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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
People march during a protest rally Thursday in Waukegan, Ill., for Marcellis Stinnette, whom a police officer killed last week.

Waukegan, Ill., Officer Who Killed Black Man Has Been Fired; City To Release Video

Oct 26, 2020
Waukegan's mayor said the release of the video is expected before Thursday. An unnamed officer who shot and killed Marcellis Stinnette and injured Tafara Williams has been terminated.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
A mural honors George Floyd at the intersection of 38th St. and Chicago Ave., where he was killed by Minneapolis police on May 25, inspiring protests and police reform efforts.

DOJ Unveils New Initiative To Help Police Departments, Offers Aid To Minneapolis

Oct 20, 2020
Justice Department officials unveiled a new initiative Tuesday to establish a grant program and national center to help with defining policies and training officers.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
A memorial stands where George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis on May 25 while in police custody.

Judge In George Floyd Case Allows Video Of Prior Arrest To Be Made Public

Oct 16, 2020
The prosecution had sought a 48-hour seal on court filings, which include a submission from the defense of footage of the 2019 encounter, in hopes of discussing what information to release.
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Anthony Bottom, who now goes by the name Jalil Muntaqim, was interviewed in New York state prison in 2018. He's going home on parole after more than four decades behind bars.

NY Parole Of Former Black Panther Activist Who Murdered 2 Cops Sparks Reform Debate

Sep 27, 2020
Anthony Bottom, 68, is at the center of a discussion over elderly inmates convicted of violent crimes in their youth. Reform advocates say after decades behind bars most should go home.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Protesters look for an escape while Portland police disperse a crowd in Portland, Ore. Wednesday. Violent protests erupted following the results of a grand jury investigation into the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

Police Declare 'Riot' In Portland, Ore. After Breonna Taylor Decision

Sep 24, 2020
Police said a crowd grew to nearly 300 people at one point, and skirmishes broke out between protesters and law enforcement. Thirteen people were arrested.
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Coronavirus Live Updates

Parents, Child Charged After Underage Drinking Party Led School To Online Classes

Sep 22, 2020
The party, which police estimate had at least 50 students in attendance, led to the local high school delaying in-person learning by two weeks as a precaution against COVID-19.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Poet and activist Christopher Coles addresses a crowd in Rochester, N.Y.

Black Protest Leaders To White Allies: 'It's Our Turn To Lead Our Own Fight'

Sep 22, 2020
As Black Lives Matter protests spread across the country, a lot of white people joined in to help the cause. In many cities Black leaders are being deliberate about the roles "white allies" play.
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Investigations
U.S. Park Police and other federal officers hold a perimeter near the White House on June 1 as demonstrators gather to protest the killing of George Floyd.

Watchdog To Review Nonlethal Tactics Against Protesters, Including 'Heat Ray' Request

Sep 18, 2020
The Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan government watchdog, will review the federal government's use of nonlethal weapons and the tactics it wielded against protesters this summer.
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Investigations
Military police hold a line near the White House as demonstrators gather to protest police brutality on June 1, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

Military Police Leaders Weighed Deploying 'Heat Ray' Against D.C. Protesters

Sep 16, 2020
Hours before federal police cleared peaceful protesters near the White House on June 1, a whistleblower got an email asking to find a device that would make protesters' skin feel like it was burning.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice

NYPD Study: Implicit Bias Training Changes Minds, Not Necessarily Behavior

Sep 10, 2020
The NYPD has released the biggest study to date of the effectiveness of implicit bias training. The results suggest the popular training can change attitudes but not necessarily how policing is done.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Dallas Police Chief U. Reneé Hall talks signed Tuesday after criticism of her department's handling of recent protests in the city. Hall is seen here at police headquarters in Dallas in 2017.

Dallas Police Chief Resigns Amid Fallout Over Department's Handling Of Protests

Sep 09, 2020
U. Reneé Hall will stay on until the end of 2020. She is the latest in a wave of police chiefs to leave their posts after national protests calling for increase law enforcement accountability.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Police hold a perimeter near the White House as demonstrators gather to protest police brutality in the morning hours of May 31 in Washington, D.C.

