The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Former S.Carolina Police Officer Who Shot Walter Scott Is Indicted for Murder, Faces 30 to Life
A video of the April 4 shooting showed officer Michael Slager firing eight times as 50-year-old Walter Scott ran away.
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Black Americans Killed By Police are Twice As Likely To Be Unarmed As Whites
102 people killed by police so far this year were unarmed - twice the rate calculated by U.S. government.
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Cleveland Announces Historic Second Settlement Over Chronic Police Abuse
The decision marks a new way of policing in the city, the mayor said a week after a police officer was acquitted for killing an unarmed black couple.
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Police at the Freddie Gray Protest in Austin Proved Just How Much They Love Pepper Spray
An unexpected use of chemical weapons by officers in the Texas capital has a police accountability expert questioning their training.
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Baltimore Revelations: Thousands of Suspects Arrive Too Injured To Go To Jail
Records obtained by the Baltimore Sun show that correctional officers refused to admit nearly 2,600 severely injured detainees who were in police custody between 2012 and 2015.
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Devoted To Justice, Not Order, In Baltimore
The prosecution of six officers involved in the murder of Freddie Gray probably would not have occurred without an urban revolt in Baltimore.
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Are Baltimore's Protests the Prelude to a Revolution?
The people have demanded to be heard, and now, the city, state and federal government have to listen – the real fight is just beginning.
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Rise of the New Black Radicals
The almost daily murders of young black men and women by police in the United States have given birth to a new young black militant.
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Broke Cities and Broken Bodies – It’s Time to Make the Connections
The bankers get our money, charge us for taking it and leave cities’ budgets bare. Schools close, small businesses shut down, social programs fold and only the cops remain.
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Police and Protesters Clash In Baltimore After Freddie Gray's Funeral
“It’s from years and years of taking shit. Now we’re at a point where people just don’t give a fuck.”
