Legal
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California Cop Cleared for Fatally Shooting Homeless Black Man
The homeless Black man was stopped by deputies on suspicion of jaywalking
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Civil Rights Groups Request Department of Justice To Reject Past Racist Supreme Court Rulings
The "Insular Cases" stated that people living in U.S. territories do not possess the same rights under the U.S. Constitution.
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SCOTUS Allows Alabama Congressional Map that Diminishes Black Voting Power
We'll give you three guesses who voted against Black folks' voting rights
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Memphis Black Woman Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Trying to Register to Vote
Pamela Moses is an activist and founder of Black Lives Matter Memphis
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Investigation into Tamir Rice’s Death Won’t be Reopened by Feds
Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black boy, was shot to death by Cleveland police in 2014 while playing with a toy gun
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Federal Judge Denies Plea Deal For Man Who Murdered Ahmaud Arbery [UPDATED]
The proposed plea deals will not affect their murder convictions in the state of Georgia
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Black Man in Chicago Released From Prison After his Twin Brother Confesses to Murder
Kevin Dugar was sentenced to 54 years in prison for a murder his twin brother confessed to
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Wisconsin Judge Approves Agreement to Destroy Kyle Rittenhouse’s Gun
The state crime lab plans to record the gun being destroyed in April