Topic: black-lives-matter

How cities lost control of police discipline

How cities lost control of police discipline

Kim Barker, Michael H. Keller and Steve Eder, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 23 12:22 PM

Any significant changes are likely to require dismantling deeply ingrained systems that shield officers from scrutiny, make it difficult to remove them and portend roadblocks for reform efforts, according to an examination by The New York Times. Read more »

20 phrases that defined 2020

20 phrases that defined 2020

Tim Herrera, The New York Times
Updated as of Dec 20 11:55 AM

Happy Blursday! Now quit doomscrolling, grab a quarantini and please keep social distancing. Imagine explaining that sentence to yourself in December 2019. Read more »

Cop who pressed a knee into bystander's neck leaves NYPD

Cop who pressed a knee into bystander's neck leaves NYPD

Ashley Southall, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 30 08:34 AM

NEW YORK — A New York City police officer facing misconduct charges for kneeling on a bystander’s neck during a social-distancing arrest has retired, according to the victim’s lawyer and the officer’s labor union. Read more »

Twitter suspends fake Black pro-Trump accounts

Twitter suspends fake Black pro-Trump accounts

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 14 03:45 PM

Twitter said Tuesday it had suspended several fake accounts purporting to be African Americans who support President Donald Trump and which had succeeded in garnering several thousand followers in just a few days. Read more »

Protests erupt against Breonna Taylor verdict

Protests erupt against Breonna Taylor verdict

Jeff Dean, AFP
Updated as of Sep 24 02:02 PM

A protestor is detained while bleeding from the head, in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA on Wednesday, after a judge announced the charges brought by a grand jury against Detective Brett Hankison, one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in March. Read more »

Protests erupt in US over charges in Breonna Taylor shooting

Protests erupt in US over charges in Breonna Taylor shooting

Camille Camdessus, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 24 01:06 PM

Angry protesters demanded justice for Breonna Taylor in cities across the United States on Wednesday after charges were filed against only one policeman involved in the controversial fatal shooting of the 26-year-old black woman, whose name has become a rallying cry of the Black Lives Matter movement.   Read more »

US athletes decry charges in Breonna Taylor shooting

US athletes decry charges in Breonna Taylor shooting

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 24 10:01 AM

US sports figures who have used their platforms to back the Black Lives Matter movement and call for police reform reacted with dismay to the charges filed Wednesday in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. Read more »

Celebrities plan an ‘Instagram freeze,’ but reaction is icy

Celebrities plan an ‘Instagram freeze,’ but reaction is icy

Kellen Browning, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 16 01:07 PM

The reaction resembled the griping over how #BlackoutTuesday, an Instagram trend meant to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement by posting images of black boxes, was an ineffective performative gesture rather than a substantive action.   Read more »

Kaepernick takes aim at NFL 'propaganda'

Kaepernick takes aim at NFL 'propaganda'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 14 08:25 PM

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick said NFL social justice initiatives were "propaganda" as scattered protests marked the first full day of the 2020 season.  Read more »

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