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HBCU Students Receive Millions after “Violently” Arrested
During the height of the 2020 BLM protests, two students in Atlanta were arrested after simply being stuck in traffic.
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Atlanta Cops Who Killed Rayshard Brooks Won’t Be Charged in Georgia
Brooks' death was a flashpoint in the turbulent summer of 2020
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Finally A Conviction For A Cop Who Helped Kill Breonna Taylor
A former Louisville officer pleads guilty on federal charges
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Louisville Sergeant Fired After Being Federally Charged Over Breonna Taylor Raid
Meany is also accused of lying to investigators about the officers’ unannounced entry into Breonna Taylor’s apartment.
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Atlanta Officers who Dragged Students From a Car During a Protest Escape Prosecution
A prosecutor said there was no probable cause to charge the officers with a crime.
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Louisville Activist Charged In Shooting At Mayoral Candidate’s Headquarters
Democratic mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg says a bullet grazed his sweater during the Monday morning shooting at his Louisville headquarters.
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Black Cop Sues Louisville Metro Police Department; Alleges Racial Bias Plays a Role in Promotions and Assignments
In the year since Breonna Taylor was tragically killed by officers in the Louisville Metro Police Department, the law enforcement agency has been plagued with controversy after controversy. It doesn’t look like that’s going to change anytime soon, as an officer within the LMPD has filed a lawsuit alleging racial bias and discrimination within the…
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Why Activists Are Frustrated by the Appointment of Louisville’s New Police Chief
What happens when a high-ranking police officer resigns from one police department after the unjust police shooting of a Black citizen only to become police chief of another embattled police department that came into the spotlight after the unjust police shooting of another Black citizen? Well, mainly, the new police chief is being greeted with…
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Atlanta Cop Who Killed Rayshard Brooks Was Previously Reprimanded for Use of Force Involving a Firearm
The Atlanta police officer who shot and killed 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy’s parking lot last week had received a written reprimand in 2017 for use of force involving a firearm, according to his disciplinary records. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution obtained the disciplinary histories of both officers involved in Brooks’ killing. Garrett Rolfe, the 27-year-old…