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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to sue gang members and seize their property falters amid criticism over crime and civil rights

CHICAGO — Days before aldermen were set to vote on Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s controversial plan to sue gang members as an anti-violence strategy, she texted an impassioned message to several City Council members seeking their support.

Chicago Tribune

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar remembers civil rights, Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell

Kareem Abdul Jabbar, a civil rights activist of legendary status in his own right, describes how Russell blazed that path for others.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Anita Chabria: These families are flaming the ACLU as California debates mental health care

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bob Britton doesn't look like the kind of guy to be cursing out the American Civil Liberties Union, but there he was outside the state Capitol this week, offering up some choice four-letter words for the civil rights organization.

Los Angeles Times

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4 current and former officers federally charged in raid that killed Breonna Taylor

The charges announced by Attorney General Merrit Garland on Thursday include civil rights violations, conspiracy, use of excessive force offenses and obstruction.

WEKU

4 cops charged in Breonna Taylor raid

Charges include "civil rights offenses, unlawful conspiracies, unconstitutional use of force, and obstruction"

Salon

Breonna Taylor: Four US police officers face civil rights charges after deadly shooting

Four US police officers are facing federal charges over the fatal 2020 shooting of Kentucky woman Breonna Taylor.

Evening Standard

Feds charge 4 police officers in fatal Breonna Taylor raid

The U.S. Justice Department has charged four Louisville police officers involved in the deadly Breonna Taylor raid with civil rights violations

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Breonna Taylor: Four officers charged with federal civil rights violations following fatal 2020 shooting

Current and former officers lied to authorities and falsified documents that led to her death, according to Justice Department

The Independent UK

Suit: Police chasing white suspect wrongly arrest Black man

A civil rights lawsuit accuses a suburban Boston police officer of pinning a Black man to the ground and placing a knee on the man’s neck while pursuing a white suspect

The Independent UK

UK civil rights campaigner Roy Hackett dies at 93

Hackett campaigned for the civil rights of ethnic minorities in the southern city of Bristol during the 1960s.

Al Jazeera

Tributes to Bristol Bus Boycott campaigner Roy Hackett - 'A life lived with bravery'

"I will miss his warm smile, quick wit and charm"

Bristol Post

Civil rights campaigner Roy Hackett dies aged 93

He was part of the successful Bristol Bus Boycott campaign in the 1960s.

The Independent UK

Roy Hackett: Civil rights hero and anti-racism campaigner dies aged 93

The revered campaigner once said ‘I was born an activist’ and saw it as his duty to challenge racism whenever he saw it

The Independent UK

Bristol bus boycott campaigner Roy Hackett dies at 93

Civil rights activist led 1963 protests paving the way for passing of UK Race Relations Act

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This house saw cross burning, civil rights meetings. It will be on historic register

BOISE, Idaho -- Cherie Buckner-Webb said she was over the moon when she moved into the house at 1012 N 19th Street with her family as a young girl. She couldn’t believe they had a porch and a backyard, and that she’d have to share a room with only one…

Bristol Post

Bristol civil rights leader Roy Hackett dies aged 93

He helped organise the Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963

USA Today Sports Media Group

Renowned NBA journalist Jackie MacMullan credits Celtics’ Bill Russell for being ‘fearless’

'This man was a fearless civil rights activist at a time when our country was really very racially divided,' said Jackie Mac.

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Boston Celtics release memorial video for NBA, civil rights icon Bill Russell

As an inseparable part of the Celtics organization and the NBA more generally, Russell was a living, breathing embodiment of what we all ought to aspire towards whether in sport or life beyond it.

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In Memoriam: Boston Celtics, civil rights icon Bill Russell (1934-2022)

The NBA put together this video tribute of Russell's extraordinary life.

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Boston Celtics and civil rights icon Bill Russell: A life well-lived in photos

A look at Russell's time with Boston and beyond captured in images.

Reason

The New York Times Is Surprised To Find Public Defenders Championing the Second Amendment

Yet the civil rights movement has long had a gun rights component.

Reason

Biden's New Bureau of Prisons Director Won't be Able To Run Away From the Agency's Corruption

The federal prison system is plagued by corruption and civil rights abuses.

Sports Illustrated

Bill Russell’s Off-Court Example Is What Resonates Most, Now and Beyond

The Celtics icon helped push civil rights and the interests of Black athletes to the forefront.

WEKU

As a racial justice activist, NBA great Bill Russell was a legend off the court

Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell was a civil rights trailblazer, before, during and after his basketball career. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 for his activism efforts.

AFP

NBA mourns Celtics great and civil rights activist Bill Russell

New York (AFP) - Bill Russell, the cornerstone of a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 NBA titles and a powerful voice for social justice, died Sunday at the age of 88, his family said.

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