Jan 20
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I have a lot of respect for Anjanette Young, the Black woman whose dignity and wellbeing Chicago police officers had…
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Jan 20
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In 2017, The Root reported that the U.S. Department of Justice and the city of Baltimore reached an agreement on a co…
Jan 18
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If I’m ever having any sort of mental breakdown, don’t call the police.
Jan 15
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Over the weekend, an unarmed Black man was fatally shot by a police officer in Killeen, Texas, after the officer…
Jan 12
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Just months after the investigation into the Oscar Grant’s shooting was reopened, the Alameda County district…
Dec 31
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The story of Anjanette Young—the 50-year-old social worker who was undressing when Chicago police officers barged…
Dec 31
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The Dec 22 shooting of 47-year-old Andre Hill in Columbus, Ohio, is arguably among the most reckless acts of police…
Dec 30
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Last week The Root reported that the president of pardoning despicable white people has been spending his last weeks…
Dec 30
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Breonna Taylor may never receive the justice she and her family deserve, but the fallout from the March 13 botched…
Dec 29
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Last week The Root reported that an unarmed 47-year-old Black man was fatally shot by a police officer in Columbus,…
Dec 26
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More evidence continues to be revealed that police regularly practice cruelty against Black people in America.
Dec 18
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Conservative America would have you believe that Black Lives Matter is a terrorist organization and that every BLM…
Dec 17
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It sounds like something from a nightmare, but it’s what 35-year-old Lionel Womack is alleging he experienced in…
Dec 16
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Anti-blackness and violent policing may have some of their most visible expressions in the U.S. given the nation’s…
Dec 16
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A new bill proposed by a Democratic congressman seeks to create a publicly available federal database that tracks…
Dec 10
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The family of Casey Goodson Jr., a 23-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by a Franklin County sheriff’s…
Dec 8
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On December 7, 2019, in San Francisco’s Mission District, a 24-year-old Black man was shot multiple times by two…
Dec 7
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Attorneys for Aurora, Colo., police officers and medics involved in the death of Elijah McClain filed several…
Dec 3
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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Tases Black Man Who Witnesses Say Flagged Officers Down for Help
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It’s hard to imagine a situation where perfectly professional police officers responding to a reported car accident…
Dec 1
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During the wave of anti-police-violence protests and civil unrest that took place over the summer, Portland, Ore.…