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Minneapolis and state agree to revamp policing post-Floyd

The city of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights signed a “court-enforceable settlement agreement” Friday to revamp policing

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – The policing reforms in the Breonna Taylor settlement, explained

Attorney Ben Crump and Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor

From revised search warrant protocols to contracting social workers, the policy changes are a start but could go much further.

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In the Turmoil Over Race and Policing, Children Pay a Steep Emotional Price

By YAMICHE ALCINDOR, New York Times In the past week alone, there was the 4-year-old girl in Falcon Heights, Minn., who was captured on video consoling her mother after they watched…

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Cash bail is unfair and violates due process

Sonali Kolhatkar

American jails are full of people waiting for trial because they cannot afford cash bail, leading to disrupted lives and communities.

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Black Lives Matter Explore Our Online Exhibits African Peoples Before Captivity Kidnapped: The Middle Passage Nearly Three Centuries Of Enslavement Reconstruction: A Brief Glimpse of Freedom One Hundred Years of…

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How to have a meaningful debate about racism? The Guardian asked 20,000 people.

Discussing racism is critical to reducing its occurrence, but doing so reveals how often people disagree about or misunderstand the issue.

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An Officer Is Charged With Murder. Colleagues Briefly Drop Their Guns.

Tension is rising between London’s Metropolitan Police Service and the public after officers shot an unarmed Black man in London.

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International News: Riots in France Highlight a Vicious Cycle Between Police and Minorities

France is being torn apart by riots as protestors fight back against persistent police brutality toward Black citizens.

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How ex-Confederates spread racist attitudes far and wide after the Civil War

The National Bureau of Economic Research has traced the impact of former Confederates migrating from the south and brining racism with them.

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What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days

Residents of Brownsville, NY, have taken law-enforcement into their own hands and succeeded in a revolutionary policing experiment.

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