for Bresha Meadows, 15, argued that the teen is not a flight risk, Trumbull County…
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Armed Dixie Deplorables Protesting Removal of New Orleans’ Confederate Monuments Caught in Gun-Free School Zones
Armed Confederate sympathizers in New Orleans caught with weapons within 1,000 feet of a school may face fines and/or jail time, the Times-Picayune reports. According to the Times-Picayune: Photos and video from multiple news media and social media have shown some people carrying guns at the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Mid-City and…
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Jordan Edwards’ Family: ‘We Are Not Ready to Make a Martyr of Our Son’
In a statement to The Root, Jordan Edwards’ family makes it clear that, though they appreciate the immense support, they need time to mourn their son privately before they can accept him becoming another hashtag representing all of the young black people who have been slain by law enforcement. Read the Edwards family’s statement below:…
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Edward Crawford: Ferguson, Mo., Activist in Iconic Photo Found Dead From Gunshot Wound
Edward Crawford, 27, a Ferguson, Mo., protester and activist, was found in his car dead from a gunshot wound. Reports are not clear on whether the shooting took place Thursday night or early Friday morning. Police investigators are calling it self-inflicted, but they say they have not yet determined whether they believe it to have…
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#JxnRising: Chokwe Antar Lumumba Wins Jackson, Miss., Mayoral Primary Race, Looks Forward to June General Election
The votes are in. Winning over 55 percent of the vote against eight other candidates, attorney Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 34—son of the late Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and community activist Nubia Lumumba—has won the Jackson Democratic mayoral primary race. Lumumba’s leading opposition, Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham and five-term state Sen. John Horhn (D-Jackson),…
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