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DC Mayor’s New Policy Would Make Police Body-Camera Footage Available to Public
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has proposed a plan that would release more footage from police body cameras to the public if the encounter with police occurred in a public place, the Washington Post reports. This new policy would reverse Bowser’s original position that body-camera footage should not be subject to the city’s freedom-of-information…
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Remembering Ezell Ford: One of the Many Lives That Mattered
Ezell Ford, a 25-year-old mentally disabled man from South Los Angeles, was walking near his home Aug. 11, 2014, when he was confronted by Los Angeles police officers for what they described as an “investigative stop.” During the encounter, Ford was shot and killed by Officers Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas. They claimed that Ford…
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1 Year After John Crawford III’s Shooting by Police, His Family Is Still Waiting for Justice
On Aug. 5, 2014, John Crawford III and his girlfriend, Tasha Thomas, went shopping at a Wal-Mart in Beavercreek, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. They planned to buy marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers to make s’mores at a family cookout. While on the phone with the mother of his two children, Crawford picked up a…
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5 Athletes With Impressive Tats
Earlier this week, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson decided to show off his newest “armor of God” tattoo as he was returning to training camp after being reinstated into the NFL after a suspension related to a child-abuse case. Tattoos have always been an outlet for athletes to express themselves, and they’re something that…
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The Officer Who Shot Unarmed Jonathan Ferrell Is About to Go on Trial. Here Are 5 Things You Should Know
Randall Kerrick—the officer from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., Police Department who shot and killed unarmed 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell, a former Florida A&M University football player—will go on trial Monday. Kerrick faces a charge of voluntary manslaughter, according to CNN. The September 2013 shooting incited emotional reactions across the nation, coming just a few months after George…
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Union Blasts Baltimore Police Commanders as Conflict Over #BaltimoreUprisings Continues
On Wednesday, Baltimore’s Fraternal Order of Police released its “after action” review regarding the Baltimore uprisings in April in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. The report’s overview states that “the rioting resulted in millions of dollars in property damages and injuries to citizens,” and that reportedly more than…
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The Defiant One: Why You Should Know Civil Rights Icon Gloria Richardson
Some called her “Glorious Gloria.” Others referred to her as the second coming of Harriet Tubman. Coincidentally, activist Gloria Richardson was just 24 minutes away from a stop on the Underground Railroad when an iconic photo of her defiantly pushing away the bayonet of a National Guardsman was taken during a 1963 protest in Cambridge, Md.…
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Who Is Burning Black Churches? Here’s What We Know
Since the June 17 killing of nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., six predominantly black churches in the South have burned in the past week, including one on Tuesday, causing many on social media to wonder #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches. (Fires have also hit two other churches—College Heights Baptist Church in Ohio and…
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#WakeUp: 7 Classic Revolutionary Reads for Black Millennials
Some of us have had that experience of awakening to what’s going on in the world. Whether it’s from watching a movie documenting the civil rights movement or reading about the life of Malcolm X, there comes a point in time when young black Americans “wake up” and start reading and researching about the issues…
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Papa Don’t Take No Mess: 5 Films That Show Black Fathers Doing Whatever It Takes
On Sunday we celebrate all the contributions of our fathers. And if you’re anything like me, you’re probably still figuring out what to get your own dad for Father’s Day. But after you’re done signing your name on that last-minute Hallmark card while your father stands in the other room, sit back on the couch…
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