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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Black Lives Matter Shifts Police Brutality Focus to Britain
“It's very difficult to live in Britain as a black person."
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Legalized Murder and the Politics of Terror
Impoverished urban communities have evolved into miniature police states.
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Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza On the Movement’s First 3 Years
BLM’s main success has been in achieving a “cultural shift that is moving through this country,” one that is “necessary for real policy change to happen.”
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Michael Brown’s Mom, on Alton Sterling and Philando Castile
Death isn’t pretty for anyone, but what these families now face is the horror of seeing their loved one die over and over, in public, in such a violent way.
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Latino Lives Matter: Stop Ignoring the Police Killings of Latinos In America
Few police shootings of Latinos make national headlines – a lack of attention and outrage that stems from a poor understanding of the history of state violence against them in the U.S.
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Cleveland Officer Who Fatally Shot Tamir Rice Will Not Face Criminal Charges
The white police officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice, an African American 12-year-old, will not face criminal charges, it was announced on Monday – more than a year after the shooting in Cleveland.
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Why Cops Can’t Be Trusted with Video of Shootings
We need to radically rethink how digital evidence should be handled when cops kill.
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Chicago Police Officer Who Shot Black Teen 16 Times Charged with Murder
Veteran officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with murder the day before a judge’s deadline for the release of a video showing the graphic killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
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The Counted: U.S. Police Have Killed 1,000 People In 2015
A man fatally shot in Oakland over the weekend was also the 183rd death by police recorded this year in California – by far the greatest total of any state.
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Number of U.S. Police Officers Charged In Fatal Shootings Hits 10-Year High
Public outrage over the killing of black men by police in New York, Missouri and elsewhere have spurred prosecutions, and body cameras and bystanders' videos also helped bring cases – but still only a small percentage resulted in charges.
