[Black Star Editorial]
The Black Star News believes candidates Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chivona Newsome, Adem Bunkeddeko and Jamaal Bowman will all fight in Congress for the change Black and Brown New Yorkers need.
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Breonna Taylor
Sen. Schumer on Justice in Policing Act: “We Can’t Wait”
[Justice in Policing Act]
Schumer: “This is a moment that demands we confront the poison of racism, which pervades every aspect of our society – from the jury box to the ballot box, from the emergency room to the classroom, from C-suites to city streets…’We can’t wait.”
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Tulsa Initiative: “Being Black Is Not a Crime.”
[Tulsa Initiative: “Being Black Is Not a Crime”]
In light of the news of the rally, Courageous Conversation Global Foundation (CCGF) has taken out a full-page newspaper ad in the Oklahoma Eagle…The ad simply reads, “Being black is not a crime.”
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Book Excerpt #1: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”
[Book Excerpt: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”]
Benjamin: “Police represent a domestic terrorist organization that is sanctioned by America’s white political structure to control Black people.”
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AFT Passes Resolution To Fight Systemic Racism in Schools
[AFT\Black Lives Matter]
AFT President Randi Weingarten: “We must also do all we can to create safe and welcoming environments. That requires us to rethink school security starting with separating police forces from schools.”
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Excuse Me White People ‘Listening’ to Blacks Shouldn’t Be Conditional
[Rev. Dean Nelson]
Nelson: “Carlson’s comments remind me that some- on the right and the left- want to engage blacks in the ‘national conversation’ only when those blacks are saying exactly what they want to hear.”
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Atlanta Killer-Cop Fired for Murdering Fleeing Black Man, Police Chief Resigns
[Police Brutality\Rayshard Brooks]
Marquavian Odom: “We’ve been protesting about George Floyd and I thought there was going to be a change, but there wasn’t a change, it was still the same old thing. I thought the message was clear, but obviously we’re still not heard.”
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Tackling the Double Virus: COVID-19 and White Supremacy
[COVID-19\White Supremacy]
Morial: “Five years ago, in the wake of Michael Brown’s death at the hands of Ferguson, Missouri, police, the National Urban League called for comprehensive reform of police recruitment, training and use-of-force policies.”
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