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Watchdog Report Finds Chicago Police Response to George Floyd Protests Was Defined by 'Tactical Incoherence'
I’m sure you don’t need reminding, but George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police spurred ongoing, nationwide protests. Chicago was no exception, and a report from an independent watchdog group finds that the police response to these protests were woefully inadequate. According to ABC News, the Chicago’s Office of Inspector General found that…
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Abortion Ban Signed by South Carolina Governor Immediately Triggers Lawsuit From Planned Parenthood
Men will never stop their crusade to tell a woman what she should do with her body. One needs only to look at South Carolina’s governor, who, on Thursday, signed a bill that would effectively ban abortion in the state. NBC News reports that Planned Parenthood immediately sued the state, preventing the ban from going…
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Family of Dijon Kizzee Files $35 Million Claim Accusing LA County Sheriff's Deputies of Using Unreasonable Deadly Force
The family of Dijon Kizzee has filed a $35 million claim for damages against Los Angeles County accusing the county’s sheriff’s department of failing to train its deputies worth a damn and accusing those deputies of using unreasonable deadly force. If you’re new to Kizzee’s story, the 29-year-old Black man was fatally shot by sheriff’s…
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Judge Denies Motion to Rearrest Kyle Rittenhouse and Raise Bond Over False Address Filed in Court
Kyle Rittenhouse is awaiting trial for fatally shooting two people and seriously injuring a third with a rifle he couldn’t legally carry. His multiple charges include two felony counts of intentional homicide. Regardless of how one feels about the circumstances surrounding the Aug. 25 shooting in Kenosha, Wis., there’s no denying that, on paper, he…
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All Power to the People: Judas and the Black Messiah Cast Discuss the Revolutionary Spirit of Fred Hampton and How White Fear Tried to Destroy It
“White fear has not only been a tremendous impediment in terms of Black liberation, but the irony is that it’s been an impediment in terms of white liberation.” — Shaka King, Director text Why do white people fear Black liberation? This white fear is centuries old. Within the context of the federal government, the FBI…
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Former Ohio Police Officer Charged With Murder in Fatally Shooting Unarmed Black Man Andre Hill
If we’ve learned anything in our fight against police violence and systemic racism in our justice system, it’s that it is damn hard to hold cops who kill unarmed Black people accountable for their crimes. Even when they’re charged in connection with these shootings the charge is almost never murder. I personally believe that the…
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Prosecutors Seek Arrest Warrant and Increased Bond for Kyle Rittenhouse After He Flips Off the Law, Again
The case of Kyle Rittenhouse is fascinating, not because it shows that white men have privilege under the law (because we already knew that), but because of just how many allowances this guy, charged with killing two people and wounding another, has been able to get. As I said recently, 2021 is showing that white…
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Minneapolis Police Must Now Keep Their Body Cameras Activated at All Times When Responding to a Call
The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police spurred an ongoing nationwide reckoning on race and intensified calls by Minneapolis residents for substantial police reform. Reform efforts have been underway in the city since last summer, with the latest policy change requiring officers to keep their body cameras on at all times…