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      'It's About Damn Time': 4 Louisville Cops Charged in Killing of Breonna Taylor

      'It's About Damn Time': 4 Louisville Cops Charged in Killing of Breonna Taylor

      "Breonna Taylor should be alive today, and the people who killed her must be held accountable," asserted one civil rights campaigner.

      Brett Wilkins
      Aug 04, 2022

      Following two years of racial justice activism, the U.S. government on Thursday charged four current and former Louisville, Kentucky officers for alleged federal crimes related to the March 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old unarmed Black woman who was shot dead in her own home during a botched police raid.

      "Justice delayed is justice denied. But it's never too late to do the right thing."

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      Progressive Lawmakers Push Biden to Stop Transferring Military Weapons to Cops

      Progressive Lawmakers Push Biden to Stop Transferring Military Weapons to Cops

      "Militarized law enforcement increases the prevalence of police violence without making our communities safer," 22 members of Congress asserted.

      Brett Wilkins
      Jul 21, 2022

      Congressional progressives this week urged top Biden administration officials to end the transfer of military weapons to local law enforcement agencies under a program that critics say disproportionately harms communities of color.

      "It's time we demilitarize the police and abolish the 1033 program."

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      'It's About Damn Time': Advocates Welcome DOJ Hate Crimes Charges in Ahmaud Arbery Killing

      'It's About Damn Time': Advocates Welcome DOJ Hate Crimes Charges in Ahmaud Arbery Killing

      "It's one step closer to justice," Arbery's mother said of the new federal indictments for the three men accused of murdering her son in Georgia last year. 

      Brett Wilkins
      Apr 28, 2021

      Racial justice advocates welcomed Wednesday's announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that three men imprisoned in Georgia on murder and other charges in connection with the death of unarmed Black man Ahmaud Arbery last February also have been charged with federal hate crimes and attempted kidnapping.

      According to a DOJ statement, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William 'Roddie' Bryan "were each charged with one count of interference with rights and with one count of attempted kidnapping."

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