[American Policing & Militarism]
Myers: “Militarism has always been rationalized by the ancient Roman bromide: if you want peace, prepare for war. With the deaths of George Floyd and too many others, this has become a deeply questionable notion.”
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George Floyd’s Murder Forcing Some Whites to Consider White Privilege
[George Floyd\White Privilege]
Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis, captured in witness videos showing then-Officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck, has led white Americans to call out racism against Black Americans more vigorously than at any moment in recent memory.
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George Floyd Protests And “CHAZCHOP” Show Pathway Toward Change
[George Floyd\CHOP]
Koehler: Protesters then declared a small, cordoned-off area to be police-free. Initially known as CHAZ…it eventually became CHOP…the area maintained a certain organized autonomy — complete with patrolling paramedics and sentinels.”
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Tamir Rice’s Mom: “It’s An Empty Feeling Of Loss”
[Tamir Rice]
She rode in the ambulance with Tamir and held his hand in the hospital room. Investigators told her to stop touching him because his body was evidence.
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Minneapolis Police Chief on George Floyd: “This Was Murder”
[Minneapolis Police Chief Madaria Arradondo]
Chief Arradondo: Arradondo’s statement came after David Smith’s sister publicly questioned whether the promised training had been done in an interview with KARE 11 investigative reporter A. J. Lagoe.
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Rayshard Brooks’ Black Skin, Like George Floyd’s, Was His Crime
[Rayshard Brooks’ Funeral]
Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church and a Democratic candidate for US Senate, noted Brooks was killed while running away and George Floyd was killed by police while complying.
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“Wrongful Conviction” Podcast to Investigate Case of Terrel Barros
[Wrongful Conviction\Terrel Barros]
Barros’s case was brought to Flom’s attention by students of the “Making an Exoneree” course at Georgetown University.
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Why Do Americans Celebrate Confederate Statues of American Traitors?
[Confederate Statues]
Entin: Where is Benedict Arnold National Park, or a monument to the brave Kamikaze pilots who served so gallantly in World War II? Is there a memorial to the Luftwaffe in the middle of London to commemorate their great work during the Blitz?”
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Rayshard Brooks Like So Many Blacks Killed by State-Sanctioned Police Violence
[Rayshard Brooks\Police Violence]
Laven: “Rayshard Brooks, like so many other people of color killed by police, should still be alive. In 2016, for example, fewer than one in three Black people killed by police were armed or suspected of a violent crime.”
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