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Mural of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and David McAtee Vandalized in Louisville
The mural appears to have been vandalized by a white nationalist group.
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Feds Launch Investigation Into Potential Pattern of Racist Abuses by Louisiana State Police
The investigation comes shortly after body camera footage of Ronald Greene's death leaked last month.
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A Black Man Was Shot by Georgia Cops Serving Drug Warrant. Attorneys Say Details Mirror Breonna Taylor Case
The parallels between Taylor and Johnny Lorenzo Bolton are overwhelming based on details provided by the family's attorney. Bolton's family wants answers.
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Louisville Metro Police Department Set to Fire Officer Who Struck Kneeling Protester With a Baton
The incident took place during the Black Lives Matter protests in Louisville last summer.
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2021 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced; Darnella Frazier Receives Special Citation [Updated]
The teenager was recognized for bravely recording the murder of George Floyd.
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14 Most Important Books, Podcasts and TV Shows About the Tulsa Race Massacre
For the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the New York Times has released an interactive experience, What the Tulsa Massacre Destroyed, that takes viewers through the streets of a digitally created and historically accurate Greenwood neighborhood, demonstrating the destruction the massacre created. Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma was considered the “Black Wall Street” in the…
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Louisville Metro Police, National Guard Will Not Face Criminal Charges in Shooting of David McAtee
Last June in Louisville, Ky., during a protest over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police, David McAtee was fatally shot by a member of the National Guard. Almost a year after his death, it’s been announced that neither the National Guard members nor the Louisville Metroville Police officers…
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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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Defense Attorneys Want to Put Ahmaud Arbery on Trial for His Own Killing by Introducing Past Arrests Into Evidence
If attorneys for defendants in trials that involve white supremacy and Black death are nothing else, they are consistent. Their strategy is very much basic: Put the negroes who aren’t alive to defend themselves on trial. The strategy likely aided in setting free the killers of Trayvon Martin and Breonna Taylor. It didn’t work in…