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Chicago monument committee won’t recommend return of Christopher Columbus statues, sources say

CHICAGO — Late last month, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she “fully expects” to return a controversial statue of Christopher Columbus to its former pedestal in Grant Park.

Chicago Tribune

The colour of someone’s skin doesn't equate to definitive sameness

Despite the highly publicized 2020 murder of George Floyd and subsequent calls for change, many people of non-African descent around the world have yet to consider the lasting impacts of anti-Black racism.

The Conversation

Attorney Ben Crump likens footage of teen’s fatal plunge at Florida theme park to George Floyd video

Crump is representing the father of Tyre Sampson, who fell to his death last month

The Independent UK

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Asian Americans are having ‘the talk’ about racism for the first time — with their parents

LOS ANGELES — Becky Chen decided it was finally time to talk to her mother about racism.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: No charges in Locke shooting is right call

The Feb. 2 shooting death of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man asleep in an apartment when Minneapolis police officers entered on a no-knock warrant, was and remains nothing less than a tragedy. Locke, who was not named in the warrant and was not a suspect in the underlying investigation,…

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Sheriff Villanueva launches criminal investigation into leak of use-of-force video

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he is launching a criminal investigation to find out who leaked security video of an incident in which a deputy knelt on the head of a handcuffed inmate for more than three minutes.

Los Angeles Times

Police will not be charged in ‘no-knock’ killing of Amir Locke

Minnesota prosecutors found no criminal wrongdoing by SWAT officer who killed 22-year-old Black man in US raid.

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Pulled over by police and want to protect yourself? There's an app for that

A Minneapolis tech company that created an app where drivers can video conference attorneys during traffic stops or after a car crash has partnered with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota to make its app free to residents of the Twin Cities suburb Brooklyn Center.

Tribune News Service

Who was Amir Locke, 22-year-old shot dead by Minneapolis police?

Prosecutors declined to file charges against officers who shot and killed Locke when executing a no-knock warrant

The Independent UK

You can call Courtney B. Vance an 'overnight sensation.' But you'd be wrong

Since his debut in the original Broadway productions of August Wilson's "Fences" and John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation," Courtney B. Vance has jumped between stage and screen, playing an extensive gallery of strong, vibrant characters in a career that has spanned almost four decades.

Los Angeles Times

‘I was constantly bullied’: being a Black student in one of Indiana’s whitest districts

As the debate about critical race theory rages on, Hallie Watson reflects on the racism that has plagued her school district since she was a child

The Guardian - US

Texas ‘Boogaloo Bois’ member gets more than 4 years in prison for rioting in aftermath of Floyd murder

A self-described member of the anti-government “Boogaloo Bois” extremist group was sentenced Tuesday to 52 months in prison for firing an assault rifle into a Minneapolis police station during the unrest that followed George Floyd’s murder in May 2020.

Tribune News Service

Ted Cruz vs. "defund the police"

Alex Vitale's "The End of Policing" became a prop in the Jackson hearings. What's the state of police reform now?

Salon

$14M jury award for protesters could resonate around US

A federal jury’s $14 million award to Denver protesters injured during 2020 demonstrations over the police killing of George Floyd could resonate nationwide as courts weigh more than two dozen similar lawsuits

The Independent UK

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Chicago Tribune

¿'Fuga de cerebros' en la policía de Chicago? Las jubilaciones se estabilizaron, pero 660 policías se jubilaron en 2021

CHICAGO— El agente Mahir "Mike" Affaneh entró en pánico cuando escuchó a la alcaldesa de Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, declarar en octubre que los agentes podrían quedarse sin sueldo si se negaban a vacunarse.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lawyer for teen run over by Chicago police SUV releases video and asks for $2.1 million settlement from city

Astarte Washington was injured as police responded to unrest in Roseland after the killing of George Floyd in 2020.

The Independent UK

Report: State late in response to unrest after Floyd killing

An external review of Minnesota’s response to days of civil unrest following the May 2020 killing of George Floyd found several weaknesses, including a lack of clear leadership early on as businesses were being destroyed and set ablaze

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philly City Council leaders are backing a plan to increase police funding and add more officers to the force

PHILADELPHIA — Two years after freezing spending on police in response to the killing of George Floyd, Philadelphia City Council leaders are backing a plan that would steer millions in new funding to the department and add more officers.

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot again says Christopher Columbus statue will return to Grant Park. But almost 2 years after its removal, will it?

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s long-delayed review of Chicago monuments still isn’t completed, but the mayor has restated her controversial pledge to return a Christopher Columbus statue to its prominent pedestal in Grant Park — the site of a bloody battle between police and demonstrators nearly two years ago.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago police ‘brain drain’? Retirements have stabilized, but 660 cops retired in 2021

CHICAGO — Officer Mahir “Mike” Affaneh panicked after he heard Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot make a statement in October that officers might have to go on a no-pay status if they refused to be vaccinated.

The Conversation

Black Lives Matter protests are shaping how people understand racial inequality

Considered to be the largest social justice movement since the civil rights era of the 1960s, Black Lives Matter is more than the scores of street protests organized by the social justice group that attracted hundreds of thousands of demonstrators across the world.

The Guardian - US

‘No progress’ since George Floyd: US police killing three people a day

As Joe Biden pushes to ‘fund the police’, data from Mapping Police Violence shows high rates of deaths at the hands of law enforcement persist

Los Angeles Times

After Times report, Sheriff Villanueva denies role in cover-up, replaces top aide

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva accused high-ranking members of his department Tuesday of attempting to cover up an incident in which a deputy kneeled on the head of a handcuffed inmate for more than three minutes.

Al Jazeera

‘Historic injustice’: Biden makes lynching a US hate crime

Joe Biden signs anti-lynching law named after Emmett Till, a Black teen who was brutally killed in Mississippi in 1955.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philly’s new police oversight board, first proposed in 2020, is moving forward

PHILADELPHIA — Nearly two years after it was first proposed in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, and almost a year since Philadelphia’s City Council approved legislation to create a new police oversight agency, the organization is finally poised to move past the planning phase and into reality.

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