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‘Riotsville U.S.A.’ Trailer: Sundance Doc Digs Deeper Into America’s History of Riot Policing
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs police brutality and the militarization of law enforcement continue to be debated in America,...
Man sentenced to 4 years for breaking civil rights plaque during 2020 Nashville riot
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTondrique Fitzgerald was sentenced in February 2023 to four years for vandalism and rioting charges...
Nashville man who broke civil rights movement plaque pleads guilty, faces sentencing
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTondrique Fitzgerald is set to be sentenced on Dec. 13 for vandalism and rioting charges after...
‘Riotsville, USA’ Review: 1960s Archival Footage Brings the Receipts to Civil-Rights Documentary
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn this age where documentaries have become more like narrative films in approach and content,...
Franklin Florence, civil rights leader, dies at 89
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis story has been corrected to reflect Florence's accurate age. While his birth year was widely reported throughout his life as 1934, his family -- and...
‘Riotsville, USA’ Shows the Birth of Police Militarization
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCourtesy of Magnolia PicturesAfter the 2014 police killing of Laquan McDonald, Chicago officials...
Why So Many Universities Are Calling the Police on Student Protesters Now
Slate via Yahoo News· 1 month agoEarly Thursday morning, police arrested 108 protesters at Emerson College in Boston. At the...
Police were advised to avoid mass arrests; then came the US campus protests
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIn the three tumultuous weeks since protests broke out at U.S. universities, police have descended...
It's Hot Rage Summer. That Means It's Time for Activism
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbortion rights activists stage a sit-in just outside of the White House security fence to denounce...
NC Senate approves tougher penalties for rioting, sending bill to Gov. Cooper
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 1 year agoA House bill that would impose tougher criminal penalties for rioting, which Republicans say is...