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Broken Windows: Lawyer Says Cops Routinely Park In Bus Stops And Block Fire Hydrants

Attorney Neville O. Mitchell. Photo credit: Hakim Mutlaq A Bronx-based criminal defense attorney says officers of the New York Police Department (NYPD) should be ...

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State of Emergency: How Cops Kill Black Folk and Get Away With It

Alton Sterling — The Daily News front cover [Commentary] The following commentary was posted on my Facebook page yesterday at 4PM about five hours ...

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Of course Black Lives Won’t Matter Till We Stand Up!

Sean Bell — unarmed and riddled with bullets by police. We accepted the verdict so what else can we expect? Re: “Akai Gurley: Black ...

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Dream Deferred: The Legacy Of SELMA In Perspective

While the in-your-face ‘No Blacks Allowed’ sign may be gone, columnist says mass of African Americans not doing better On March 7, President Obama ...

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NYPD Racial Profiling: Is Commissioner Bill Bratton Blind To The Facts?

NYPD Commissioner Bratton — tell the whole truth; not half This week, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton’s claim that no “systematic abuse” of minorities is ...

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Push On Cuomo For Special Prosecutor For Cops In Fatal Encounters, By Families Of Slain New Yorkers

Cuomo — demands heat up for Special Prosecutor in police slayings The families of 18 New Yorkers killed by the police have launched a ...

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Akai Gurley: Activists Welcome Peter Laing’s Indictment But Caution Premature Celebration

Young marchers have been demanding for justice in several police-killing-of-unarmed Black men cases Several elected officials and activists welcomed today’s report that Peter Liang ...

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Can Cuomo And De Blasio Stand Up To Thuggery By Some NYPD Officers?

Cuomo and de Blasio — civilians must control the police not vice versa [Speaking Truth To Power] On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said ...

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“Objectivity” In The Bill Cosby Case In The Face of “Mounting Numbers”

  Who Needs A Court? Bill Cosby: Tried, Convicted, Lynched By White Media   Part 3 of “Is Smug the New Uppity” Numbers are ...

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The Beginnings of Civil Rights Movement Against Police Criminality And Brutality

Taking it to the next level … This time it could be different. The Michael Brown and Eric Garner travesties could be the sparks ...