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Origin movie review: Ava DuVernay has made much better films than this didactic trudge

It covers an important and fascinating subject and is based on a highly respected book, but this laboured film is a real disappointment

Evening Standard

Origin review – a heartfelt look at a journalist challenging the concept of race

There are solid performances in this dramatisation of Isabel Wilkerson’s attempt to explain racism as an aspect of the caste system, but it may have been better as a documentary

The Guardian - UK

‘License to kill’: How ‘Stand Your Ground’ gun laws are fuelling random shootings and racism across the US

Josh Marcus reports on a growing body of laws making it easier to ‘shoot first and ask questions later’

The Independent UK

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‌El Video Del Dniversario De Trayvon Martin Genera Controversia Sobre La Edición Engañosa

‌El New York Times acusado de calumniar y provocar tensiones raciales con una edición engañosa en el video de Trayvon Martin.

Zenger

Trayvon Martin Anniversary Video Sparks Controversy Over Misleading Editing

New York Times accused of slandering and stirring racial tensions with deceptive editing in Trayvon Martin video.

Zenger

Black Lives Matter movement to mark 10 years of activism, renews call to defund the police

The Black Lives Matter movement turns 10 years old on Thursday, marking the day in 2013 that the man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin was acquitted in his death

The Independent UK

Black Lives Matter 10-year anniversary: Why was it founded and what has changed?

The international movement took off after the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012

Evening Standard

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In 1997, a 13-year-old was beaten by white Chicago teens. A podcast challenges the racial narrative that followed

CHICAGO — The new podcast “You Didn’t See Nothin” takes a critical look at the media narrative that followed the 1997 Bridgeport neighborhood beating of 13-year-old Lenard Clark Jr., a Black child who lived in Chicago's Stateway Gardens public housing development, going to get air for his bike tire, by…

Chicago Tribune

Ben Crump demands justice for Ajike Owens, the latest time he's supported a grieving Black family

Ben Crump has become a powerful figure in the movement seeking equality for Black Americans and justice for those killed by police

The Independent UK

White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says a Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday

The Independent UK

Sheriff probes 'self defense' claim of white woman who fatally shot Black neighbor in front of kids

A Florida sheriff says detectives must investigate self-defense claims before any criminal charges can be brought against a white woman who fatally shot her Black neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud

The Independent UK

From sit-ins in the 1960s to uprisings in the new millennium, Harry Belafonte served as a champion of youth activism

Of all the contributions for which Harry Belafonte will be remembered, perhaps none is more enduring than the celebrated entertainer’s lifelong support for youth activism.

The Conversation

Farewell to a beloved elder: Activists reflect on Belafonte

Harry Belafonte, who died Tuesday at age 96, left behind generations of admirers and proteges

The Independent UK

'Stand Your Ground' Laws Are Back in the News, but It's Not Clear Why

The duty to retreat from public confrontations has nothing to do with the cases cited in recent stories about seemingly unjustified shootings.

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Los Angeles Times

Wrong-place shootings put 'stand your ground' laws in the spotlight

They were shot after pulling into the wrong driveway, ringing the wrong doorbell, getting into the wrong car in a parking lot.

The Independent UK

Ralph Yarl shooting: Can a doorbell ring justify a ‘stand your ground’ shooting?

A Missouri law allowing people to defend themselves in their homes could come into play in the shooting of a Black 16-year-old in Kansas City

The Guardian - US

‘Stand your ground’: the US laws linked to rising deaths and racist violence

The shooting of Ralph Yarl, the Black teen who rang the wrong doorbell, revives concerns about expanding self-defense laws

The Independent UK

Can a doorbell ring justify a 'stand your ground' shooting?

A Missouri law allowing people to defend themselves in their homes could come into play in the shooting of a Black 16-year-old in Kansas City

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2 shootings at mistaken addresses have renewed the focus on 'stand your ground' laws

Stand your ground laws have proliferated in the years since the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the Black teenager killed in 2012. Research shows the laws have led to an increase in firearm homicides.

Al Jazeera

Suspect surrenders after outrage in US shooting of Ralph Yarl

Lawyers for Yarl are demanding to know why gunman was initially released after Thursday’s shooting in Missouri.

Evening Standard

Ryan Calais Cameron: “I wrote For Black Boys out of my pain, and the pain of people who look like me”

The writer and actor was shocked by the mental health issues in his old neighbourhood, and knew he needed to get it on the page. Next week the play opens in the West End

Los Angeles Times

Essay: The mother of Tyre Nichols couldn't hear his cries. Can you?

I have a vivid imagination, but I don't need one to visualize screaming for my mother in my last breaths, and her not hearing me.

The Independent UK

Keenan Anderson, cousin of a BLM founder, was a highly respected DC high school teacher. How did he end up ‘tasered to death’ by the LAPD?

Keenan Anderson begged for help from LAPD police officers. Instead, he was pinned down, tasered and died after suffering a cardiac arrest. His cousin Patrisse Cullors tells Bevan Hurley she hopes his death finally leads to meaningful police reform.

The Independent UK

Keenan Anderson, cousin of a BLM founder, was a highly respected DC high school teacher. How did he end up ‘tasered to death’ by the LAPD?

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.”

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