Civil Rights & Social Justice
Syracuse Police Department released a statement defending three officers who traumatized a Black child who was between the ages of 8 and 10, just because he allegedly stole a bag of chips. The incident was caught on camera by a bystander, Kenneth Jackson.
On Tuesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed that the congressional redistricting map he is proposing will dismantle a congressional district designed to help Black voters living in the former plantation territories of North Florida. he calls it "race-neutral" redistricting, but Black lawmakers call it racist.
Prosecutors revealed that they offered plea deals to former officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, according to NBC News. The specifics of the deals were not revealed by lead prosecutor Matthew Frank, but it was revealed that the defendants rejected their deals.
It has been ruled that Buffalo, New York, Officers Robert McCabe, and Aaron Torgalski were justified in pushing 75-year-old Martin Gugino to the ground because he refused to comply and acted erratically.
Policies should center health and well-being not exacerbate harm.
According to M-Live, the Grand Rapids Police Department placed the officer on administrative leave pending the internal investigation.
“It is even very clear that our policy at home is to try to solve social problems through military means just as we have done abroad." - Coretta Scott King
Looking ahead to the 2022 midterm elections, Sen. Schumer also said it was a winning issue that could help drive voter turnout, particularly among younger voters.
During the "lesson" at J.S. Waters School in Goldston, North Carolina, Black students were reportedly "sold" by white students presumably to demonstrate what went on during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. But why, though?
Her life mattered not just because she helped spark the nation's consciousness but because Breonna deserved to live her life to the fullest.