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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Thursday, June 18, 2020

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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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →

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Former Atlanta Police Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Charged with Murder

Rayshard Brooks Described Struggles with Criminal Justice System in Video Recorded Before His Killing

Trump Calls Protesters “Anarchists, Terrorists and Looters” as Vigilantes Attack Peaceful Marches

George Floyd’s Brother Calls on United Nations to Probe U.S. Racism and Police Brutality

Coronavirus Infection Rate Hits Record in States That Eased Social Distancing

Florida COVID-19 Cases Surge as Gov. DeSantis Promises to Keep Restaurants Open

Tulsa Mayor “Not Positive That Everything Is Safe” as 19,000 Plan to Attend Trump Rally

Brazil on Pace to Surpass U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll in July, Researchers Warn

Lima Medical Workers Beaten by Police at Protest Demanding PPE

John Bolton Says Trump Asked China for Help with 2020 Reelection Campaign

Trump Signs Bill Condemning Uyghur Internment Camps That John Bolton Claims He Once Supported

Lawmakers Press for Answers over Secretive $500 Billion Coronavirus Bailout

Fear Grows of Modern-Day Lynchings as Five People of Color Are Found Hanged

Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben’s and Mrs. Butterworth’s Brands Scrapped over Racist Imagery

Human Rights Experts Condemn Israel’s Plans to Annex Parts of West Bank

Oxford University to Remove Statue of 19th Century Imperialist Cecil Rhodes

Delbert Africa, Whose Beating by Philadelphia Police Sparked Outrage, Dies at 74

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