Rashad Robinson on Recent Spike in Hanging Deaths, the Cancellation of Cops & Boycotting Facebook & "Tear Gas Is a Weapon": Amnesty Report Reveals Police Use of Tear Gas Fuels Rights Abuses Worldwide & More
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Murder Charge for Atlanta Cop Who Shot & Killed Rayshard Brooks Shows the "Power of a Movement" ([link removed])
Prosecutors have charged the Atlanta police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks with felony murder, and accuse Garrett Rolfe of twice shooting Brooks in the ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Rashad Robinson on Recent Spike in Hanging Deaths, the Cancellation of Cops & Boycotting Facebook ([link removed])
For more than a decade, the racial justice organization Color of Change led a push to cancel the long-running TV show Cops, which glorifies police aggression. Now ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"Tear Gas Is a Weapon": Amnesty Report Reveals Police Use of Tear Gas Fuels Rights Abuses Worldwide ([link removed])
As police officers in nearly 100 U.S. cities and towns have fired tear gas on protesters in recent weeks and left many with severe injuries, a new Amnesty ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"Movements Work": As Activists Occupy Seattle's Capitol Hill, City Bans Tear Gas, Expels Police Union ([link removed])
In Seattle, the fight to demilitarize and defund the police continues as the King County Labor Council voted to expel the Seattle police union Wednesday, following ... Read More → ([link removed])


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Former Atlanta Police Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Charged with Murder ([link removed])

Rayshard Brooks Described Struggles with Criminal Justice System in Video Recorded Before His Killing ([link removed])

Trump Calls Protesters “Anarchists, Terrorists and Looters” as Vigilantes Attack Peaceful Marches ([link removed])

George Floyd’s Brother Calls on United Nations to Probe U.S. Racism and Police Brutality ([link removed])

Coronavirus Infection Rate Hits Record in States That Eased Social Distancing ([link removed])

Florida COVID-19 Cases Surge as Gov. DeSantis Promises to Keep Restaurants Open ([link removed])

Tulsa Mayor “Not Positive That Everything Is Safe” as 19,000 Plan to Attend Trump Rally ([link removed])

Brazil on Pace to Surpass U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll in July, Researchers Warn ([link removed])

Lima Medical Workers Beaten by Police at Protest Demanding PPE ([link removed])

John Bolton Says Trump Asked China for Help with 2020 Reelection Campaign ([link removed])

Trump Signs Bill Condemning Uyghur Internment Camps That John Bolton Claims He Once Supported ([link removed])

Lawmakers Press for Answers over Secretive $500 Billion Coronavirus Bailout ([link removed])

Fear Grows of Modern-Day Lynchings as Five People of Color Are Found Hanged ([link removed])

Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben’s and Mrs. Butterworth’s Brands Scrapped over Racist Imagery ([link removed])

Human Rights Experts Condemn Israel’s Plans to Annex Parts of West Bank ([link removed])

Oxford University to Remove Statue of 19th Century Imperialist Cecil Rhodes ([link removed])

Delbert Africa, Whose Beating by Philadelphia Police Sparked Outrage, Dies at 74 ([link removed])


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