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1 week ago

The View's Sunny Hostin Warned Cops Not to 'Harass' Son For Running In 'All White Neighborhood'

A Black mother proactively notified local police to prevent officers or neighbors from harassing her son while he ran in an all-white neighborhood.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

The world needs to know what happened to my baby': inside devastating new police-body-cam film The Perfect Neighbor

To this day, says Geeta Gandbhir, I'm devastated. The film-maker is talking about the killing of Ajike AJ Owens, a black woman shot dead by her white neighbour in Florida two years ago. Gandbhir first came to the case in a personal capacity, as 35-year-old Owens was a family friend. But things quickly changed. She and her team worked hard to drum up media attention and pressure law enforcement and government institutions to take action and hold this neighbour, 60-year-old Susan Lorincz, accountable.
Film
fromTruthout
3 months ago

New Report Finds "Stand-Your-Ground" Laws Are Linked to Higher Homicide Rates

Stand-your-ground laws, effective in over half of U.S. states, are linked to increased homicide rates, racial outcomes disparity, and greater public costs.
US politics
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