Wolfe City Police Officer Shaun Lucas (left) has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Jonathan Price. (AP and Screengrab Photos) By JUAN A. LOZANO and JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press A white police officer has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man following a reported disturbance at a […]
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Recordings Reveal Confusion Behind Breonna Taylor’s Death
In this Sept. 25, 2020, file photo, Black Lives Matter protesters march in Louisville. Hours of material in the grand jury proceedings for Taylor’s fatal shooting by police have been made public on Friday, Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File) By Dylan Lovan and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn The Associated Press The police officer who fatally […]
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Steve McQueen Unveils Anthology of Racism and Resistance
Steve McQueen arrives at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Breakfast in Los Angeles on Dec. 5, 2018. In a movie year mostly lacking big, ambitious releases, McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology is an unqualified main event. The movies, spanning 1968 to 1985, are each individual stories of the West Indian community in London. (Photo by […]
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How to Stop the Killing of Unarmed Black People
Former Cong. Gary Franks (Courtesy Photo) By Former Congressman Gary Franks Could baseball offer a solution to solving the police killings of unarmed Black people? The cheating in baseball by the World Series Champion Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox was done by the players. But the management of the teams were held accountable not […]
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Why AG Barr is Dangerous to Black People
Attorney General William Barr speaks during a meeting with between President Donald Trump and Republican state attorneys general about social media companies, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By Ashlee Banks Attorney General Bill Barr is not only dangerous to minorities around the nation, […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Murphy Secures Historic $20 Million Settlement for William Green’s Family
William Green was shot and killed by a police officer while in handcuffs in a police cruiser in Temple Hills, MD on Jan. 27. (Courtesy Photo) By Keith T. Reed Special to the AFRO The family of a Black man killed by a former Prince George’s County police officer while handcuffed from behind will receive […]
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Report Reveals Alarming Amount of Systemic Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct
“We know that prosecutors lied in court in 4 percent of exonerations. The real rate may be higher since we only count cases with clear evidence that prosecutors made statements they knew were false,” the researchers noted further. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE — While researchers of a new report released on Tuesday, Sept. […]
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In Despair, Protesters Take to Streets for Breonna Taylor
A woman speaks to police as protesters stay on church property, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. Authorities pleaded for calm while activists vowed to fight on Thursday in Kentucky’s largest city, where a gunman wounded two police officers during anguished protests following the decision not to charge officers for killing Breonna Taylor. (AP […]
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Federal Abuse of Power Against BLM, Legal Experts Say
U.S. Attorney General William Barr. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Some Black law professors expressed alarm that U.S. Attorney William Barr late last week said he considered prosecuting Black Lives Matter (BLM) members for protesting police lethal force and misconduct. “It is unprecedented for the nation’s top enforcer of the […]
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Police Officers Not Charged For Killing Breonna Taylor
People gather in Jefferson Square awaiting word on charges against police officers, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. A grand jury has indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. The jury presented its decision against fired officer Brett Hankison Wednesday to a judge […]
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Award-Winning Black Journalists Launch News And Social Justice Podcast With Inaugural Episode On The Breonna Taylor Case
The Rev. Carl L. Washington Sr., founding pastor, St. Timothy’s Christiann Baptist Church. (Courtesy Photo) New York, NY (Wednesday, September 23, 2020) Four-time Emmy Award winning journalist Mara Schiavocampo, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Wesley Lowery, and former magazine editor and sportswriter Keith Reed have announced the launch of a news and social justice podcast entitled […]
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Philadelphia Puts Ban on Police Chokeholds into Law
In this May 30, 2020, file photo, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw speaks during a news conference at the city’s Emergency Operations Center in Philadelphia. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File) By Claudia Lauer The Associated Press The Philadelphia City Council formally banned police from using certain modes of restraint on crime suspects Thursday, […]
