black lives matter
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Sister of Atatiana Jefferson Files Lawsuit Against Fort Worth Mayor, Ex-Police Chief and Ex-Officer Involved in Death
Last November, The Root reported that a lawsuit was filed against the city of Fort Worth, Texas, and ex-police officer Aaron Dean, who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson on Oct. 12, 2019, while she was watching her 8-year-old nephew at her mother’s house and after a neighbor called a non-emergency police line to report an open…
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Remember the Guy in St. Louis Who Was Waving an AR-15 at Black Lives Matter Protesters? Well, He’s Running for Senate
Do you believe that slavery was bad and that Black people should have equal rights? No? Great! How would you like to become a congressional candidate for the GOP? That seems to be the only bar you have to clear to become a politician in the Republican party. Remember that guy who was waving an…
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Minnesota Judge Finds There’s Probable Cause to Charge Former Officer Kim Porter With 2nd Degree Murder in Shooting of Daunte Wright
As the trial of Derek Chauvin was winding down, the cycle of grief and outrage began once more after Daunte Wright was shot and killed in Brooklyn Center by former Minnesota police officer Kim Porter last month. A judge ruled on Monday that Porter will stand trial after finding there was probable cause to charge…
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Family of Tamir Rice Wants Biden Administration to Reopen Federal Investigation Into his Death
The family of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot by Cleveland police officers in 2014, is campaigning for the Biden administration to reopen the federal investigation into the boy’s death. According to Buzzfeed News, the Rice family is working alongside community organizers to pressure the Department of Justice to reopen its investigation…
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Federal Trial Arraignment Date for Ex-Minneapolis Officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane Set for July
A federal trial arraignment date has been set for former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane, three of the four officers involved in the death of George Floyd. As The Root previously reported, Minneapolis Judge Peter Cahill ruled Thursday that the state trial for the three defendants—in which they are…
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Ohio City Agrees to $10 Million Settlement for the Family of André Hill
I’m somewhat surprised that we still haven’t reached the point where legislators are pushing police reform. Even if they’re unmoved by the loss of life, you would think they would grow tired of paying out millions over unnecessary deaths. Case in point: The city of Columbus, Ohio, has agreed to pay the family of André…
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Minneapolis Judge Postpones Trial for the 3 Ex-Cops Charged in George Floyd’s Death Until 2022
A judge ruled on Thursday that the trial of the three former Minneapolis cops charged in aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd would be postponed until March of next year. According to NBC News, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were originally scheduled to stand trial in August. All three men,…
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Newly Released Bodycam Footage Shows Capitol Rioters Attacking a Police Officer. But Blue Lives Matter, Amirite?
We all know that during the whiny wypipo rebellion at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a lot of MAGAts abandoned their “back the blue” mentality for a new “attack the blue” stance. Well, newly released police bodycam footage taken from one of the attacked Capitol police officers—not the one who was killed, but a…