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Met Police ‘bans wearing of Thin Blue Line badge by officers at London Pride’

The symbol has become politically charged in the US, where it has been used by counterprotesters at Black Lives Matter marches.

The Independent UK

Judge awards a Black church $1M over BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest

Two Black Lives Matter banners were pulled down from Metropolitan AME and another historically Black church in Washington and burned during clashes between pro-Trump backers and counterdemonstrators.

WEKU

Judge awards Black church $1 million after BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest

A judge has awarded more than $1 million to a Black church in Washington, D

The Independent UK

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Northumberland business owner jailed for violent disorder at Black Lives Matter counter-protest

David Pringle was part of a large group of counter-protesters at Grey's Monument in Newcastle city centre in June 2020

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Fraud lawsuit against Black Lives Matter foundation dismissed in California

A California judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit that grassroots racial justice activists from around the U.S. brought last summer against a foundation with stewardship of the Black Lives Matter movement’s charitable endowment worth tens of millions of dollars

The Independent UK

#BlackLivesMatter tweets vanishing 10 years after hashtag started

35% of #BlackLivesMatter tweets created between 2013 and 2021 are no longer available on Twitter, report finds.

Axios

English cricket’s reign of shame exposed with devastating admission of guilt

Damning report must act as a brutal wake-up call and a line cannot be drawn under this with prejudice rife within the sport

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How pardoning extremists undermines the rule of law

In the past 10 years, there has been an increase in far-right political violence in the United States. While scholars have pointed to several possible reasons – and often, combinations of explanations – the trend is clear.

The Conversation

Black Lives Matter street murals are fading away

The return of rush hours and declining support for BLM are both to blame.

Axios

Commentary: Is racism making us too tired to fight it?

June already has its share of monthly observances, including Pride, ALS awareness and African American Music Appreciation. Let me add one more to the list: It should be National Vigilance Month.

Los Angeles Times

New survey shows support for Black Lives Matter movement lowest in 3 years

The sharp drop in backing for a movement tackling systemic racism comes amid a conservative backlash.

Axios

Desegregation Starts Here

Richard and Leah Rothstein’s new book is an organizer’s guide to integrating communities.

Capital & Main

Demonstrators condemn ‘draconian’ and ‘authoritarian’ protest laws

Hundreds of people gathered in Parliament Square on Saturday to protest against recent legislation including the Public Order Bill.

The Independent UK

New Black Lives Matter tax documents show foundation is tightening its belt, has $30M in assets

A national Black Lives Matter nonprofit, whose philanthropic fortunes grew almost overnight during historic racial justice protests three years ago, raised just over $9 million in its last fiscal year, new IRS tax filings show

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The Guardian - US

US cities to pay record $80m to people injured in 2020 racial justice protests

Exclusive: At least 19 cities will pay settlements to protesters who sustained injuries as a result of law enforcement action

The Guardian - US

‘I want my left eye back’: those injured by 2020’s police violence speak out

The brutal police response to protests against George Floyd’s murder has resulted in millions paid out to the injured

The Independent UK

George Floyd death anniversary: Reckoning with police violence in limbo

The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police was three years ago today, and the fervent protests that erupted around the world in response, seemed like the catalyst needed for a nationwide reckoning on racism in policing

Orlando Sentinel

Scott Maxwell: The Florida purge: Whitewashing history, banning books

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Five Great Reads: Brisbane family man’s hidden past, Jonathan Liew on Sam Kerr, and how Farnesy became the Voice

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Independent UK

Police officer charged with lying about leaks to Proud Boys leader

A police officer has been arrested on charges that he lied about leaking confidential information to a leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and obstructed an investigation after group members destroyed a Black Lives Matter banner in the nation's capital

The Conversation

From sit-ins in the 1960s to uprisings in the new millennium, Harry Belafonte served as a champion of youth activism

Of all the contributions for which Harry Belafonte will be remembered, perhaps none is more enduring than the celebrated entertainer’s lifelong support for youth activism.

Daily Mirror

'Ghost of Thatcher' and 'Trump tribute act' - inside 'mad hatters' party with top Tories

The much-mocked National Conservatism Conference was held for the first time in the UK, with conspiracy theorists, culture warriors, Donald Trump fanatics and right-wing Tories ranting about all the things they hate

The Independent UK

David Starkey in bizarre claim that left-wing wants to replace Holocaust with Black Lives Matter

The historian claimed movements such as Black Lives Matter wanted to destroy ‘white culture’

Daily Mirror

Fury as historian David Starkey claims anti-racists are JEALOUS of Holocaust victims

David Starkey, who has previously made a number of unpleasant remarks about race, claimed groups like Black Lives Matter are trying to "destroy white culture" at the National Conservatism Conference - which has hosted a number of senior Tories including Suella Braverman and Michael Gove

Salon

Giuliani is the face of MAGA "freedom"

Shielding debauched racists is exactly why there's so much right-wing whining about "cancel culture"

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