Posts Tagged ‘Black Lives Matter (BLM)’
Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – After Biden win, Black activists demand reparations for slavery, police reform
After a tumultuous election year victory, one that both gave rise to a new civil rights movement in response to the death of George Floyd and saw Black Americans suffer disproportionately from the COVID-19 pandemic and staggeringly high unemployment, Black Lives Matter activists are asking the new administration to make Black matters paramount.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – What now for BLM? Whatever happens under Biden, the role of African American women will be vital
President Donald Trump has been voted out of office, but the issues at the heart of Black Lives Matter remain as critical as ever. Black women will be central in this next chapter of American history.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Got into politics after the Ferguson protests. She just became the first Black woman to represent MO in Congress
Cori Bush, a progressive community leader and veteran Black Lives Matter activist, won a House seat in Missouri, becoming the state’s first Black woman to represent the state in Congress.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – North Carolina police pepper spray, arrest peaceful protesters going to the polls
A peaceful rally and march to the polls in Graham, N.C. on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 was cut short after pepper-spray was used multiple times by the police in the presence of children and elderly citizens. Several people were arrested.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – ‘The police are making us look bad’: Protesters march through Wauwatosa
Protesters marched again through the streets of Wauwatosa calling for justice for 17-year-old Alvin Cole and demanding change in the Wauwatosa Police Department and their community.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – What We Know About the Death of Walter Wallace Jr. in Philadelphia
On Monday afternoon, two Philadelphia police officers fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man who was armed with a knife. In the nights that followed, protesters clashed with officers in the streets, and city officials imposed a curfew to try to curb the unrest.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – ‘Why did you shoot us?’: Waukegan mayor releases videos of fatal police-involved shooting
Marcellis Stinnette, 19, was killed and his girlfriend, Tafara Williams, 20, was wounded after Waukegan police shot them in their car on Oct. 20. Police said they approached their car because it was “suspicious.” Williams said she and Stinnette had gone out to have a cigarette in their car.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Nigeria’s #EndSARS protesters draw inspiration from BLM movement
In Lagos, Nigeria protesters gain momentum in their movement against the rogue police group, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) owing much to Black Lives Matter.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up for Justice! – Breonna Taylor Grand Juror Says Homicide Charges Were Not Presented
An anonymous person on the jury of the Breonna Taylor court case believes that the homicide charges were not presented in the case.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up for Justice! – Citizen-Led Commission Launches Community-Based Program For Police Reform in Milwaukee
Milwaukee’s 16-person Collaborative Community Commission, which includes members of the Latino, Black, LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities, is working with the Milwaukee Police Department to develop a policy for community policing, an approach that generally involves closer collaboration between law enforcement and the residents they serve.
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