Political Divisions Drive Police Brutality Lawsuit Settlements

Sep 09, 2020
Most of the largest civil settlements for police killings were in liberal areas in the year after the Ferguson unrest. Now, lawyers say current protests are hardening political divisions on policing.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Elders stand on the front line in a march for Daniel Prude on Sunday in Rochester, N.Y. Prude died in March a week after police pinned him to the ground. It was the fifth consecutive night of protesting since the release of police body-camera footage of

Rochester Mayor Promises Police Reforms After Protests Over Daniel Prude's Death

Sep 07, 2020
Mayor Lovely Warren vows to move some mental health services funds away from police. Daniel Prude died a week after officers pinned him on the ground, responding to a mental health crisis call.
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Code Switch
A flag drapes across looted shelves in a hardware store during widespread unrest following the death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020 in Philadelphia, Penn.

One Author's Argument 'In Defense Of Looting'

Aug 27, 2020
In her new book, writer Vicky Osterweil argues that looting is a powerful tool to bring about real, lasting change in society.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks during a news conference, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Louisville, Ky.

Members Of Louisville City Council Draft A Measure Calling On Mayor To Resign

Aug 18, 2020
The council's Republican Caucus is calling for Democratic Mayor Greg Fischer to step down. The caucus cites Fischer's handling of probes into the Breonna Taylor and David McAtee deaths as reasons.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Demonstrators use leaf blowers to try to blow back tear gas launched by federal officers during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Sunday in Portland, Ore.

Tear Gas Fired On Protesters Again During Overnight Protests In Portland

Jul 27, 2020
Federal agents fired tear gas after hundreds gathered for the 60th day of demonstrations following the killing of George Floyd. Police said they found Molotov cocktails and loaded rifle magazines.
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National
Shamarr Allen performs during the 2019 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 50th Anniversary at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 04, 2019 in New Orleans.

To Help Keep New Orleans Safe, Musician Trades Kids Trumpets For Guns

Jul 24, 2020
Musician Shamarr Allen is offering youth trumpets and music books in exchange for guns — no questions asked. He hopes the instrument will impact kids in New Orleans today the way it did for him.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
A screenshot from a cellphone video appears to show a police officer pressing his knee into a man's neck, in Allentown, Pa.

Police Investigate Incident Where Officer Appeared To Use Knee To Restrain Suspect

Jul 14, 2020
Allentown, Pa., police released a video showing police subduing a man. Part of the video shows an officer placing a knee to the man's neck, drawing comparisons to the George Floyd incident.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Protesters hold up a lighted sign reading "#sayhername" during a July 2015 vigil for Sandra Bland in Chicago. Bland died in a Texas jail after a traffic stop escalated into a physical confrontation. Authorities said Bland hanged herself, a finding her fa

Say Her Name: How The Fight For Racial Justice Can Be More Inclusive Of Black Women

Jul 07, 2020
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kimberlé Crenshaw, co-founder of the Say Her Name campaign, about how the Black Lives Matter movement can be more inclusive of Black women.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
In this photo taken from police body cam video, New York Police officers arrest a man on Sunday, June 21, 2020, in New York. The NYPD says officer David Afanador was arrested Thursday on charges of strangulation and attempted strangulation over the incid

NYPD Officer Is Charged With Strangulation In Alleged Chokehold

Jun 26, 2020
An NYPD officer has pleaded not guilty after allegedly using a chokehold Sunday on a man in Rockaway, Queens.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice

NYPD Suspends Officer Over Using Apparent Chokehold During Arrest

Jun 22, 2020
Video shows an officer using an apparent chokehold on a man who had been shouting invective at passersby and police. Chokeholds have been banned in New York City since 1993.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton, during a 2018 press conference. She and other prosecutors want DAs to reconsider taking campaign money from police unions.

Are Prosecutors Too Cozy With Police? Some DAs Say Campaign Contributions Need To End

Jun 18, 2020
Some California district attorneys say accepting campaign money from police unions creates the appearance of a conflict of interest, both real and perceived, when investigating police.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
A mine resistant ambush protected vehicle, or MRAP, originally created for the military, displayed in 2013 by a sheriff's department official in Warren County, N.Y.

Twin Cities Area Police Forces Loaded Up On War Surplus Under President Trump

Jun 16, 2020
Many law enforcement agencies in suburban Minneapolis and St. Paul that policed protests are recent entrants to a decades-old Pentagon program of transferring military gear to cops.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Alexandra Natapoff, a law professor at the University of California at Irvine, says an over-emphasis on low-level crimes like traffic violations and loitering disproportionately affect African Americans.

Law Professor On How Misdemeanors 'Sweep' Blacks Into The Criminal System

Jun 12, 2020
The killings of George Floyd and many others all began with allegations of a minor offense. These make up 80% of criminal arrests and cases in the U.S., and disproportionately affect people of color.
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