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Black Union Soldier Finally Honored Almost 100 Years After Death
Associated Press A runaway slave who joined the Union Army during the Civil War and lost a leg after being wounded in battle finally received recognition Sunday, nearly 100 years after he died in Nevada. Nevada historians say they decided … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, civil war, history, military, Scott Carnal, slavery, Union Army
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Supreme Court could reshape voting districts, with big impact on Hispanics
By Drew DeSilver Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to take up a Texas case that challenges the way nearly every U.S. voting district – from school boards to Congress – is drawn. The case, in essence, asks the … Continue reading
McKinney officer Eric Casebolt resigns; police chief calls actions at pool party ‘indefensible’
By Sarah Mervosh McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley condemned as “indefensible” the actions of Eric Casebolt, an officer who resigned Tuesday, after a video of Casebolt physically confronting teenagers at a pool party attracted national attention and sparked protests. Conley said … Continue reading
Justice Or Else! Countdown to Million Man March 20th Anniversary Gathering Begins with Farrakhan’s East Coast Tour
Two decades ago the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam convened the historic Million Man March in Washington, D.C., the largest mass gathering in the history of the United States and perhaps the largest gathering of Black … Continue reading
Private Prisons, Public Shame
By Mary Turck Last month the state of Washington contracted with the GEO Group, one of the largest for-profit prison companies in the U.S., to move up to 1,000 inmates from the state’s overcrowded prisons to its correctional facility in … Continue reading
By the numbers: US police kill more in days than other countries do in years
By Jamiles Lartey It’s rather difficult to compare data from different time periods, according to different methodologies, across different parts of the world, and still come to definitive conclusions. But now that we have built The Counted, a definitive record of … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, global comaprison, police violence, Policing, The Counted, United States
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Cook County Jail, America’s Largest Mental-Health Facility
By Matt Ford It was 9 o’clock in the morning at Cook County Jail, but in the subterranean holding cells where dozens await their turn before a judge, you wouldn’t be able to tell. Pre-bail processing here takes place entirely … Continue reading
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Tagged Cook County Jail, Illinois, mass incarceration, Mental health
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How Many People Are Killed by Police? We’re Only Beginning to Find Out
By Leslie Savan Amazingly, although people are killed by police virtually every day in the United States, there is no government agency, no bureaucracy, and no database that counts them all. Nor is there any national prayer wall or shrine where images … Continue reading
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Tagged Deadly force, police abuse, police violence
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Federal Judge Orders Release Of Last ‘Angola 3’ Prisoner
By Eyder Peralta A federal judge has ordered the unconditional release of the last member of the “Angola 3” who remains in prison. Albert Woodfox, the 68-year-old former Black Panther leader, has spent the past four decades in solitary confinement … Continue reading
For Black Women, Police Brutality And Sexual Harassment Go Hand In Hand
By Zeba Blay There is a moment in the McKinney, Texas pool party video that’s both horrifying and absurd: when Cpl. Eric Casebolt manhandles, violently restrains, then sits on top of an unarmed, 15-year-old, bikini-clad black girl as she … Continue reading
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Tagged brutality, race, racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Texas Pool Party Police
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