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'This Was an Execution': Outrage as Video Shows California Police Officer Shooting Unarmed 16-Year-Old in Back of Head

Following Week of Unrest After Officer Amber Guyger's Murder Conviction, Community Meeting in Dallas on Policing Erupts

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Members of the public address the Dallas, Texas Community Police Oversight Board after pushing back on police attempts to silence them.

"We will continue to hold you accountable at every single one of these meetings."

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Praising Sanders for His Call to Ban Law Enforcement Using Facial Recognition Tools, Digital Rights Group Urges All Presidential Hopefuls to Follow Suit

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

"Every single 2020 candidate should be calling for a ban on this invasive,...

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1.7 Million Turn Out for Hong Kong Demonstration With Vow to 'Keep Fighting' as Protests Enter 11th Week

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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Initially sparked in June by a now-suspended extradition bill, the protests...

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U.S. Attorney General William Barr

Barr Blasted by Rights Advocates for 'Absolutely Despicable' Speech Slamming 'Anti-Law Enforcement DAs'

Pro-democracy protesters hand out leaflets at the arrival hall of the Hong Kong International Airport

Concerns Over Police Brutality Persist as Hong Kong Protesters Shut Down One of World's Busiest Airports

Boston police destroyed wheelchairs belonging to homeless residents Tuesday night.

'Heartbreaking' Scene on Boston Streets as Police Destroy Wheelchairs Belonging to Homeless Residents

Two mounted police officers in Galveston, Texas lead a handcuffed black man through the streets on a leash.

'Racism at Work': Texas Mounted Police Lead Handcuffed Black Man Through Streets on a Rope

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'Good News!': With Unanimous Vote, Oakland Joins Growing List of Cities to Ban Facial Recognition Technology

Black drivers in Missouri are 91 percent more likely to be pulled over by police than white drivers, according to a new report from the state's attorney general.

'Wake-Up Call' Report Shows Black Drivers in Missouri 91 Percent More Likely to Be Pulled Over by Police

As World Mourns Hate-Fueled Attack in Christchurch, Trump Accused of Inciting His 'Tough' Right-Wing Supporters to Violence in US

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Bomb Threat Hoax Emails Spark Nationwide Evacuations at Offices, Hospitals, News Outlets, and Schools

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In Apparent First, Lone San Francisco 49ers Cheerleader Takes a Knee During the National Anthem

Activists and city residents celebrate

'Justice for Laquan!': Jury Finds Chicago Cop Guilty of Second-Degree Murder for Fatally Shooting Black Teen 16 Times

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'Peak Dystopia': Chicago Police Bolster Distrust With 'Bait Truck' Full of Nikes in Poor Black Neighborhood

Wesley Bell speaks during the dedication of a new community empowerment center in Ferguson, Missouri.

Overcoming 'Decades of Corruption and Systemic Racism,' Reformer Wesley Bell Ousts Prosecutor Who Let Michael Brown's Killer Off the Hook

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Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Stop-and-Frisk Attorneys Respond to Pantaleo Firing

Amnesty International - USA

Six Police Officers Charged Over Killing of Matthew Lee in Jamaica

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Law Enforcement and Civil Rights Organizations Team to Address Hate Crimes

National Lawyers Guild (NLG)

National Lawyers Guild SF Bay Area Denounces Police Violence, Unlawful Arrests and Jailing of Peaceful Demonstrators After Mehserle Sentence

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LaLa B. Holston-Zannell

Reducing HIV Transmission Requires Decriminalizing Sex Work

Michelle Bachelet

Hong Kong's Leaders Have Only One Way Out of the Protest Crisis

Ebony Slaughter-Johnson

Amber Guyger Case Shows How Far America Has to Go When It Comes to Justice for Innocent Black Victims

Leonard Pitts Jr.

Forgiveness Isn’t the Problem. One-way Forgiveness Is. Who Forgives Black People?

Vasudha Talla

Documents Reveal ICE Using Driver Location Data From Local Police for Deportations

Michael Sisitzky, Simon McCormack

New NYPD Drone Policy Represents a Serious Threat to Privacy

Ezekiel Edwards

San Francisco Is a Hotbed of Illegal Race-Based Policing