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Chicago Is About to Offer the Nation’s First Reparations Program for Victims of Police Violence

Posted on April 24, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Zach Stafford On November 2, 1983, Darrell Cannon found himself in the Chicago Police Department’s Area 2 headquarters with a shotgun barrel stuck in his mouth as a white officer yelled, “Blow that nigger’s head off!” The officer pulled … Continue reading →

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Rodriguez v. United States: A huge win against police overreach at the Supreme Court.

Posted on April 22, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Mark Joseph Stern Dennys Rodriguez knew his rights—and he planned to use them. Just after midnight in March of 2012, a police officer pulled Rodriguez over for briefly veering onto the shoulder of the highway, and wrote Rodriguez a warning. The … Continue reading →

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The Orwellian police tactic that targets Black Americans for simply existing

Posted on April 17, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Jason Williamson Kirk McConer was arrested and jailed while talking to a friend outside a convenience store, where he had just purchased a soda. Tyrone Hightower was arrested and jailed after sitting in his car in the parking lot … Continue reading →

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The Walter Scott outrage nobody is talking about

Posted on April 14, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Heather Digby Parton The horrific story of the unarmed Walter Scott’s death at the hands of Officer Michael Slager continues to reverberate. Aside from the incontrovertible evidence on the tape that the accused officer shot him in the back … Continue reading →

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