
Black Lives Matter
Praise for one-of-a-kind Philly diversion program rooted in 2020 civil unrest
The Restorative Response Program offered hundreds of non-violent offenders an alternative to taking their cases through the courts. Reformers say it worked.
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Philly vigil held to commemorate 2 years since George Floyd’s murder
More than police accountability — Black workers demand economic and social justice.
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Biden to sign policing order on Floyd anniversary: AP source
The executive order includes changes to policies on use of force and restrictions on the flow of surplus military hardware to local police.
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Black Lives Matter vigils return to the Unitarian Society of Germantown
The Unitarian Society of Germantown will be holding weekly vigils every Tuesday evening, all with the same message: Black Lives Matter.
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Harvard pledges $100 million to atone for role in slavery
President Lawrence Bacow announced the funding as Harvard released a new report detailing many ways the college benefited from slavery and perpetuated racial inequality.
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Video shows Michigan police officer shot Patrick Lyoya in the head
Video shows a Michigan police officer struggling with a Black man over a Taser before fatally shooting him in the head while the man was face down on the ground.
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No charges filed in no-knock warrant killing of Amir Locke
prosecutors have declined to file charges against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant.
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George Floyd remembered in new choral work
In "A Knee on the Neck," composer Adolphus Hailstork and librettist Herbert Martin pay tribute to Floyd's memory and offer hope for the future.
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Ohio officer cleared in shooting of teenager Ma’Khia Bryant
Bryant was killed in April by Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon as she swung a knife at another young woman. Bryant was Black and Reardon is white.
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Ex-officer cleared in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid
The jury on Thursday found Brett Hankison not guilty of three counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots that ripped into a neighboring apartment.
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Trayvon Martin’s mother: ‘Don’t give up’ fight for justice
Sybrina Fulton attended Saturday's meeting of the National Action Network, the civil rights organization founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton in New York City.
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Trayvon Martin’s killing 10 years ago changed the tenor of democracy
The Black teen's killing on Feb. 26, 2012, helped spark Black Lives Matter.
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3 ex-cops convicted of rights violations in Floyd killing
Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck.
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Ex-officer in Breonna Taylor raid said he saw AR-15 fire
Brett Hankison is charged with wanton endangerment for shooting through Taylor’s apartment into the home of her neighbor.
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Colin Kaepernick launches new initiative to offer autopsies for police-related deaths
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick announced the start of a new initiative to offer free second autopsies to family members of anyone whose death is "police-related."
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