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PublishedApril 10, 2021
For Black journalists, working Chauvin trial drains emotions
Reporters covering the trial may be susceptible to trauma tied to their own experiences or previous stories about encounters between police and Black people.
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PublishedApril 10, 2021
Ex-officer’s trial in George Floyd’s death shows courtroom tactics
Some strategies and terms that have become part of Derek Chauvin's trial are rare outside criminal courtrooms.
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PublishedApril 8, 2021
Expert says George Floyd died from lack of oxygen, not drugs
Floyd's breathing while he was being held down by Derek Chauvin and other officers was too shallow to take in enough oxygen, a medical expert testified.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2021
Grand jury declines to charge officers involved in Daniel Prude’s death
The officers held down Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, naked and handcuffed on a Rochester, N.Y., street last winter until he stopped breathing.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2021
Maine police voice support but raise questions about racial data collection bill
The measure aims to provide data on traffic stops that would help to identify and prevent patterns of racial profiling.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2021
Martin Luther King Day service calls for nonviolence amid turbulent times
The online ceremony included prerecorded remarks by President-elect Joe Biden.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2021
Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol, calls rioters ‘domestic terrorists’
Both the president-elect and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris spoke about the police treatment of the largely white mob compared with Black Lives Matter protesters.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2021
Illinois 18-year-old pleads not guilty in fatal shootings of 2 in Kenosha protest
Kyle Rittenhouse fatally shot two people and wounded a third amidst summer protests on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2020
Air Force: Blacks are more likely investigated, disciplined
'Black service members need to work twice as hard and you can’t mess up,' said one Black squadron commander.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2020
Bath adopts statement against discrimination
Council criticized for not including people of color in drafting of statement
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