The recent decisions by two of the most influential national newspapers of record to not publish their endorsements of Vice President Kamala Harris says a lot about how seriously they take Trump’s threats to democracy and his promises of vengeance against his enemies.
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Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Surveillance Tool was Used to Arrest Baltimore Protestors
For years, the social media giants have provided data to Geofeedia, a company marketing surveillance tools to police, creating real-time maps of activity in protest areas that were later used to identify and arrest protestors.
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Not Just Skin Deep: Europe Reflects On America's Gun and Race Violence Epidemic
Race-related tensions have always coincided with economic recessions. But are we today facing a crisis point of open-ended, pointless violence – or is this simply a preamble to a truly nightmarish century?
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Justice Department to Open Ferguson-Style Inquiry Into Chicago PD
U.S. attorneys will investigate whether the police department systemically engaged in constitutional violations of policing.
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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.
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Baltimore Approves $6.4 Million Settlement In Death of Freddie Gray
The settlement could play a role in whether a judge decides to move the trials for the six officers charged in Gray’s death out of Baltimore – a move their defense attorneys say is necessary if the officers are to receive a fair trial.
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Bankers Are Buying Baltimore’s Debt, Charging Crazy Interest – Then Taking Families' Homes
Wall Street hedge fund Fortress Investment Group and L.A.-based Imperial Capital bought up hundreds of small debts — from unpaid water bills to delinquent property taxes — and could take property worth tens of millions of dollars if families can’t pay.
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Ferguson Marks Michael Brown Anniversary with Protests – And Silence
Hundreds gathered on the residential side street where Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, was shot dead by a white police officer last August, igniting national unrest and the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Documents Show Feds Regularly Monitor Black Lives Matter Protesters Nationwide
The reports confirm social media surveillance of the movement and related events in Ferguson, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and New York – including watching over vigils, parades and other benign gatherings.
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Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby: I Owe My Success to "Warrior Women"
“For me, as a young black woman, to run against an older white male incumbent, powerful, with the ability to raise close to a million dollars, the skeptics wanted to know: how could I have the audacity?”
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All 50 U.S. States Fail To Meet Global Police Use of Force Standards, Amnesty Reports
No state complies with international standards on the lethal use of force by law enforcement officers – and 13 states fall beneath even lower legal standards enshrined in U.S. constitutional law.
