police brutality
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The Proof Is In The Pudding: Protests Reduce Police Killings According To New Research
Contrary to what some believe, the mass protests of 2020 did a lot of good when it comes to police reform
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White Michigan Officer Who Pulled Gun on Innocent Black Newspaper Deliverer Reinstated
It was 7 a.m. when white Michigan officer Chad Vorce chose violence and jumped into his car to chase a Black newspaper carrier on his usual route.
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Keechant Sewell Set To Become the NYPD’s First Black Female Police Commissioner
Mayor-elect Adams taps Sewell to be NYC's first Black female Top Cop.
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Derek Chauvin Expected to Change Plea on Civil Rights Charge
The ex-cop convicted of killing George Floyd is trying to save himself from more prison time
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Justice Department Opens Civil Rights Investigation into Mount Vernon, N.Y Police Department
Mount Vernon police officers are accused of several civil rights abuses in the predominantly Black city.
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Trial for Black Teen Caught on Camera in Brutal Arrest With Ocean City Police Begins
Viral videos of brutal arrests of Black teens in Ocean City, Maryland sparked calls for reform. The trial for one of those teens, Taizier Griffin, began Monday.
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U.S. Marshal and Georgia Officer Indicted in Shooting Death of Jamarion Robinson
In 2016, Robinson died with 76 bullet wounds. Now five years later, U.S. Marshal Eric Heinze and Officer Kristopher Hutchens are indicted for felony murder.
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10-Year-Old Black Girl Handcuffed and Arrested for ‘Offensive’ Drawing of Her School Bully
The ACLU claims the girl was handcuffed with excessive force in front of her classmates and officers wouldn’t let her speak to her mother.
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Baltimore County to Pay $6.5 Million to Family of Unarmed Man Killed by Officer
Eric Sopp was shot and killed by Baltimore Officer Gregory Page during a mental health crisis in 2019. Sopp's mother only called 911 to get her son help.