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PublishedMay 11, 2021
Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in Atlanta spa shootings
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis also filed notice that she intends to seek hate crime charges and the death penalty against Robert Aaron Long, who is white.
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PublishedMay 4, 2021
Anti-Asian hate crimes skyrocket in cities around the U.S.
A study by the Center for the Study of Hate in Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino found a 164% increase in reports of anti-Asian hate crimes in the first quarter of 2021 compared with the same period last year.
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PublishedMay 2, 2021
Use-of-force cases prompt state debates over officer records
At least 16 states have contemplated measures to release such records, or summaries of them, publicly. Another eight have discussed making the records accessible to other law enforcement agencies.
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PublishedApril 23, 2021
Connecticut racial equity meeting interrupted with racist slurs, images
Police are trying to find out who interrupted a video conference meeting of a racial equity task force with racist epithets and images of enslaved people.
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PublishedApril 12, 2021
Defense set to take its turn in ex-officer’s trial in Floyd death
Derek Chauvin's attorney is expected to have experts testify that it was George Floyd's drug use and bad heart, not Chauvin's actions, that killed him.
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PublishedApril 12, 2021
Maine lawmaker criticized for racist email
Rep. Michael Lemelin, R-Chelsea, referred to COVID-19 as the 'China virus' in an email to an Asian-American resident, and downplayed the disease's seriousness.
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PublishedApril 11, 2021
Virginia’s governor calls for probe into traffic stop of Black Army officer
The town has announced that one of two police officers accused of pepper-spraying and pointing their guns at the man during a traffic stop has since been fired.
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PublishedApril 11, 2021
Maine Voices: I’ve spent my working life fighting other people’s racism. Now I must confront mine.
An educator and former prosecutor is now doing the necessary work of challenging his own false stereotypes about Black people.
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PublishedApril 9, 2021
Medical examiner blames police pressure on George Floyd’s neck for his death
Dr. Andrew Baker, who ruled the Black man's death a homicide, took the stand at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.
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PublishedApril 8, 2021
Expert says George Floyd died from lack of oxygen, not drugs
Floyd's breathing while he was being held down by Derek Chauvin and other officers was too shallow to take in enough oxygen, a medical expert testified.
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