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Texas governor pardons man convicted of murdering Black Lives Matter protester

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon Thursday for a former US Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice.

France 24

Airman's Death Sparks Debate And Grief In Military Community

The tragic death of Senior Airman Roger Fortson sparks mourning, questions, and reflection within the Air Force community.

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Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to two public schools

Schools changed their names after 2020 George Floyd protests, but will now revert to old names celebrating slave-state leaders

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California Students Get $1 Million After They Were Expelled for Wearing Supposedly Racist Acne Masks

School officials falsely accused the boys of posing for a photo in blackface.

Reason

Gary Clark Jr. thought about quitting music to open a BBQ restaurant: Instead, with a little help from Stevie Wonder, he made the best album of his career

With new album JPEG RAW Gary Clark Jr. has thrown off the labels and delivered a musically diverse record while still hitting the social commentary hard

Louder

Police Departments See Increase In Officer Hiring And Retention

Recent data shows positive trends in US police department staffing post-2020 challenges, with ongoing recruitment and retention efforts.

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Minneapolis backs $150,000 settlement for George Floyd witness’s PTSD lawsuit

Minneapolis city council approves payment to Donald Williams, who tried to intervene to stop police killing in 2020

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Justice Served In Elijah Mcclain Case After Historic Convictions

Convictions of Denver-area responders in Elijah McClain's death reflect a shift in accountability post-George Floyd, but more reforms are needed to prevent...

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Before Israel’s war on Gaza: Other times US campuses became battlegrounds

Students from Columbia and other US universities have protested the Vietnam war, the Gulf war and racism in the past.

Al Jazeera

‘Outdated and offensive’: police in England and Wales barred from blaming restraint deaths on ‘excited delirium’

The pseudoscientific term, made notorious by George Floyd’s murder in the US, will no longer be used by the police watchdog

The Guardian - UK

Senator Bob Casey Distances From Defund The Police Movement

Senator Bob Casey distances himself from defund the police movement, supports police funding and reform amidst re-election campaign. Advocates for police r...

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How US police are co-opting a law meant to protect victims of crime

Experts fear law enforcement is using Marsy’s Law to hide names and dodge accountability in cases of police violence.

Al Jazeera

Social Media Is Causing Huge Unrest In The World: Now Is The Time For Real Change, A Time To Inspire True Kindness

The social scarring effect of epidemics, such as the Plague of Justinian, the Black Death, and the 1830s cholera pandemic, has been a significant factor in causing social unrest.

International Business Times

Former Houston Officer Wins Legal Victory In Deadly Raid

Former Houston officer Gerald Goines has murder charges dismissed in deadly drug raid case. Families seek justice for victims.

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State Employer's Requiring Employees to Watch "Antiracist"/"Gender Identity" Videos Isn't Unconstitutional Speech Compulsion

But plaintiff's claim that he was retaliated against for raising religious objections to the training, and discriminated against based on religion as to promotion, can go forward.

Capital & Main

‘They Don’t Want to Teach Black History’

Not far from a birthplace of the Black Lives Matter movement, a school district convulses after Black history and literature classes are canceled.

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: disputed medical terms used to explain dozens of deaths after police restraint in UK

Campaigners says ‘excited delirium’ and ‘acute behavioural disturbance’ play into racist stereotypes

Reason

Coleman Hughes vs. Radley Balko: Who's Right About George Floyd?

On the latest episode of Just Asking Questions, Radley Balko debates Coleman Hughes about Hughes' recent column arguing that Derek Chauvin may have been wrongly convicted of George Floyd's murder.

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Minnesota Lawmakers Reach Compromise On School Police Authority

Minnesota lawmakers are close to a compromise on police use of force in schools post-George Floyd's murder, emphasizing training and policy development for...

WEKU

A child's dream to 'drive' a space shuttle propels him toward a historic NASA mission

Navy Capt. Victor Glover, who spent nearly six months aboard the International Space Station, will be among four astronauts to venture back to the moon for the first time since 1972.

The Guardian - UK

‘I wanted to find the humanity in kids seen as scumbags’: George Amponsah on his Scorsese-style thriller

He was obsessed with Scorsese while growing up. Now he’s made his own Mean Streets, about thieves falling into serious crime. The incendiary director talks about riots, police killings and redemption

Reason

Florida Legislation Would Ban Civilian Police Oversight Boards

Florida Republicans and police unions insist that toothless civilian oversight boards are still more scrutiny than police deserve.

Reason

Jon Ronson: Why We Went So Crazy During COVID Lockdowns

The Things Fell Apart host explains how a 1988 quack medical concept inspired George Floyd's death in 2020 and how Plandemic rewrote Star Wars.

Reason

Why We Went Crazy During COVID Lockdowns

The Things Fell Apart host Jon Ronson explains how a 1988 quack medical concept inspired George Floyd's death in 2020 and how Plandemic is basically a rewrite of Star Wars.

Reason

Employers' Talking "About Race—Any Race—With a Constant Drumbeat of Essentialist, Deterministic, and Negative Language" Risks Racial Harassment Liability

So a federal district court just held.

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