[George Floyd\Black Latin America]
Yvette Rodríguez: “When I walk into a room, my Blackness walks in before my Latinism. “When it comes to Black Lives Matter, I can’t say, ‘let me go help them’ because ‘them’ is me. I am Black.”
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Breonna Taylor
NY Attorney General Issues Preliminary Report on NYPD Protest Abuses
[NYPD\George Floyd Protests]
Office of NY Attorney General: “Attorney General James will issue a more detailed, final report with recommendations specifically related to NYPD’s conduct in policing the protests.”
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WNBA Players Calling for Removal of Hypocrite Owner Loeffler
[WNBA\Sen. Kelly Loeffler]
WNBA players and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) are calling for the removal of Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler as co-owner of the Atlanta Dream.
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Breonna Taylor’s Lawyers: Home Targeted Because of Gentrification, Not Drugs
Breonna Taylor\Gentrification]
Taylor’s lawyers say the targeting of Breonna Taylor’s home had little to do with it being a drug house and everything to do with the city’s multi-million dollar “Vision Russell” development plan.
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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
NBA To Display Black Lives Matter Slogan When Season Resumes
[NBA\Black Lives Matter]
The NBA and the players union have agreed to have “Black Lives Matter” painted on the courts inside both sidelines of the venues at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
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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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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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