The ‘whitewashing’ of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street VIEW
A century after Tulsa massacre, demands for reparations grow as a once thriving commercial district known as Black Wall Street develops into a "White-owned commercial...
Racial Justice Movement
Coverage of the ongoing movement for racial justice, including protests in Seattle and across the United States over systemic racism and police violence against Black people.
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Seattle’s police watchdog agency finds ‘multiple’ offenses in officers’ response to racial justice protests
Police response to protests in Seattle, during which officers in riot gear clashed with demonstrators, led to widespread criticism and prompted multiple investigations and legal...
Author, Fox Sports analyst Emmanuel Acho sits down for ‘Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man’
Fox Sports analyst and former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho started his “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man” video series last year in response to the...
Washington state lawmakers hear testimony on bill to ban chokeholds, other police tactics
Washington lawmakers are taking up a sweeping proposal to ban chokeholds, no-knock warrants and other aggressive police tactics. Some law-enforcement groups are raising objections.
Race double standard clear in rioters’ Capitol insurrection
The violent breaching of the halls of power on Capitol Hill by the insurrectionist mob on Wednesday represents one of the plainest displays of a...
Order to turn off bodycams part of Andre Hill investigation VIEW
A police officer's instruction to fellow officers to turn off their body cameras was captured on body camera footage the day of last month's fatal...
No charges against Wisconsin officer who shot Jacob Blake VIEW
A Wisconsin prosecutor declined Tuesday to file charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back in Kenosha, concluding he...
Kentucky detectives in Breonna Taylor case face termination
Officer Myles Cosgrove and Det. Joshua Jaynes received notice last week that they are to be dismissed over the March 13, 2020, fatal shooting. They...
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