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Immigration agent charged with assaulting protester outside Colorado ICE facility

Videos show a masked agent grabbing and dragging Franci Stagi across a street during an October protest

The Independent UK · Apr 22

‘We can all relate to a birthday’: the traveling US art exhibit that honors victims of police violence

The exhibit marks what would have been the 40th birthday of Oscar Grant whose death inspired the film Fruitvale Station

The Guardian - US · Feb 4

For many Asian Americans, Ferguson unrest set them on a path of resistance and reflection

This month marks 10 years since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024

Va. police investigate after pig mask, 'I Can't Breathe' shirt found in police car

The three words "I Can't Breathe" refer to what some police brutality victims, like George Floyd, Eric Garner and Manuel Ellis, said before their untimely deaths at the hands of law enforcement.

WEKU · Oct 25, 2023

‘It has to go’: Stoneman Douglas building, the site of Parkland massacre, will finally be demolished

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The justice system no longer has a need to preserve the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, which has remained standing for five years as a reminder of the Parkland mass shooting that destroyed many families. Now come the summer preparations for this fenced-off site…

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2023

New York Governor Gauging Support for Full Ban on All Cigarette Sales

Kathy Hochul isn't just waging a war on menthols. She's also floating a ban on all cigarette sales in the state.

Reason · Apr 24, 2023

Watch again: Families of George Floyd, Eric Garner, and Tyre Nichols meet Rev. Al Sharpton and Ben Crump

Watch again as the families of George Floyd, Tyre Nichols and Eric Garner held a meeting with Reverend Al Sharpton and Ben Crump on Wednesday, 12 April.

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023

Why a portrait artist from Ireland started making comics about U.S. police brutality

Ireland-based artist Pan Cooke creates cartoons summarizing the world's daily news in comics, highlighting how prevalent police brutality and hate crimes are across the U.S.

WEKU · Apr 10, 2023

How elite police units hunt humans

You have to wonder about the very urge to name an “elite” police unit after a deadly creature

Salon · Feb 28, 2023

Police violence upended the lives of these families attending Biden’s State of the Union

Mothers, fathers and siblings of Black victims of police brutality will attend prime-time address

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023