[“Stand Your Ground” Laws]
Giffords Law Center’s Robyn Thomas: “All 27 states that have enacted them [“Stand Your Ground” laws] should act now to repeal them.”
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Ahmaud Arbery
Report: “Stand Your Ground” Laws Fuel Racist, Lethal Violence
George, Breonna, Ahmaud, Trayvon: Tipping Point for White America?
[Racial Policing]
Vandenbroucke: “Stories of murdered Blacks are stunningly familiar even when the sites are not: Ferguson (Missouri), Brunswick (Georgia), Sanford (Florida).”
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Teenage Football Star Gives Coach Advice About Speaking on Racism
[Tyler Booker\Bobby Acosta]
Sports Illustrated: “Booker told Acosta exactly where to start: Talk about it. Be honest about what’s happening. Don’t ignore this, even if it’s uncomfortable for some. Frank discussions about racism in America, Booker said, could impact college football.”
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APA Report: Black Women Often Ignored by Social Justice Movements
[Black Women\Social Justice]
APA: “The underdifferentiation of Black women from Black men may help explain why Black women face similar rates of racial disparities in traffic stops and arrests, but anti-racist movements often focus on Black men in the fight against police brutality.”
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Book Excerpt #4: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”
[Book Excerpt: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”]
Benjamin: “The Second Amendment’s key phrase is in the opening line which says: ‘A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State.’ What was the real purpose of this opening line?”
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Cardinal Dolan Excusing NYPD Abuse and Murder is Sinful
[Timothy Cardinal Dolan\NYPD]
Black Star News: “Cardinal Dolan, your comments are insensitive, at the very least. They are offensive to every Black New Yorker targeted, daily, by the institutional racism that is deeply embedded in the NYPD.”
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Book Excerpt #3: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”
[Book Excerpt: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”]
Benjamin: These Slave Patrols, in time of relative calm, when there were no slave revolts and such, would often spend their time harassing and beating slaves. They were defenders of white supremacy.”
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Way Forward: In Addition To Justice We Will Need Reconciliation
[Racial Reconciliation]
Green: “To see change, we must be active at the federal, state, and local levels to enable leadership that aligns with our values and implements policies that reflect the communities we represent.”
Photo: Jason Green
Book Excerpt #2: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”
[Book Excerpt: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”]
Benjamin: “The police ‘Slave Patrol’ system was created to protect the profits of these slaveholders who feared slave uprisings would economically disrupt their ‘peculiar institution.”
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