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The Root· 4 days agoLast week, Pernell Harris, a 29-year-old Black man, was tased and beaten by Coffee County police officers for resisting arrest in Douglas, Ga. Now, the ...
New, Surprising Data Has Lessons for All Sides of the “Defund the Police” Debate
Slate via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe question about police violence is harder to measure right now. It’s not clear that fewer stops...
Americans used to unite over tragic events — and now are divided by them
Tampa Bay Times· 9 hours agoSexual assaults — primarily of women — by abusive executives and other men in positions of power...
Yorgos Lanthimos Offers a Trilogy of Transgression With Kinds of Kindness: Review
Consequence of Sound via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA much nastier triptych of torment from the Poor Things filmmaker. Yorgos Lanthimos Offers a Trilogy...
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCombining the words "June...that he made the term "Juneteenth" famous, and that very few people had heard of it. After more cases of police brutality...
Rev Rogers: Pride month raises awareness for LGBT+ community
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 5 days agoInn, a popular establishment in New York frequented by gay and lesbian people in 1969. The police brutality of the raid and subsequent outcry from the Manhattan ...
American Bankruptcy Law Already Undercuts Accountability for Police Misconduct
The Nation· 3 days agoCities have been using the American bankruptcy system to shield themselves from liability for police...
Missouri woman's murder conviction tossed after 43 years. Her lawyers say a police officer did it
Associated Press· 6 days agoA judge has overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman who was a psychiatric patient when she...
Federal judge: ‘I don’t think robbers would ask for help’ | New Orleans' Multicultural News Source |...
Louisiana Weekly· 2 days agoOn Tuesday, June 4, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, lawyers from the ACLU of Louisiana and Cooley LLP argued in front of a three-judge panel on behalf of Bilal Hankins, a ...
Panther Power
High Times· 3 days agoFounded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in 1966, the BPP closely monitored the behavior of the Oakland Police Department and fought against police < ...