![BBC World Service The latest news and information from the world's most respected news source. BBC World Service delivers up-to-the-minute news, expert analysis, commentary, features and interviews.](/wp-content/uploads/91FM/schedulelogos/bbc_worldservice.jpg)
Social Justice
In despair, protesters take to streets for Breonna Taylor
The big question for a town torn apart by Breonna Taylor’s death and the larger issue of racism in America was how to move forward.
4 years ago
The BLM movement found support in red, rural Pa. What will it mean for voting?
Protests happened across rural Pa., including Franklin County — elevating political fault lines and fractured alliances that have been lying beneath the surface.
4 years ago
Listen 5:06Protesters march through Center City demanding justice for Breonna Taylor
About 100 people gathered first on Independence Mall and then started marching through Center City on the second night of protests after the Breonna Taylor decision.
4 years ago
‘My heart is heavy’: Philly reacts to lack of charges in Breonna Taylor’s killing
Hundreds of demonstrators chanted Breonna Taylor’s name and marched in cities across the U.S. to express anger and sadness following the grand jury decision.
4 years ago
Breonna Taylor update: Denver police detain man after driver plows through protest area
As the protest was breaking up, a motorist drove through a small crowd of protesters who had yelled at the driver to turn around.
4 years ago
2 Louisville officers shot amid Breonna Taylor protests
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he has authorized a “limited” deployment of the National Guard as hundreds of demonstrators have gathered to protest.
4 years ago
In Breonna Taylor case, limits of law overcome calls for justice
The outcome demonstrates the vast disconnect between widespread public expectation of justice and the limits of the law when police use deadly force.
4 years ago
Protesters march through Center City following grand jury decision in Breonna Taylor case
Demonstrators marched from Independence Hall to a planned rally at City Hall Wednesday evening, chanting “no justice, no peace.”
4 years ago
Philly prepares for protests after Breonna Taylor grand jury decision
According to social media, there are at least two protests planned — one for 6 p.m. at 6th and Market streets and another at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
4 years ago
1 officer indicted in Breonna Taylor case; not for her death
Taylor, a Black emergency medical worker, was shot multiple times by officers who entered her home using a no-knock warrant during a narcotics investigation on March 13.
4 years ago
No charges against Tucson police officers in death of Carlos Ingram-Lopez
Ingram-Lopez, 27, died after being handcuffed and held face-down in a garage for some 12 minutes.
4 years ago
Robert Graetz, only white pastor to back Montgomery bus boycott, dies at 92
Robert and his wife Jeannie Graetz faced bombs and KKK death threats for their role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, but their Black friends and neighbors protected them.
4 years ago
Black protest leaders to white allies: ‘It’s our turn to lead our own fight’
As Black Lives Matter protests spread across the country, a lot of white people joined in to help the cause. In many cities, Black leaders are being deliberate about the roles
4 years ago
Watchdog to review nonlethal tactics against protesters, including ‘heat ray’ request
The investigation is part of a broader review of the tactics and use of nonlethal weapons that have been leveled against social justice protesters this summer.
4 years ago
Breonna Taylor’s mother: ‘I won’t go away, I’ll still fight’
Tamika Palmer says she wants the officers who killed her daughter to be charged. "Even in the very beginning of this year, she kept saying 2020 was her year," she said.
4 years ago