police brutality
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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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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How long before that arc bends towards justice?
December 4, 2014Almost 50 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, and asked "How long?" His words ring as true today as ever.
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Ferguson causes a nation to re-examine police violence and brutality
October 29, 2014These issues have turned Ferguson into the epicenter of a people's earthquake with the potential to shake our national understanding of race and racist repression.
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