Racial justice
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PublishedJuly 22, 2021
Review of June 2020 protest describes restraint by Portland police officers amid chaos
Last year's June 1 protest of George Floyd's killing was largely peaceful, but clashes after nightfall posed an unprecedented challenge for police, who could have been better prepared, a report concludes.
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PublishedJune 20, 2021
Family seeks 2nd chance at charging officer in man’s death
A Milwaukee judge could implement a little-used procedure to charge the officer directly.
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PublishedJune 5, 2021
Runners in Portland champion social justice on Breonna Taylor’s birthday
Killed in a no-knock police raid in March 2020, the Louisville, Ky., woman inspired a nationwide wave of activism.
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PublishedJune 1, 2021
City to remove lawn signs of group opposing Portland school budget
The signs posted by Concerned Ethnic Fathers violate state law because they lack an address for the group, whose Instagram page says it is 'concerned about our school board pushing Critical Race Theory disguised as equity.'
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PublishedJune 1, 2021
Biden decries ‘horrific’ Tulsa massacre in emotional speech
His commemoration of the deaths of hundreds of Black people killed by a white mob a century ago comes amid the current national reckoning on racial justice.
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PublishedMay 29, 2021
How Tulsa massacre spent most of last century unremembered
Even this year, with the 100th anniversary being recognized, it’s still an unfamiliar history to many.
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PublishedMay 29, 2021
More than 200 bodies found buried at Indigenous school in Canada
The remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, were buried on the site in British Columbia.
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PublishedMay 29, 2021
Republican lawmakers try to limit teaching about race, racism
At least 16 states consider or sign bills opposing critical race theory, which seeks to reframe the narrative of U.S. history.
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PublishedMay 28, 2021
Three officers plead not guilty in Black man’s restraint death in Washington
The officers cast Manuel Ellis as the aggressor, saying he punched the window of their cruiser and attacked them as they got out, but 2 witnesses came forward with identical stories, saying the police attacked.
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PublishedMay 25, 2021
Grief, smiles as George Floyd’s family meets Biden a year after death
Congressional negotiators remain optimistic about the prospects for a police reform bill and they’ve displayed a steady solidarity that’s unusual for such talks.
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