[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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Breonna Taylor
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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Breonna Taylor: Livestream Hunger Strike Planned to Force Police Firings
[Breonna Taylor Hunger Strike]
Courier-Journal: “They made the decision Wednesday that they would abstain from all food, Maybe said, and organizers have been working to make it a reality since then.”
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Louisville Mayor Being Investigated for Mishandling Breonna Taylor’s Murder Case
[Breonna Taylor]
The Independent: “The Louisville Metro Council’s Government Oversight and Audit Committee (GOA) filed an order to officially launch the investigation ‘into the action and inaction of the Fischer Administration.”
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Six Year Anniversary of Eric Garner Happening Amid George Floyd Aftermath
[Eric Garner]
Inside Edition: “Pantaleo did not release his grip on Garner’s neck, despite 43-year-old Garner telling officers repeatedly he couldn’t breathe. Garner was later pronounced dead at a hospital.”
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NAN Announces “Get You Knee Off Our Necks” March on Washington
[“Get You Knee Off Our Neck” March on Washington]
Martin Luther King, III: “We are in the midst of the largest civil and human rights movement in history. Now is the time and this is the generation that can realize the dream my father spoke of 57 years ago.”
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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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House Democrats to Republican Senate: Pass George Floyd Policing Act!
[George Floyd Justice in Policing Act]
Rep. Meeks: “Changing the culture of law enforcement requires both transparency and accountability of officers.”
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Officers Who Murdered Breonna Taylor Thought She Was Alone
[Breonna Taylor]
AP: Mattingly said ahead of the raid officers were told Taylor’s ground floor apartment was a “soft target” and Taylor “should be there alone.”
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