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- NewsThe Guardian
Minneapolis backs $150,000 settlement for George Floyd witness’s PTSD lawsuit
Minneapolis city council approves payment to Donald Williams, who tried to intervene to stop police killing in 2020
- NewsThe Telegraph
The Black Lives Matter legal revolution has come crashing down
It’s not a good time to be a Leftist prosecutor in the United States. Pamela Price, the elected District Attorney of Alameda County, will face a recall vote later this year following a massive increase in crime that coincided with her policies of reducing criminal penalties and prosecuting police officers who used lethal force.
- NewsThe New Republic
Don’t Panic About the Supreme Court’s Right to Protest Ruling—Yet
The high court’s decision to leave a controversial lower court decision intact does not necessarily spell doom for First Amendment rights.
- NewsThe New Republic
The Shocking April Holiday That Mississippi Is Still Celebrating
Mississippi still marks Confederate Heritage Month every April.
- NewsThe New Republic
The Supreme Court Just Dealt a Massive Blow to the Right to Protest
The high court declined to hear a case challenging laws in Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
- NewsThe Hill
Supreme Court allows police officer’s suit to move forward against Black Lives Matter leader
The Supreme Court allowed a police officer’s lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter leader to move forward Monday. In a brief order, the justices turned away activist DeRay Mckesson’s First Amendment appeal, meaning he must face the lawsuit brought by the anonymous officer who was injured during a 2016 protest. Days after police fatally shot…
- PoliticsThe Hill
Cornel West’s running mate defends calling police ‘same’ as KKK
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West’s running mate, Melina Abdullah, is defending a statement in which she said police were the same as the KKK. Abdullah, named this week as West’s vice presidential candidate, posted on the social platform X in 2015 that “the KKK, the police, and government officials are one in the same.” She…
- NewsKTLA articles
CSULA professor joins Cornel West’s ticket as VP candidate
Academic and activist Cornel West has announced his running mate in his independent bid for the presidency, and she’s a prominent professor and activist herself with ties to Southern California. Melina Abdullah, a professor of pan-African studies at Cal State L.A. and a co-founder of Black Lives Matter, is joining West in his outsider bid […]
- NewsHuffPost
Tennessee Senate Passes Bill That Would Undo Police Reforms Put In Place After Tyre Nichols’ Death
The GOP-led state legislature has voted on a bill that would restrict local governments from passing police reform measures.
- NewsKansas City Star
Home Depot worker told to remove BLM pin after racist incident was reported, feds say
The Minnesota store violated labor laws by telling the worker to remove the pin after a Black History Month display was vandalized, officials said.