In this Oct. 25, 2018, file photo, Gregory Bush is arraigned on two counts of murder and 10 counts of wanton endangerment in Louisville, Ky. Bush, already serving a life prison sentence for fatally shooting two shoppers at a grocery store, has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes. Federal prosecutors say the October 2018 shootings […]
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Op Ed: The Families Who Are Left Behind After Police Killings
William Green was shot and killed by a police officer while in handcuffs in a police cruiser in Temple Hills, MD on Jan. 27, 2020. (Courtesy Photo) Submitted by: Nikki Owens, Cousin of William Green, murdered by police on January 27, 2020 in Prince George’s County, Maryland There is not a day since January 28, […]
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NNPA Black Press Week, March 18-19, focuses on Black Businesses
NNPA Virtual Boack Business Challenges Black Business: Challenges, Responsibilities and Opportunities Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Considering the challenges facing Black Businesses and the Black Press as a result of COVID-19, the National Newspaper Publishers Association Fund Black Press Week will zero in on the theme “BLACK BUSINESS Challenges, Responsibilities, and Opportunities Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic.” The two-day […]
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Minneapolis to pay $27M to settle Floyd family lawsuit
Cortez Rice, left, of Minneapolis, sits with others in the middle of Hennepin Avenue on Sunday, March 7, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn., to mourn the death of George Floyd a day before jury selection is set to begin in the trial of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged in Floyd’s death. (Jerry Holt/Star […]
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Defender Exclusive: George Floyd family interview
George Floyd Family Members: Nephew Brandon Williams, Brothers Philonise and Rodney Floyd took time to share with the Houston Defender Network their feelings about how their lives have changed after the death of their brother. George Floyd’s death changed the entire world, and now we are getting ready to witness his killer go on trial. […]
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Dozens rally before ex-officer put on trial in Floyd’s death
George Floyd Square is shown on Feb. 8, 2021, in Minneapolis. Ten months after police officers brushed off George Floyd’s moans for help on the street outside a south Minneapolis grocery, the square remains a makeshift memorial for Floyd who died at the hand of police making an arrest. The trial of former Minneapolis police […]
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Trooper kicked, dragged Black man who died in custody
Ronald Greene smiles in an undated photo provided by his family. A Louisiana State Police trooper has been suspended without pay for kicking and dragging Greene, a handcuffed Black man whose in-custody death remains unexplained and the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. (Courtesy of the Greene family via AP) By Jim Mustian The […]
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Social justice at NASCAR’s forefront as new season begins
In this June 10, 2020, file photo, driver Bubba Wallace, wearing an “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirt waits for the start of a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Martinsville, Va. A predominantly white sport with deep Southern roots and a longtime embrace of Confederate symbols, NASCAR was forced last summer to face its own checkered […]
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Uphill battle to convict cop who shot Andre Hill, data shows
Ben Crump, right, the civil rights attorney representing Andre Hill’s family, raises hands with Andre Hill’s Daughter Karissa Hill during a news conference about the indictment of Columbus Police Officer Adam Coy in the shooting death of Andre Hill Feb. 4, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Coy was indicted Feb. 3 on a murder charge by […]
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‘A Sorority of Pain’ Jacob Blake, Breonna Taylor family push for new laws
Jacob Blake Sr. sits with NNPA member publication, the Chicago Defender’s Interim Managing editor, Danielle Sanders, for an interview in October 2020 (Photo courtesy NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jacob Blake Sr., son Jacob Jr. was shot seven times in the back in a residential area of Kenosha by police officer Rusten Sheskey. The shooting left […]
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No charges against Wisconsin officer who shot Jacob Blake
Jacob Blake Sr., father of Jacob Blake, holds a candle at a rally Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) By TODD RICHMOND and MICHAEL TARM KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prosecutor declined Tuesday to file charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back in […]
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Black Lives Matter DC demands city government and business leaders stop attacks by violent Trump supporters
‘Tell the racists that they’re not welcome in our city!’ WASHINGTON — Today, Black Lives Matter DC leaders issued demands to Mayor Bowser, Deputy Chief Contee, City Council members and business owners and leaders in the District, telling them to send a clear message to racist Trump supporters planning to attack the city on January […]