police violence
Another police killing during COVID-19: Seeking justice for Finan Berhe
May 27, 2020On May 7, 2020, a 30-year old Black man was killed by police in the White Oak suburb of Silver Spring, Md., outside his home. His name was Finan Berhe.
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‘I can’t breathe!’: Minneapolis erupts in protest after George Floyd murder
May 27, 2020Mass protests continue in Minneapolis and across the country demanding justice.
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Seeking justice for Breonna Taylor: Essential health worker killed by police
May 15, 2020Even sleeping while Black is now a dangerous activity.
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‘Something is Going On’: A white worker wakes up to racist police violence
March 6, 2020This poem was part of the program at the New York CPUSA African-American History Celebration.
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Topic at coming West Coast gathering: Imagining a world without police
November 4, 2019Alex S. Vitale, sociology professor at Brooklyn College, will be featured here on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 5-7 p.m., in The End of Policing, an evening of conversation with local activists on abolition of policing.
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