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Freddie Gray: Don’t trust the 1% with police reform
By Donald Earl Collins The history of policing in the US has been one of protecting private property, money and lives of the affluent and politically powerful, at least since the NYPD’s founding in 1845. Any new efforts at police … Continue reading
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Baltimore rioter turned himself in – but his family can’t afford a $500,000 bail sum
By Jon Swaine, Oliver Laughland, Paul Lewis and Mae Ryan Allen Bullock was charged with eight criminal counts, including rioting and malicious destruction of property, after arriving at Baltimore’s juvenile justice centre with his stepfather, Maurice Hawkins, who said he … Continue reading
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Mississippi Man Sentenced for His Role in a Conspiracy to Commit Racially Motivated Assaults, Culminating in the Killing of an African-American Man Run Over by Truck
United States Department of Justice Mississippi Man Sentenced for His Role in a Conspiracy to Commit Racially Motivated Assaults, Culminating in the Killing of an African-American Man Run Over by Truck The Justice Department announced today that John Louis Blalack, … Continue reading
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Tagged James Craig Anderson, John Louis Blalack, justice, law, Mississippi, murder, race, racism, US Department of Justice
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The Real Truth Of What’s Happening In Baltimore
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Tagged #OneBaltimore, Freddie Gray, journalism, Luke Rudkowski, reporting, Tim Pool, video
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Dear White America: Here’s What You Should Know About MLK Before Using Him to Shut Down Black Uprising
By Chauncey DeVega The United States may have a black man who happens to be President. But racial equality, justice, and the radically democratic transformative possibilities that Obama symbolized seven years ago have not been translated into substantive improvements in … Continue reading
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Tagged #One Baltimore, Baltimore, Ferguson, Freddie Gray, Martin Luther King, police abuse, race, United States
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The Freddie Gray Case Should Be A Warning To Reporters Who Print Unfounded Police Leaks
By Carimah Townes The death of Freddie Gray was ruled a homicide and all six officers involved in his arrest and transport face criminal charges, including second-degree murder and manslaughter. Announcing the charges at a press conference Friday morning, Prosecutor … Continue reading
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A Ground-Level View of Baltimore’s Protests: Hope, Anger, and Beauty
Photos by Andrew Renneisen, text by Mitchell Grummon On April 12, Freddie Gray was arrested by Baltimore police. One hour later he was comatose. A week later he was dead, succumbing to spinal injuries inflicted while in … Continue reading
De Blasio: Civil Disobedience Means Do What The Cops Tell You
After police refused to let thousands of peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters march in the street on Wednesday, some people noted that the NYPD’s tactic of violently repelling and arresting demonstrators differed considerably from how the de Blasio administration handled … Continue reading
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Tagged #OneBaltimore, activism, Black Lives Matter, Ferguson, police abuse, politics, race, social activism
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‘Root of rebellion is violent police department’
By Richard B. Muhammed Baltimore police officers were pelted with rocks, bottles, and planks, patrol cars trashed as news outlets broadcast the unrest live and streamed unfolding events in real time—shortly after Freddie Gray was laid to rest. The governor … Continue reading
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Baltimore Protesters Jailed Without Food For Days, Attorneys Say
In Kira Lerner In Baltimore’s Central Booking, protesters and rioters are being withheld food for up to 18 hours, denied medical attention and detained for extended periods of time with up to 20 people in small cells intended to … Continue reading
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