Politics
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Journal Publishes ‘Black Lives Matter’ Issue Without Any Black Writers
The Journal of Political Philosophy has come under fire for its June issue, which dedicates more than 60 pages to a three-author “symposium” on the Black Lives Matter movement and does not include any actual black voices. The journal has since apologized for not including the work of black philosophers, but as Inside Higher Ed…
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Cleveland Police Department Fires Timothy Loehmann, Officer Who Shot and Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice
Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann, who fatally shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice, was fired Tuesday, two-and-a-half years after the November 2014 incident, the city announced at a news conference. The New York Times reports that Officer Frank Garmback—who was driving the patrol car that pulled up near Tamir seconds before Loehmann fired the fatal shots—will…
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Jury Selection to Begin in Trial of Jeronimo Yanez, St. Anthony, Minn., Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Philando Castile
The trial of St. Anthony, Minn., Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez, who fatally shot and killed Philando Castile during a traffic stop, is scheduled to begin Tuesday with jury selection. As WCCO notes, Yanez is facing manslaughter charges in Castile’s death. Last summer, on July 6, Yanez pulled over Castile in Falcon Heights, Minn., thinking that…
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Bronx, NY, Intersection Renamed in Honor of Kalief Browder
On Thursday, Kalief Browder Way was unveiled. An intersection in New York City’s Bronx borough was renamed in honor of a man who took his own life at 22 years of age after suffering a grueling, three-year imprisonment at the city’s Rikers Island jail complex because he couldn’t make bail. According to HuffPost, Kalief Browder…
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After Betty Shelby Verdict, People Gather in Oklahoma City to Say ‘Black Lives Matter’
The weekend after Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Shelby was found not guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Terence Crutcher, people gathered for rallies in Oklahoma City on two separate days to say “Black lives matter.” One group marched through downtown Oklahoma City on Saturday, and another gathered outside Oklahoma…