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UNBELIEVABLE: Eric garner - Caught on Camera

Immigration agent charged with assaulting protester outside Colorado ICE facility

Videos show a masked agent grabbing and dragging Franci Stagi across a street during an October protest

The Independent UK

‘We can all relate to a birthday’: the traveling US art exhibit that honors victims of police violence

The exhibit marks what would have been the 40th birthday of Oscar Grant whose death inspired the film Fruitvale Station

The Guardian - US

For many Asian Americans, Ferguson unrest set them on a path of resistance and reflection

This month marks 10 years since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri

The Independent UK

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'I can't breathe': Eric Garner remembered on the 10th anniversary of his chokehold death

It has been 10 years since the chokehold death of Eric Garner at the hands of New York City police officers made “I can’t breathe” a rallying cry

The Independent UK

Public artwork reframes US history of enslavement through Jefferson’s valet

The Descendants of Monticello shifts focus from Thomas Jefferson to Robert Hemmings, his enslaved teen valet

The Guardian - US

New Yorkers feel betrayed as police radio dispatches end: ‘You’d hear about nine shootings a day’

The NYPD has communicated via public channels for nearly a century. Now the system is being encrypted

The Guardian - US

Youth Smoking Nears Zero

But Biden still wants to ban menthols to protect kids.

Reason

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Va. police investigate after pig mask, 'I Can't Breathe' shirt found in police car

The three words "I Can't Breathe" refer to what some police brutality victims, like George Floyd, Eric Garner and Manuel Ellis, said before their untimely deaths at the hands of law enforcement.

WEKU

‘It has to go’: Stoneman Douglas building, the site of Parkland massacre, will finally be demolished

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The justice system no longer has a need to preserve the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, which has remained standing for five years as a reminder of the Parkland mass shooting that destroyed many families. Now come the summer preparations for this fenced-off site…

Tribune News Service

New York Governor Gauging Support for Full Ban on All Cigarette Sales

Kathy Hochul isn't just waging a war on menthols. She's also floating a ban on all cigarette sales in the state.

Reason

Watch again: Families of George Floyd, Eric Garner, and Tyre Nichols meet Rev. Al Sharpton and Ben Crump

Watch again as the families of George Floyd, Tyre Nichols and Eric Garner held a meeting with Reverend Al Sharpton and Ben Crump on Wednesday, 12 April.

The Independent UK

Why a portrait artist from Ireland started making comics about U.S. police brutality

Ireland-based artist Pan Cooke creates cartoons summarizing the world's daily news in comics, highlighting how prevalent police brutality and hate crimes are across the U.S.

WEKU

How elite police units hunt humans

You have to wonder about the very urge to name an “elite” police unit after a deadly creature

Salon

Police violence upended the lives of these families attending Biden’s State of the Union

Mothers, fathers and siblings of Black victims of police brutality will attend prime-time address

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Police statements tell the first version of an incident. Then video footage comes out

Memphis authorities initially said Tyre Nichols was taken into custody after two "confrontations" with police. Video footage released later shows Nichols being fatally beaten by officers.

Tribune News Service

Leonard Greene: Add stupid to the list of charges against the Memphis cops who beat Tyre Nichols to death

My father was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee.

Chicago Tribune

‘Loudmouth’ shows Al Sharpton’s impact on the civil rights movement and his role as a voice for the Black community: ‘I’m the blow-up man’

CHICAGO — The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks this line in the documentary “Loudmouth,” the first on his legacy: “People call me to blow up issues. I’m the blow-up man and I don’t apologize for that.”

The Independent UK

Mamie Till depiction seen as tribute to Black female leaders

A new biopic about the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year old Black boy whose lynching in Mississippi in 1955 catalyzed the U.S. civil rights movement, is being promoted as a tribute to Black women and Black mothers who are continuing her legacy and fight for justice, equality and equity

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Rudy Giuliani complains that cops aren’t allowed to ‘punch’ people in the face anymore

The former mayor of New York said that the city’s current mayor, Eric Adams, shouldn’t be in his position because of his ‘total misunderstanding of leadership’

The Guardian - US

‘Egregious acts of violence’: why is Eric Adams cracking down on subway buskers and mango sellers?

The NYPD has dramatically increased low-level arrests, especially targeting those trying to make a living on the streets

The Independent UK

When and how did George Floyd die?

Trial was one of the biggest civil rights cases in a generation

Reason

The FDA's Menthol Cigarette Ban Is a 'Racial Justice' Issue, but Not in the Way Its Supporters Mean

The proposed rule, which targets the cigarettes that black smokers overwhelmingly prefer, will harm the community it is supposed to help.

The Independent UK

Experts: Black people, cops can be anxious during encounters

Video shows Patrick Lyoya disobeyed an officer during an April 4 traffic stop, tried to run, then wrestled with the officer over his Taser before the officer fatally shot him in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Reason

Alabama Bill Would Require Negative Pregnancy Test To Buy Medical Marijuana

Plus: Colorado cyberbullying law ruled unconstitutional, the new nicotine prohibitionists, and more...

Reason

Welcome to the Nicotine Prohibition Era

Regulators have long targeted tobacco products, but there's new energy behind outright bans on vapes and cigarettes.

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