African Americans
With #ICantBreathe, new movement for justice inspires
December 15, 2014In response to the police murders of Brown and Garner and the failure of grand juries to return indictments, a new movement for justice has emerged.
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Marches against police killings sweep the nation
December 15, 2014Led by mothers, fathers, and widows of African American men killed by white police officers, 50,000 protesters marched up Pennsylvania Avenue.
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“I can’t breathe” march on Washington to protest police killings
December 9, 2014The storm will hit this week when eight mothers of unarmed Black men killed by police will testify Dec. 10 in a House hearing sponsored by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.
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Teachers union president protests injustice on Eric Garner case
December 8, 2014American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten was arrested Dec. 4, in New York City while protesting the lack of justice in the recent police shootings.
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In Ferguson, a prosecutor manipulates the justice system to prevent indictment
December 8, 2014Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson never went to trial for killing Mike Brown, but he had one of the best attorneys anyone in his situation could have had.
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