Black Lives Matter
Protests erupt in St. Louis after acquittal of ex-cop Jason Stockley
September 18, 2017St. Louis Bureau Chief Al Neal reports on-the-ground at the protests following the not guilty verdict in the Stockley police murder trial.
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St. Louis activists, clergy pledge action if ex-cop cleared of murder
September 1, 2017Reports say the officer's DNA, not Lamar Smith's, was on the .38 caliber revolver police said was found in Smith’s Buick.
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Black empowerment is not the same as white supremacy, Donald Trump
August 24, 2017The Klan-sympathizing president wants you to think white supremacists and Black Lives Matter are two sides of the same coin. Now that's some fake news.
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“Whose Streets?”: Black activists at the center of new film
August 11, 2017The narrative of what happened in Ferguson after Michael Brown's murder has often been a fragmented one. A new documentary puts Black activists front and center.
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Long time civil rights lawyer wins Democratic nomination for Philly district attorney
May 23, 2017Krasner told supporters that he shared their vision of a “criminal justice system that makes things better, that is based on preventing crime and building up society rather than tearing it apart.”
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