racism
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PublishedMay 5, 2021
Leonard Pitts: Why can’t we have nice things? Actually, we could.
Resort-style swimming pools are just one of the public amenities that white people have done without rather than share them with Black people.
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PublishedMay 4, 2021
Anti-Asian hate crimes skyrocket in cities around the U.S.
A study by the Center for the Study of Hate in Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino found a 164% increase in reports of anti-Asian hate crimes in the first quarter of 2021 compared with the same period last year.
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PublishedMay 2, 2021
Use-of-force cases prompt state debates over officer records
At least 16 states have contemplated measures to release such records, or summaries of them, publicly. Another eight have discussed making the records accessible to other law enforcement agencies.
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PublishedApril 23, 2021
Connecticut racial equity meeting interrupted with racist slurs, images
Police are trying to find out who interrupted a video conference meeting of a racial equity task force with racist epithets and images of enslaved people.
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PublishedApril 21, 2021
Leonard Pitts: Real justice shouldn’t be this difficult
The fact that Derek Chauvin’s conviction was not a foregone conclusion is why I feel less exultation than simply relief.
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PublishedApril 17, 2021
Prosecutor who implied boy was armed when shot put on leave
A veteran prosecutor was placed on leave days after he implied in court that 13-year-old Adam Toledo was holding a handgun the instant he was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer
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PublishedApril 12, 2021
Far-right, white supremacist domestic terrorism in U.S. rising to new highs, study finds
The surge reflects a growing threat from homegrown terrorism not seen in a quarter-century, with right-wing extremist attacks and plots greatly eclipsing those from the far left and causing more deaths, the analysis shows.
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PublishedApril 12, 2021
Defense set to take its turn in ex-officer’s trial in Floyd death
Derek Chauvin's attorney is expected to have experts testify that it was George Floyd's drug use and bad heart, not Chauvin's actions, that killed him.
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PublishedApril 12, 2021
Maine lawmaker criticized for racist email
Rep. Michael Lemelin, R-Chelsea, referred to COVID-19 as the 'China virus' in an email to an Asian-American resident, and downplayed the disease's seriousness.
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PublishedApril 11, 2021
Virginia’s governor calls for probe into traffic stop of Black Army officer
The town has announced that one of two police officers accused of pepper-spraying and pointing their guns at the man during a traffic stop has since been fired.
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