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The Work of Abolishing Prisons: A Q&A With Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché
The Nation· 1 day agoThe start of the Covid-19 pandemic and, two months later, the police murder of George Floyd sparked...
Teens kicked out of elite Catholic school for ‘blackface’ are awarded $1M by jury after proving it...
New York Post· 1 day agoTheir “innocent” selfie then went viral three years later when it was found and widely shared during...
Historic settlement in George Floyd murder attracts backlash
The Daily Dot· 2 days agoAt the end of April, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously voted to give a settlement of $150,000...
Seventeen Cop Cars Burned. Are Portland Anarchists to Blame?
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoPortland emerged as the epicenter of nightly protest in the wake of the police murder of George ...
Virginia school board votes to restore names of Confederate leaders to 2 schools
The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoSeveral states, federal agencies and localities made similar moves to remove Confederate names, monuments and statues after a wave of protests following the 2020 ...
Review: Coolly argued but driven by fury, 'Power' examines the history of American policing
Los Angeles Times· 5 hours agoWhat lingers, disturbingly, from the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker’s deep dive into how we got...
Minnesota lawmakers look to ban 'excited delirium' training for police
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMinnesota could become the next state to ban police officer training on "excited delirium," a term that has been rejected by major medical associations in recent years as pseudoscience used ...
Body-cam video shows fatal shooting of Black airman by Fla. deputy in apartment doorway
The Day· 13 hours agoChantimekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Navy airman, holds a photo of her son during a...
Virginia school board votes to restore schools' Confederate names
Axios· 11 hours agoState of play: The vote reverses the board's decision in 2020 to remove the local elementary and...
Teen run over by Chicago police car during 2020 George Floyd protests to get $525,000 settlement
CBS News· 1 day agoA teenager who was run over by a Chicago police vehicle during the protests of George Floyd's murder...