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PublishedOctober 3, 2020
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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PublishedSeptember 29, 2020
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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PublishedSeptember 28, 2020
Portland’s new racial equity panel gets to work on policy review
The Racial Equity Steering Committee begins an examination of public safety, community partnerships and other policies that disproportionately affect people of color in Maine's largest city.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2020
UMaine will remove name of eugenics advocate from academic building
A task force has recommended the board of trustees consider various options for renaming the building on the Orono campus, possibly for a person of Wabanaki descent.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2020
Portland police, Black Lives Matter group clash over plans for protest Saturday
Organizers dispute Chief Frank Clark's criticism about a lack of communication.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2020
Two Louisville police officers shot in protests of Breonna Taylor case
The violence occurred after a grand jury brought no charges against police for killing the Black woman during a drug raid gone wrong in March.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2020
Barr under fire over comparison of virus lock-in to slavery
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., called the attorney general’s remarks 'the most ridiculous, tone-deaf, God-awful things I’ve ever heard.'
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2020
Trump downplays legacy of slavery in appeal to white voters
Trump has long fanned the nation's culture wars, including defending the display of the Confederate battle flag and monuments of Civil War rebels from protesters seeking their removal.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2020
Barr tells prosecutors to consider sedition charges against some protesters
A department memo argues that the rarely used sedition statute doesn't require proof of a plot to overthrow the government.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2020
Maine Voices: Time for renewal of Black-Jewish unity against bigotry
In Maine and across the U.S., both communities need to remember their historic cooperation in demanding that America live up to its promise of equality for all.
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