[George Floyd Justice in Policing Act]
Rep. Bass: “On behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus, the millions of Americans we represent…I write today to implore you to bring the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to the floor of the Senate for a vote.”
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Rayshard Brooks
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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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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Judge Reveals America’s Judicial Racism by Releasing Killer-Cop Rolfe
[Rayshard Brooks\Garrett Rolfe]
Miller told Barwick, “My husband did not deserve to die, and I should not live in fear while waiting for the man who killed my husband to be tried in court.”
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Atlanta Judge Grants Bail to Killer-Cop Murderer of Rayshard Brooks
[Rayshard Brooks\Garrett Rolfe]
Tomika Miller: “[Officer Rolfe] has already shown he’s a danger to the community. The way he stood over my husband and kicked his body…Killing him wasn’t enough. They stood there when something could’ve been done to save him.”
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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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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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Black Star News Endorses AOC, Bunkeddeko, Newsome, and Bowman
[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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