The team of officers went out to make arrests Friday for destruction of property at the police station.
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Kamala Harris leads Bloody Sunday memorial as marchers’ voices ring out for voting rights
She criticized attempts to restrict voting, including limits on absentee voting and early voting, and said the nation is again at a crossroad.
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Black Lives Matter marks 10 years of activism, renews call to defund police
The movement first emerged in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
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6 key points from the scathing report on Minneapolis police after George Floyd’s killing
Investigators found numerous examples of excessive force, unlawful discrimination and First Amendment violations.
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Charges in NYC chokehold death may hinge on ‘reasonableness’
If a case does go forward, an argument of self-defense would likely brush up against a ‘tricky’ legal requirement.
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Tom Waddell: Teach the real history of race in America
Critical Race Theory, or CRT, encourages accurate teaching of our nation’s history. If we don’t teach our children accurate history, young people will never learn from our nation’s failures or appreciate its successes. Unfortunately, some people only want to teach children a whitewashed version of history that portrays America as the mythical shining city on […]
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Statue honors once-enslaved woman who won freedom in court
A bronze statue of an enslaved woman from Massachusetts who went to court to win her freedom in 1781 is being unveiled in the Berkshires this weekend.
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Commentary: The U.S. needs a robust national plan for racial justice
Our failure to establish a U.N.-accredited national human rights institution leaves us in the minority.
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Troubling questions unresolved in latest end to Till case
Nearly 70 years later, Carolyn Bryant Donham’’s retelling of his abduction and lynching stokes fresh frustration.
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Michigan officer charged with murder in shooting of Patrick Lyoya
The 26-year-old Black man was on the ground when he was shot in the back of the head.