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50 years after fatal shooting: Milton Scott’s family, FBI agents talk about the emotional toll
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBATON ROUGE--Beverly Shabazz did not have a job and was seven months pregnant with her second child...
FBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the 'Brave Cave'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe FBI said Friday it has opened a civil rights investigation into allegations in recent lawsuits...
$1.17M settlement approved in Alton Sterling protest lawsuit
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe city of Baton Rouge will pay a $1.17 million settlement to 14 people who accused local law enforcement of using excessive force and violating their First Amendment rights at a protest over ...
Mistrial: Jury can’t decide if BRPD use of force was OK in Alton Sterling protests
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A jury in a federal lawsuit could not determine whether the Baton Rouge Police Department’s use of force was appropriate during protests following the 2016 death ...
Holding Protest Leaders Liable for Others' Violence Threatens First Amendment Rights
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDeRay Mckesson | Bob Daemmrich/Polaris/Newscom During a 2016 Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest in...
Pain, lessons remain decades after Southern shooting
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLast of a four-part series Shunda Wallace was 3 months old when her father, Leonard Brown, and another student, Denver Smith, were shot dead by a...
Louisiana officer arrested for killing fleeing Black man, police report
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A white Louisiana police officer was arrested Thursday for fatally shooting...
US Supreme Court rejects Black Lives Matter activist's appeal over protest incident
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Black Lives Matter activist to be sued by a Louisiana...
Protesters highlighting need for police reform shut down part of Poplar Ave. in Memphis
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAbout 50 protesters shut down traffic at the intersection of Poplar Ave. and Danny Thomas Blvd....
About That Claim US Supreme Court 'Effectively Abolished' the Right To Protest in 3 States
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 months agoGetty Images A police officer was severely injured when a protester threw a projectile during a 2016...