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Chicago’s Black Press Urges Mayor to Fire Officers With Oath Keepers Ties

Special Contributor - November 15, 2024

By Erick Johnson of The Chicago Crusader Publishers and owners of Chicago’s Black media organizations have banded together, urging Mayor Brandon Johnson to keep his...

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When compliance isn’t enough: The reality of police violence against Black men

Tacuma Roeback, Managing Editor - September 16, 2024

Screenshot of police body cam footage of NFL star Tyreek Hill’s Sept. 8 arrest (Credit: Miami Dade Police Department). The barrel of that New York...

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Family of deacon killed by Atlanta police officer demands justice

Roz Edward - September 12, 2023

The family of Johnny Hollman was shattered after viewing a video of the patriarch’s death at the hands of an overzealous Atlanta police officer....

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Justice Department launches civil rights investigation of Memphis police

The Conversation - August 1, 2023

Signs calling for all officers and emergency personnel involved in Tyre Nichols’ death to be named and charged rest on public steps on Feb....

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The law often shields police officers from accountability – and reinforces policing that harms Black people, homeless people and the mentally ill

The Conversation - April 27, 2023

A demonstrator holds an ‘End Police Violence’ sign during a protest after the 2020 police killing of George Floyd. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/via Getty Images by Rashad...

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Broken faith

Courier Newsroom - October 5, 2020

by Julianne Malveaux (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Black people occupy a place between hope and despair. We hope our nation will keep its promises—that all people are created equal,...

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