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Chicago city lawyers want a federal judge to recuse himself from hearing a police torture suit linked to Jon Burge

Former civil rights lawyer Jeffrey Cummings, appointed a federal judge this year, once signed off on reports condemning an investigation into accusations of torture by Burge and his so-called “midnight crew.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-officer Derek Chauvin makes another bid to overturn federal conviction in murder of George Floyd

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is making another attempt to overturn his federal civil rights conviction in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, saying new evidence shows that he didn’t cause Floyd’s death

The Independent UK

Fear and free speech collide on America's campuses as Israel-Hamas war rages

As war rages on between Israel and Gaza, tensions have been heightened at schools across the US, students and academics tell Josh Marcus

The Independent UK

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Is Africa’s Pain Black America’s Burden?

The civil rights movement improved the lives of African Americans as well as African Canadians. Conditions in Africa, meanwhile, have become increasingly dire—and are increasingly ignored

The Walrus

Jury in Breonna Taylor federal civil rights trial opens deliberations in case of ex-officer

A jury has begun deliberating at the federal trial of a former Louisville police officer accused of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights

The Independent UK

Riot breaks out at scandal-hit South Carolina jail accused of violating inmates’ civil rights

It is the latest in a long string of violent incidents at the troubled Alvin S Glenn Detention Center in Columbia

The Independent UK

Incidents targeting Jews and Muslims on the rise, new figures show

Muslim civil rights group says numbers directly connected to ongoing war in Gaza

The Independent UK

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Former Chicago cop pleads guilty in kidnapping, sex abuse case

James B. Sajdak, 65, faces up to a year in federal prison under a misdemeanor civil rights count. Federal prosecutors accused him of forcing a woman into his squad car to perform a sex act on him.

Chicago Sun-Times

6 Reasons Why Rustin Has Become My Favorite Movie About The Civil Rights Movement

Netflix's new movie Rustin tells a powerful story of a long-earased civil rights activist. He finally gets a chance to shine.

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Islamophobia and antisemitism on rise in US amid Israel-Hamas war

Research shows increase in prejudice and hate as civil rights group condemns ‘unprecedented surge in bigotry’

The Guardian - US

Decapitated baby doll is left under Free Palestine flag in Ohio

A Muslim civil rights group has called on police to investigate the incident as hate crime

The Independent UK

Department of Justice, civil rights group to appeal federal judge's ruling declaring DACA illegal

The U.S. Department of Justice and a civil rights group say they plan to appeal a federal judge’s recent ruling declaring illegal a revised version of a federal policy preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children

The Independent UK

In Rajasthan, a manifesto from the people and for the people

A “people’s manifesto” released by civil rights groups ahead of the upcoming Assembly election in Rajasthan has called upon political parties to give the highest priority to citizens’ democratic rights.

The Hindu

Justice Department opens probe of police in small Mississippi city over alleged civil rights abuses

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into alleged civil rights violations by police in a majority Black Mississippi city

The Independent UK

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Librarians turn to civil rights agency to oppose book bans and their firings

Some librarians who've been fired as they take a stand against discrimination and banning books are turning to a federal civil-rights enforcement agency for help

The Guardian - US

‘It’s a civil rights story’: how the New York City Marathon became a bastion of diversity

At the New York Historical Society, a new exhibition looks back at two Black men who changed the face of the city’s marathon

The Conversation

Biden's executive order puts civil rights in the middle of the AI regulation discussion

On Oct. 4, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: A Vision for Protecting Our Civil Rights in the Algorithmic Age. The blueprint launched a conversation about how artificial intelligence innovation can proceed under multiple fair principles. These…

WEKU

DOJ opens civil rights probes into South Carolina jails beset by deaths and violence

Jails in Charleston and Columbia where incarcerated people have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars are under federal investigation, the U.S. Justice Department said.

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The Independent UK

Former police officer enters guilty plea in Tyre Nichols beating death

Desmond Mills Jr is the first officer involved in Mr Nichols’ death to face sentencing

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Gaza activist speaks out on being arrested after anti-war march

THE arrest of a Palestinian rights activist in Dundee has led to concerns over the right to protest in Scotland.

The Independent UK

Former Memphis officer charged in Tyre Nichols death to change plea in federal court

A former Memphis police officer is changing his plea from not guilty on federal charges that he violated Tyre Nichols’ civil rights when he was fatally beaten after a traffic stop in January

The Independent UK

Three years on from her death, will the officers who killed Breonna Taylor be held accountable?

No officer has been charged over shooting that killed the Louisville resident. That may change with long-awaited civil rights trial, writes Josh Marcus

The Independent UK

Lawyer wants federal probe of why Mississippi police waited months to tell a mom her son was killed

A civil rights attorney says he will ask the U.S. Justice Department to investigate why authorities in Jackson, Mississippi, waited months to tell a woman that her son had been struck and killed by a police SUV driven by an off-duty officer

WEKU

How Black socialite Mollie Moon raised millions to fund the civil rights movement

Historian Tanisha Ford tells the story of the Harlem activist credited with raising millions to build economic and racial equality in the U.S. Ford's new book is Our Secret Society.

The Guardian - US

‘McCarthyite backlash’: response to criticism of Israel alarms rights groups

Civil rights groups say critics of the Israeli assault on Gaza have lost jobs and students who support Palestine have been blacklisted

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