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Chicago Just Became the First U.S. City to Pay Reparations to Victims of Police Torture
By Araz Hachadourian In 2005 Standish Willis, a lawyer from Chicago, was home with a broken ankle. He was working on the case of a man who claimed that, years ago, he had been tortured by police. On the radio … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Chicago Police Department, Illinois, law, police abuse, race, reparations, torture
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Baltimore Mayor Asks Feds To Investigate Police Department
By Eyder Peralta http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/mayor-stephanie-rawlings-blake-of-baltimore-speaks-at-a-news-photo/471831456 Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has asked the Justice Department to open up a civil rights investigation into the city’s police department. “Such an investigation is essential if we are to build on the foundation of reform,” … Continue reading
Rage, Race and Rebellion: Class Warfare and Frustration in African American Communities
By Stephen Balkaran Evaluating the series of constant protest throughout the country at times violent, but mostly non-violent has left a deep uncertainty on the role rage, race and rebellion that continue to plague many African American communities. These … Continue reading
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Tagged income inequality, inequality, lack of opportunity, police abuse, poverty, race, stress, unemployment
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Baltimore’s Poor White Residents Harassment
By Wilson Dizard Pigtown is a Baltimore neighborhood some two miles south of Sandtown, Freddie Gray’s neighborhood. Gray’s death on April 19, a week after the 25-year-old black man was arrested and suffered injuries while in police custody, triggered mass … Continue reading
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As investigation enters fifth month, Tamir Rice’s mother has moved into a homeless shelter
By Wesley Lowery The City of Cleveland has asked the family of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy shot and killed while he played with a toy gun in a Westside park in November, to halt their civil lawsuit until the … Continue reading
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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Tagged #OneBaltimore, Freddie Gray murder, justice, law, police abuse, police reform, race, racism, United States
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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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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 Is Not Ferguson. Here’s What It Really Is
By Steve Inskeep This week’s Baltimore riot could not have happened to a nicer city. Baltimore residents welcome strangers and even call them “hon.” They sit on benches painted with the slogan “The Greatest City in America.” Baltimore is also … Continue reading
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