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Critics say Florida aims to rewrite history by rejecting African American studies

"One Governor should not have the power to dictate the facts of U.S. history," Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said of GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' move to ban the Advanced Placement course.

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5 ex-Memphis police officers charged with murder in brutal beating of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop

Five former Memphis police officers were charged with second-degree murder Thursday in the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop, authorities said.

Los Angeles Times

US officers involved in Tyre Nichols’s death face murder charges

Family says Nichols was beaten for three minutes by officers during traffic stop before dying in hospital days later.

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Memphis braces for release of Tyre Nichols’ bodycam as police chief says it shows ‘heinous, inhumane’ death

Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis said the footage would be released in the next few days

The Independent UK

Florida students threaten to sue DeSantis over AP African American studies ban

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said he's prepared to take the students' case to the U.S. Supreme Court as outrage grows over ban.

Axios

Crump threatens to sue DeSantis over African American Studies course

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Wednesday he would sue Gov. Ron DeSantis if he doesn’t allow Florida high school students to take a new AP African American Studies course that the governor contends promotes woke ideology and critical race theory.

Orlando Sentinel

High schoolers threaten to sue DeSantis over ban of African American studies course

Attorney Ben Crump announced a potential lawsuit against the Florida governor after the state rejected a new Advanced Placement course, which the College Board now says it will revise.

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US Feds: Investigation into Tyre Nichols’s death will ‘take time’

Five police officers involved in the arrest were fired after an internal probe concluded they used excessive force.

Al Jazeera

Feds: Investigation into Tyre Nichols' death may take time

The U_S_ Attorney’s Office said Wednesday the federal investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died after a violent arrest by Memphis police, “may take some time.”

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols video: Memphis officials condemn five arrested officers’ ‘criminal’ actions – latest

Tyre Nichols, 29, died on 10 January, three days after traffic stop turned into confrontation with officers

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols – latest: Autopsy released as police bodycam video shows officers beat him ‘like Rodney King’

Nichols, 29, died on 10 January, three days after traffic stop turned into confrontation with officers

The Independent UK

Dad dies after being beaten like 'human pinata' by police officers

A father who died after he was pulled over during a traffic stop was treated like a "pinata" by police officers who beat him to death, according to his family's attorneys

Daily Mirror

2 Memphis Fire Department employees are 'relieved of duty' after Tyre Nichols' death

Nichols died on Jan. 10, three days after he was stopped by Memphis police for reckless driving. Five Memphis police officers have been fired following an investigation into Nichols' death.

WEKU

Tyre Nichols – latest: Autopsy released as Memphis police bodycam shows officers beat him ‘like Rodney King’

Nichols, 29, died on 10 January, three days after traffic stop turned into confrontation with officers

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Al Jazeera

‘Nonstop beating’: Family seeks justice in fatal US traffic stop

Officers beat motorist Tyre Nichols for three minutes leading to his death, family says after seeing video of incident.

The Independent UK

2 fire dep't employees removed amid investigation into death

Two Memphis Fire Department employees have been removed from duty while the agency conducts an investigation into the death of a Black man after a violent arrest that led to the firing of five police officers

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols – latest: Bodycam video shows Memphis police beat Black man like ‘human piñata’, family say

Nichols, 29, died on 10 January, three days after traffic stop turned into confrontation with officers

Chicago Sun-Times

Attorneys liken Tyre Nichols’ Memphis arrest to Rodney King beating

Attorneys for the family of a Black motorist who died after a violent encounter with Memphis police say officers beat Tyre Nichols for 3 minutes in a “savage” encounter like the 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.

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Miami Herald

DeSantis says AP African-American studies class was ‘pushing an agenda’

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday his administration rejected a new Advanced Placement course on African-American studies for high school students because some of the topics attempted to use Black history to push a political agenda.

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols - live: Family say bodycam video shows Memphis police beating him like Rodney King before death

Nichols, 29, died on 10 January, three days after traffic stop turned into confrontation with officers

The Independent UK

Family say Tyre Nichols was beaten ‘like a human piñata’ in Memphis police ‘murder’

High-profile attorney Ben Crump called bodycam footage of his death “appalling, deplorable and heinous.”

WEKU

Tyre Nichols was 'defenseless' during his 'savage' beating by police, attorneys say

Nichols died a few days after he was taken into custody by the Memphis Police, in a violent incident his family says left him "unrecognizable." Five officers have been fired.

The Independent UK

Illinois paramedics, ambulance company sued for man's death

Attorneys say the family of an Illinois man whose death prompted murder charges against two paramedics who strapped him facedown on a stretcher has filed a lawsuit against them and their employer

The Independent UK

‘Black America’s Attorney General’ Ben Crump on 25 years of fighting racial injustice

Exclusive: One of the world’s most prolific civil rights attorneys speaks to The Independent about his fight for justice

Al Jazeera

Ex-US officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5 years

Former Minneapolis police officer J Alexander Kueng’s sentence ‘another piece of justice’ for Floyd family, lawyer says.

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