Instead, the Maine Association of Police is digging in to defend officers who may be charged with misconduct.
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Commentary: Kwanzaa to be celebrated with special urgency in 2020
Ordinary folks are finally seeing what Black people have experienced in this country.
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Commentary: I’m young and Black. Barack Obama is not my hero
His politics have always been those of a cautious centrist.
Posted inNation & World
Artists, activists rush to save Black Lives Matter murals
During protests after George Floyd’s death, the streets of countless major cities became temporary galleries of artwork conveying collective pain and anger.
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In new book, Pope Francis supports racial justice efforts, blasts virus skeptics
In “Let Us Dream,” Francis also criticizes populist politicians who whip up rallies in ways reminiscent of the 1930s, and the hypocrisy of “rigid” conservative Catholics who support them.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Criminal justice reformers cheer multiple election victories
But they also saw setbacks, including a blow to the movement to defund local police departments.
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Police officers accused of killing George Floyd to be tried together in Minneapolis
Judge rules that separate trials for the four officers would be an “undue burden” and that he believes a fair and safe trial can happen in the city in March.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Jared Kushner was born rich and white. Now he’s lecturing Blacks
The advice on achieving success is hard to take from someone who started out on third base and thinks he hit a triple.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Man linked to far-right Boogaloo Bois charged after allegedly shooting at police precinct during Minneapolis Floyd protests
According to a federal criminal complaint filed Monday but made public Friday, Ivan Harrison Hunter was captured on surveillance video firing 13 rounds from an AK-47 into the precinct building as it was overtaken by protesters.
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Judge dismisses 1 charge against former officer in George Floyd’s death
But a second-degree murder count against Derek Chauvin remains.