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Dear White America: Here’s What You Should Know About MLK Before Using Him to Shut Down Black Uprising

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

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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The Freddie Gray Case Should Be A Warning To Reporters Who Print Unfounded Police Leaks

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

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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De Blasio: Civil Disobedience Means Do What The Cops Tell You

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

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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‘Root of rebellion is violent police department’

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

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

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

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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The “Shocking” Statistics of Racial Disparity in Baltimore

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Bill Quigley Were you shocked at the disruption in Baltimore? What is more shocking is daily life in Baltimore, a city of 622,000 which is 63 percent African American. Here are ten numbers that tell some of the story. … Continue reading →

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Charges Against Officers In Freddie Gray’s Death Range From Murder To Manslaughter

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

The death of Freddie Gray was a homicide, and there is “probable cause” for criminal charges, Baltimore lead prosecutor Marilyn J. Mosby says, citing her office’s “thorough and independent” investigation and the medical examiner’s report on Gray’s death. Mosby, the … Continue reading →

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Freddie Gray’s Attorney on the Benefits of Body Cameras

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Conor Friedersdorf On Tuesday night William Murphy, the attorney representing Freddie Gray’s family, gave a televised address to an audience in a Baltimore church. As MSNBC cut to his remarks he was reflecting on black America’s long experience of … Continue reading →

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The Clock Didn’t Start With the Riots

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Ta-Nehisi Coates About a year ago, I published “The Case for Reparations,” which I thought in many ways was incomplete. It was about housing and how wealth is built in this country and why certain people have wealth and … Continue reading →

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#BlackLivesMatter Co-Founders On Baltimore Uprisings: ‘We Stand In Solidarity’

Posted on April 29, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Lilly Workneh Following Monday’s funeral of Freddie Gray — a 25-year-old man who died after sustaining a spinal cord injury during an arrest in Baltimore — protests broke out and swept across the streets of the Maryland city. Demonstrators … Continue reading →

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