police brutality
Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter
World
July 5, 2020
Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter
CHICAGO (AP) — A loose network of Facebook groups that took root across the country in April to organize protests…
Wide shift in opinion on police, race rare in US polling
World
July 4, 2020
Wide shift in opinion on police, race rare in US polling
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s rare for public opinion on social issues to change sharply and swiftly. And yet in the…
Images of brutality against Black people spur racial trauma
World
June 29, 2020
Images of brutality against Black people spur racial trauma
Since Wanda Johnson’s son was shot and killed by a police officer in Oakland, California, 11 years ago, she has…
Once again, Congress unable to act during national trauma
World
June 27, 2020
Once again, Congress unable to act during national trauma
WASHINGTON (AP) — For a moment, Congress had a chance to act on a policing overhaul, mobilized by a national…
Icons of 1960s civil rights movement voice cautious optimism
World
June 24, 2020
Icons of 1960s civil rights movement voice cautious optimism
CINCINNATI (AP) — Bob Moses says America is at “a lurching moment” for racial change, potentially as transforming as the…
Pompeo accuses UN body of hypocrisy after condemnation of US police brutality
World
June 21, 2020
Pompeo accuses UN body of hypocrisy after condemnation of US police brutality
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the United Nations Human Rights Council of hypocrisy on Saturday…
For US blacks, Latinos, no sign of a broadly rising tide
World
June 15, 2020
For US blacks, Latinos, no sign of a broadly rising tide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police have opened a broader discussion…
UK’s Johnson announces body to probe inequality amid race protests
World
June 15, 2020
UK’s Johnson announces body to probe inequality amid race protests
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was setting up a commission to look at “all aspects of inequality” following race…
Another police killing of a black man stokes US tension, debate
World
June 15, 2020
Another police killing of a black man stokes US tension, debate
The fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in Atlanta has poured more fuel on the…
Atlanta police chief resigns after officer kills black man
World
June 14, 2020
Atlanta police chief resigns after officer kills black man
The police chief in the US city of Atlanta resigned after an officer fatally shot a black man during an…