By Michelle Liu The Associated Press/Report for America The family of a mentally ill Black man who died after South Carolina jail employees repeatedly stunned him and then kneeled on […]
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Governor pardons Plessy, of ‘separate but equal’ ruling
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s governor on Wednesday posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the Black man whose arrest for refusing to leave a whites-only railroad car […]
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Last parent of a child killed in 1963 church bombing dies
By The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Maxine McNair, the last living parent of any of the four Black girls killed in a 1963 Alabama church bombing, died Sunday. […]
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Omega Psi Phi Fraternity offers $15K reward for Jelani Day’s killer
By Chinta Strausberg, The Chicago Crusader The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., announced Wednesday, December 22, that it is offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of […]
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Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright death
By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jurors on Thursday convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, […]
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Potter trial: prosecution rests its case; defense witnesses testify
By MSR News Online On Thursday, the seventh day of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial, the prosecution rested its case against the former Brooklyn Center police officer. Potter is on […]
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Details of Emmett Till killing still a mystery as probe ends
By Jay Reeves The Associated Press The investigation into the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago ended as it began, with a mystery that might never […]
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How does an officer use a gun instead of a Taser?
By SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press At former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial for fatally shooting Daunte Wright, a Black motorist, the core of her defense is clear: She says she meant […]
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Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty of all charges
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Kyle Rittenhouse escaped punishment in the shooting deaths of two men during the unrest that followed the 2020 police shooting of […]
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Statement from President Joe Biden
Ahmaud Arbery’s killing – witnessed by the world on video – is a devastating reminder of how far we have to go in the fight for racial justice in this […]
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Urban League Leaders: Aftermath of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder “Leaves a deep and painful wound on our Nation’s soul”
NEW YORK, ATLANTA and COLUMBUS, Ga. (November 24, 2021) – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial, Urban League of Greater Atlanta President and CEO Nancy Flake Johnson and Urban League of […]
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NAACP President & CEO releases statement on guilty verdict in the trial over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery
The verdict in the trial over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery is long overdue. Ahmaud Arbery’s death was unnecessary and fueled by racist ideologies deeply engrained into the fabric of […]