The windows will replace a set that honored two Confederate generals, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, with saint-like reverence and included a Confederate flag.
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Former Georgia prosecutor charged with misconduct in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
The indictment says the former district attorney showed ‘favor and affection’ toward the men charged and interfered with police officers at the scene.
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Federal judge sidesteps allegation of racial profiling in Maine traffic stop
A judge orders that a drug case can move forward despite allegations the suspect was targeted by a state trooper because he is Black.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.