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Policy vs Perception: Deputy’s conduct shows divide between law enforcement and the public
ABC Action News Tampa Bay· 2 hours agoGeorge Floyd's death in 2020 ushered in a new era of calls for law enforcement transparency, equity, and accountability. As agencies work to maintain or ...
Rev. Bill Lawson, champion of civil rights, human rights and spiritual rights, has died at 95
KHOU 11 Houston· 6 hours agoThe beloved pastor of Wheeler Ave Baptist Church touched the lives of countless Houstonians in so...
Guest columnist Laura Briggs: Why send police to halt a peaceful protest at UMass?
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 43 minutes agoLet’s just say the obvious: The University of Massachusetts Amherst — indeed the overwhelming majority of universities — have never before sent phalanxes of police in riot gear to respond to ...
Ex-Trump aide jokes about giving homeless counterfeit money to get them arrested
The Daily Dot· 1 day ago“I always keep this fake Hollywood money in my car so when a homeless person asks for money, then I...
Historic settlement in George Floyd murder attracts backlash
The Daily Dot· 6 days agoAt the end of April, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously voted to give a settlement of $150,000...
'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrest...
ABC 7 El Paso· 5 days agoRonald Greene’s deadly arrest on a rural Louisiana roadside in 2019 sparked outrage after The Associated Press published long-suppressed body-camera video
Reform of RI's police bill of rights is closer than ever with House approval. What to expect.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days ago...Approved on a 58-to-14 vote on Thursday after a heated two-hour debate, the long-sought compromise was born of the public anger and frustration sparked by a string of incidents of alleged police misconduct locally and nationally, including: The 2020 murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis...
AP Investigation: Training failures can lead police to deadly use of common handcuffing tactic
San Francisco Chronicle· 56 minutes agoFor decades, police across the United States have been warned that the common tactic of handcuffing...
Rev. Al Sharpton delivers eulogy for Canton man who died in police custody
WJW via Yahoo News· 6 days agoCivil rights and social justice activist, Rev. Al Sharpton, will deliver the eulogy for Frank Tyson,...
Was it a brutal arrest? FIU student from Italy hog-tied by police in jail holding cell
Miami Herald via AOL· 6 days agoSnippets of the footage have caused controversy in Italy, with some slamming officers’ treatment of...