racism
60,000 call for justice for Tamir Rice
July 27, 2015"We're here eight months later and there's still no justice," Tamir's cousin and the committee's coordinator told a rally and press conference before entering with a delegation to deliver the petitions.
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Sandra Bland had the right to say “no”
July 24, 2015Some day organized dissent will change the system that allows cases like that of Sandra Bland to occur; let's make that day happen sooner rather than later.
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Sandra Bland’s jailers spinning autopsy results
July 24, 2015The trooper plainly didn't like Bland's forthright defense of her civil rights; in Texas, you can be prosecuted for resisting arrest even if the actual arrest was illegal.
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Netroots Nation delegates discussed unions’ role in progressive causes
July 23, 2015Unionists at the confab included a large delegation from the CWA, a former top Unite Here activist, and AFL-CIO officials Liz Shuler and Tefere Gebre.
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Justice for Tamir Rice dealt legal blow ahead of civil rights conference
July 22, 2015An Ohio appeals court declined to force the arrest of the Cleveland police officers involved in the murder of 12-year old Tamir Rice.
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