... of any federal criminal investigation.” “We remain committed to full transparency, accountability, and the responsible stewardship of resources dedicated to building a better future for Black communities,” the foundation said in the statement. The Black Lives Matter movement first emerged in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood ...
... people here in Texas, further upending the criminal justice system. Stephanie Sy: How else are you hearing reaction from this, particularly from the family and Black Lives Matter protesters? Tony Plohetski: Well, I can assure you that the reaction of Whitney Mitchell is consistent to a lot of feelings here ...
... but before Perry was sentenced, the court unsealed dozens of pages of text messages and social media posts that showed he had hostile views toward Black Lives Matter protests. In a comment on Facebook a month before the shooting, Perry wrote, “It is official I am a racist because I ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder in the shooting death of an armed protester in a Black Lives Matter march in Texas faces up to life in prison when his sentencing hearing begins Tuesday, even as Gov. Greg Abbott presses for the chance to pardon ...
... He shot him. There was no aiming. And that, too, I think, is part of the violence that's being celebrated now, to kill a Black Lives Matter protester, a white man who -- but, as a Black Lives Matter protester, I think, in a way is read on the right ...
In a written statement Wednesday, College Board CEO David Coleman said the course is "an unflinching encounter with the facts and evidence of African American history and culture." "No one is excluded from this course: the Black artists and inventors whose achievements have come to light; the Black women and ...
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials under then-President Donald Trump compiled intelligence dossiers on people who were arrested at Black Lives Matter protests in Portland, Oregon, according to a newly unredacted internal review. The 76-page report is an internal review by DHS of actions ...
After the 2020 killing of George Floyd and nationwide protests for Black lives, calls for police reform echoed through communities. Among America’s large police departments, Oklahoma City ranked second in the country for the rate of people killed by officers. In March of this year, they began implementing major reforms. Communities correspondent Adam Kemp reports...
The leader of the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced to more than five months in jail on Monday for burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in downtown Washington and bringing two high-capacity firearm magazines into the nation's capital ...
... Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. on the balcony of the Lorraine motel in Memphis, Tennessee. King had been in Memphis advocating on the behalf of Black laborers and equal pay. In a year marred by continuing struggles for equality and justice, many of the issues that drew Dr. King to ...
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