akai gurley
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The George Floyd Janga
George Floyd is dead. No amount of memorials, court cases, T-shirts with his face, Ad Council-sponsored commercials, candlelight vigils, social media hashtags, street activism, presidential camera op meetings, or high-minded speeches about the need for police reform changes that fact. I don’t like to use the word anniversary when it comes to George Floyd. The…
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NYC to Settle With Family of Akai Gurley for $4,100,000
New York City has agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Akai Gurley, who was fatally shot by a city police officer in the stairwell of a housing project in the city’s Brooklyn borough, the New York Post reports. According to the report, the city…
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Akai Gurley’s Aunt Remembers Him as a Peacemaker
“I’ve never trusted the police,” Hertencia Petersen said as she shifted her weight in her seat. “I think cops work on modern-day lynching mode.” Our cameras were rolling as she candidly shared her disdain for law enforcement. “I can’t say that, can I?” Petersen asked solemnly. Petersen was sitting in the hot seat because on…