eric garner
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Before George Floyd, There was Rodney King and The L.A. Riots
30 years ago the Rodney King verdict foreshadowed how police brutality caught on camera doesn't mean justice for Black people
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Mayor Adams Rolls Out Modified Plainclothes Unit, Condemns Bystander Recording [UPDATED]
The Neighborhood Safety Teams will be deployed across 30 neighborhoods in the city. Adams says recording police has gotten "out of control."
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Investigation into Tamir Rice’s Death Won’t be Reopened by Feds
Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black boy, was shot to death by Cleveland police in 2014 while playing with a toy gun
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New York’s Ex-Cop Mayor Wants to Bring Back Violent Anti-Gun Unit
Eric Adams' latest idea for fighting violence in NY is literally straight out of the '90s
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Judicial Inquiry Begins in Eric Garner Case, 7 Years After His Death
Former NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo has already been disciplined, but some think more public officials should be reprimanded for their role in Garner’s case.
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DOJ Announces New Limits on Chokeholds and No-Knock Warrants
The agency acknowledged that the tactics lead to unnecessary deaths but doesn’t outright ban them in the new directive.
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Police Shootings Continue Despite Protests, Reform Promises and the Pandemic. Cops Are Using Crime Victim Laws to Shield Their Identities
Are fatal police shootings getting more or less prevalent? Here's a story that doesn't really answer that question, but provides much-needed insight.
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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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Families of Black Men Killed by Cops Push for Serious Reform
The families of Black men killed by police spoke with White House officials and senators Thursday about the passage of a meaningful reform bill that will address police brutality, with the May 25 anniversary of George Floyd’s death being the goal date. Families left the meetings optimistic that lawmakers are working tirelessly to achieve that…