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Minneapolis and state agree to revamp policing post-Floyd

The city of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights signed a “court-enforceable settlement agreement” Friday to revamp policing

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – The policing reforms in the Breonna Taylor settlement, explained

Attorney Ben Crump and Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor

From revised search warrant protocols to contracting social workers, the policy changes are a start but could go much further.

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In the Turmoil Over Race and Policing, Children Pay a Steep Emotional Price

By YAMICHE ALCINDOR, New York Times In the past week alone, there was the 4-year-old girl in Falcon Heights, Minn., who was captured on video consoling her mother after they watched…

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Stephen Lawrence would have been 50 today. Is there still a chance to get justice for him?

Stephen Lawrence

A persistent journalist and the family of a young Black man murdered 31 years ago have pushed the Met to review the murder investigation.

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A feeling of stagnation runs through Ferguson, a city once known as ground zero for change

The 2014 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson fomented riots and protests for change. Yet many wonder whether that has happened.

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Missouri voters pass constitutional amendment requiring increased Kansas City police funding

Missouri voters have passed another constitutional amendment requiring Kansas City to spend at least 25% of its budget on policing– a 5% increase from previous years.

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Trump courts Black men as he pledges return to a policy that disproportionately targeted them

Donald Trump has expressed desire to increase a practice that involves violence against Black voters whom he wants to court.

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Majority of Black Americans believe U.S. institutions are conspiring against them, poll finds

A study by Pew Research Center founds that more than 6 in 10 Black adults agree that institutions such as the criminal justice system, the country’s economic system and policing are designed to hold Black people back.

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The Military’s Myth of Black Freedom

Nicole Young argues that Black people’s conscription into America’s endless war-making machine only ensures they will never be safe.

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Cash bail is unfair and violates due process

Sonali Kolhatkar

American jails are full of people waiting for trial because they cannot afford cash bail, leading to disrupted lives and communities.

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