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News Articles: police violence

A man wearing a mask at an Election Day rally at the Graham Civic Center polling site in Graham, N.C.

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Lawsuits Filed After Police Use Pepper Spray At North Carolina March To The Polls

Two lawsuits prepared by civil rights groups on behalf of marchers in last weekend's rally in Alamance County allege voter intimidation by law enforcement.

November 03, 2020
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By:
  • Emma Peaslee
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Police Settlements: How The Cost Of Misconduct Impacts Cities And Taxpayers

Payouts range from multi-million-dollars to far less but the financial impact is often overlooked. One argument in the protests over policing is that funds for police could be better used elsewhere.

September 19, 2020
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By:
  • Cheryl Corley
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott unveiled a plan that would freeze any city from raising property taxes on residents if police departments are defunded.

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  • National

Texas Governor Floats Plan To Freeze Tax Hikes In Cities That Defund Police

After Austin cut millions from its police department, