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PageTurners: These Authors Are Taking You Back to School
New fiction and nonfiction titles sure to educate the hell out of you.
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Cuomo’s Sexual Harassment Allegations Cause Turmoil for Leadership of Time’s Up and the Human Rights Campaign [Updated]
Board co-chair Roberta Kaplan steps down after advising Cuomo’s staff; HRC President Alphonso David now under internal investigation for similar involvement.
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Video Shows White Texas Deputy Laying on Black Teen as She Screams ‘I Can’t Breathe’
The video is disturbing, and the fact that this kind of thing keeps happening to young Black people is even more disturbing.
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Ohio Democrat Proposes New Police Bodycam Law Inspired by Fatal Shooting of Andre Hill
There is absolutely no reason cops should have their body cameras turned off while in the line of duty. When brutality is alleged, transparency is key.
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Andrew Brown Jr.’s Family Files $30M Civil Rights Lawsuit Over Police Shooting
Brown was fatally shot by deputies in North Carolina earlier this year.
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Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Breonna Taylor's Family Alleges Louisville Police Withheld Body Camera Footage From the Night of Her Death
Attorneys representing Taylor’s family say at least one of the officers on scene during the raid of her apartment had to have a body camera activated.
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LAPD Officer Cleared of Wrongdoing in Sharing 'You Take My Breath Away' George Floyd Meme
A Board of Rights panel says the officer only shared the meme to report officers who were circulating it.