unarmed Black deaths
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Texas Attorneys Want Sandra Bland Wrongful Death Suit Tossed
MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for the state of Texas have asked a judge to dismiss a…
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Open Letter to Progressives: You’re Doing It Wrong and It’ll Cost the Democratic Party
(Daily Kos) – Christian Taylor, 19. Amber Monroe, 20. Tyrone Harris, 18. Andre Green, 15. Those are just a few…
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Brother of US Athlete Questions Why He Was Killed by Police
JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press EMILY SCHMALL, Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The brother of a college football player killed…
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Half of Blacks Say Police Have Treated Them Unfairly
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of blacks in the United States — more than 3…
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Prosecutor: White Officer Panicked Before Shooting Black Man
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Both sides in the voluntary manslaughter trial of a white Charlotte police…
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Assessing the Legality of Sandra Bland’s Arrest
(New York Times) – A dashboard camera video released by Texas officials, which contains vulgar language, confirms accounts of a…
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William Chapman: Unarmed 18-Year-Old Shot Dead by Officer Who Killed Before
(The Guardian) – An unarmed black 18-year-old accused of shoplifting was killed by a police officer in Virginia who had been…
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