AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS WIDESPREAD POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST PROTESTERS FOR BLACK LIVES
Interactive map displays 125 incidents in 40 states where the police used force on peaceful protesters, journalists and bystanders Police
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HOUSE VOTES TO PASS JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT; A NEEDED FIRST STEP IN POLICE REFORM
This evening, the House of Representatives passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. In response to the vote, Kristina
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Video: Former APD Officer Keung, charged for George Floyd murder shopping at Club Foods
This video was posted on twitter by “jk3rd_”
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Bubba Wallace and NASCAR issue statements on ‘heinous act’
By NASCAR Staff Report NASCAR issued the following statement Sunday night: “Late this afternoon, NASCAR was made aware that a
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The Virginia Symphony Orchestra affirms unequivocally that Black Lives Matter
We acknowledge the innumerable inequities of our society as they relate to the lives of Black Americans and the injustices
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Citing ‘weight of history’, senior UN officials of African descent issue call to ‘go beyond and do more’ to end racism
A group of more than twenty senior leaders in the UN, who report directly to Secretary-General António Guterres, and who
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George Floyd’s killers and the vigilantes who share their beliefs don’t deserve benefit of the doubt
By Marc H. Morial, National Urban League President and CEO “Those who commit the murders write the reports, and hence
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Statement on the June 10th event in Portsmouth
We all mourn the horrific death of George Floyd, by police officers in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. His death
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Mayor Price and Chief Drew Address Killing of George Floyd
During a press conference yesterday, Mayor McKinley Price and Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew addressed the murder of George
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