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Experts: Black people, cops can be anxious during encounters

Video shows Patrick Lyoya disobeyed an officer during an April 4 traffic stop, tried to run, then wrestled with the officer over his Taser before the officer fatally shot him in Grand Rapids, Michigan

The Independent UK

Lil Baby at Coachella review: Atlanta’s rising rap star delivers powerful BLM statement

A key figure in the Atlanta protests which erupted after the murder of George Floyd, Lil Baby’s Coachella performance on Friday (15 April) ended with a powerful statement against police brutality in the US

The Independent UK

Officer's camera misses key moment of Patrick Lyoya's death

Body camera footage of Patrick Lyoya’s fatal encounter with a Michigan police officer shows a close-up view of an intense struggle -- but the video goes dark 42 seconds before the officer shoots the Black man in the head

The Independent UK

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From CPD to CBD: Burnt out Chicago cop now selling hemp derivative to help officers de-stress

Jamay Nellum-Fane first turned to the cannabinoid to deal with job-related stress and treat postpartum depression. Now she’s retired and encouraging other cops to try it.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘An execution’: Patrick Lyoya’s family demands justice

A police officer in the US state of Michigan fatally shot Lyoya, 26, in the head during a traffic stop this month.

Al Jazeera

Attorney General has referred the Colston 4 verdict to the Court of Appeal

"It is in the public interest to clarify the points of law raised in these cases for the future"

Bristol Post

Systemic racism holding back Black Americans: Civil rights group

National Urban League says median household income for Black people in US is 37 percent lower than that of white people.

Al Jazeera

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How the pandemic made inequality worse

New data from the Poor People's Campaign reveals an immense disparity in COVID deaths. Why should we act surprised?

Salon

Commentary: Want police accountability? End qualified immunity for officers

Since the highly publicized deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, communities have grappled with how best to hold police officers who commit misconduct accountable and prevent them from engaging in future misconduct.

Chicago Tribune

Judge undecided on cameras in courtroom for state trial of ex-Minneapolis police officers in Floyd death

MINNEAPOLIS — A Hennepin County judge said he's unsure whether state law will allow him to permit cameras in the courtroom for the upcoming trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in connection to George Floyd's murder.

Tribune News Service

Buffalo cops cleared of wrongdoing for shoving elderly George Floyd protester, fracturing his skull

NEW YORK — Two Buffalo cops have been cleared of wrongdoing for shoving a 75-year-old demonstrator to the ground during a George Floyd protest, leaving the activist hospitalized for weeks afterward with a fractured skull and a brain injury.

Tribune News Service

Judge weighs cameras in next trial over George Floyd's death

A Minnesota judge will hear arguments Monday on whether to allow live video coverage of the upcoming trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in the murder of George Floyd

The Independent UK

Buffalo police officers cleared of charges for pushing 75-year-old man to the ground in George Floyd protests

The officers were caught on camera shoving the 75-year-old on the ground

The Independent UK

Are Newsletters the Future of Free Speech?

Substack's Hamish McKenzie on censorship, discourse, and Joe Rogan.

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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.

The Conversation

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 Independent UK

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

Los Angeles Times

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.

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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,…

Los Angeles Times

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

The Independent UK

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

Los Angeles Times

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.

The Guardian - US

‘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

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