Superintendent Sanford Prince says a letter to the staff about expressing personal views before the election should not have described Black Lives Matter as a ‘controversial’ phrase.
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Attorneys for Black woman shot by cop: Firing `a first step’
The suburban Chicago police officer also fatally shot the wounded woman’s 19-year-old boyfriend during a traffic stop.
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Black Lives Matter Maine stages rally at Portland police station
More than 70 people turn out as part of a national campaign to protest police brutality.
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Forum: Improving racial equity in Maine
Racism in America has been around for generations. Since the murder of George Floyd a spotlight has again been shown on this grave fact. To undo hundreds of years of racial injustice, we first have to acknowledge there are some structural issues that have to be addressed. It’s sometimes hard to see the structural issues […]
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Demonstrators in Portland decry police brutality in wake of Breonna Taylor case
They listened to speakers in Lincoln Park and chanted as they marched through the Old Port and along Congress Street to Deering Oaks.
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Prosecutor didn’t recommend homicide charges to grand jury in Breonna Taylor’s killing
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron says he won’t block the release of grand jury recordings.
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Members of Black Lives Matter Maine protest in Portland
More than 200 people demanding justice for Breonna Taylor demonstrate outside the police station.
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Superintendent backs Deering High principals over Breonna Taylor tweet
Their statement expressing outrage over a grand jury’s decision not to indict police for the Louisville woman’s death met backlash on social media.
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Leonard Pitts: This is why I’d like you to stop asking me about crime in Chicago
While ‘Black on Black crime’ is, at least sometimes, punished, Police-on-Black crime seldom is.
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Portland councilors to vote on city budget that cuts 65 positions
Budgets for police and health and human services have undergone the most scrutiny this year, because of the Black Lives Matter movement.