European Commissioner for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova and European Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli participate in a media conference on the EU anti-racism Action Plan at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool) By Samuel Petrequin The Associated Press The European Commission presented a series of measures Sept. 18 […]
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4 Louisiana Police Officers Charged in Black Man’s Death
In this Wednesday, June 10, 2020 file photo, Pastor Linus Mays leads a prayer at the start of a news conference with family of Tommie McGlothen, Jr., outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse with attorney James Carter, left, in Shreveport, La. Four police officers in northwest Louisiana have been charged with negligent homicide and malfeasance in […]
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Cash ≠ Justice: Remember Breonna By Reforming Police Institutions
In addition to the City of Louisville paying a historic $12 million settlement to the family of Breonna Taylor and agreeing to specific police reforms, Taylor’s mother Tamika Palmer said in a press conference that this is “only the beginning,” as it relates to their fight for justice. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File) By Wayne […]
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Georgia Deputies Beat, Smother Roderick Walter
This Sept. 12 photo provided by the Cochran Firm shows Roderick Walker at the Clayton County Jail in Jonesboro, Ga. A sheriff’s office in Georgia said on Sept. 13, it fired a deputy seen on video repeatedly punching Walker during a traffic stop. The deputy was being let go for “excessive use of force,” the […]
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Activists Call Out MPD and Bowser For Policing Practices
Activists are calling out MPD and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for the excessive force used in policing practices towards protestors and the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Deon Kay by a D.C. police officer. (Courtesy Photo) By AFRO Staff While the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is supposed to protect and serve District residents, Southeast resident Deon […]
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Report: White Supremacists Most ‘Persistent and Lethal Threat’
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seal. (AP Photo) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com For Black Americans, the threat of White supremacist violence has been persistent and ubiquitous for centuries. But, a new report by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), titled, “State of the Homeland Threat Assessment 2020,” suggests White supremacists will remain […]
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Kenya Copes With Decades of Police Brutality
Kenyan police officers detailed to the U.N. peace mission in Somalia salute during a ceremony. (AMISOM/Omar Abdisalan via Zenger.news) Kenyan police aren’t hired to protect the public but the government’s interests,advocates say. By Anne Macharia, Zenger.News In America, one incident of police brutality captured on video in May sparked global protests and may have finally galvanized […]
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Unions Threaten Work Stoppages Amid Calls for Racial Justice
In this July 20, 2020, file photo, Audrey Reed, 8, holds up a sing through the sunroof of a car during a rally in Los Angeles. Ahead of Labor Day, major U.S. labor unions say they are considering work stoppages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) By Aaron […]
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Officer Points Gun at Black Man while Pursuing White Suspect
(Stock Photo) TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A Tempe police officer is being investigated after authorities say he held a Black man at gunpoint while searching for a white suspect, department officials said. While responding to a report of a man with a gun at a hotel Saturday, Officer Ronald Kerzaya reportedly was told by the […]
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Mystics Become Loudest Among Basketball’s Voices For Justice Reform
Although they lost 10 of their first 14 games of the season, players from the Washington Mystics, such as Ariel Atkins, are using their platforms to advocate for justice reform. (AP Photo) By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Things haven’t worked out for the WNBA champion Washington Mystics in defense of their championship. […]
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D.C. Police Fatally Shoot 18-Year Old
Deon Kay, 18, was fatally shot by MPD on Sept. 2. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Deon Kay of Southeast, D.C., just turned 18 a month ago, and while he may have been considered legal age by law when he was fatally shot by a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer on […]
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Black Man Killed by Rochester Police is Remembered as Loving
Joe Prude, brother of Daniel Prude, right, and his son Armin, stand with a picture of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y., on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Prude suffocated after police in Rochester put a “spit hood” over his head while being taken into custody. He died March 30, after he was taken off life support, […]