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The Department of Justice Tuesday kicked off a two-day national summit on reducing violence and strengthening communities. The summit convenes more than 500...
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Each day, EJI publishes a short account about our nation’s long history of racial injustice and the violence and terror of our past that continues to...
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Jeremy Gibson, 31, a former officer with the Muncie Police Department, in Muncie, Indiana, pleaded guilty Friday to civil rights and obstruction charges....
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The Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed on Tuesday that another man was killed in a state prison. At least seven people living in ADOC custody have...
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In 1995, Anthony Dixon was wrongly convicted of a rape and robbery that had occurred two years prior at a motel in Harrisonville, Missouri.
The...
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Arizona plans to execute Clarence Dixon, 66, on Wednesday, even though he is blind, physically frail, and has a documented history of severe mental illness....
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Police officers are the most visible manifestation of the criminal legal system and have a profound impact on the lives of millions of people every year. For...
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“It’s on us to listen, to speak out, and to take action. Not because women are our mothers, sisters, wives or friends—but because women are people. And all people...
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On Thursday, in a conversation with Black Star News publisher, Milton Allimadi, we talked about the police penchant to lie, particularly in cases where they kill or...
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Whatever horror I felt watching the March 1991 tape of Los Angeles Police officers fracturing Rodney King’s skull, breaking his teeth and bones and causing...
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Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Roger Handberg for the Middle District of Florida announced today that a...
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The horrific death of Patrick Lyoya at the hands of a Grand Rapids police officer was not just preventable, it was predictable. GRPD has a long history of racist...
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SOUTH CAROLINA – A new NAACP lawsuit filed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina alleges horrific living...
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The Justice Department announced last week that it uncovered unconstitutionally dangerous conditions at Mississippi State Prison at Parchman, the state’s oldest and...
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Baskerville, VA — With the end of Ramadan fast approaching, Dwayne Law, Jr.—a Muslim man incarcerated at a state prison in Baskerville, VA—filed an emergency...
Milton, are you denying or finding it insignificant that the TPLF attacked a federal army base...
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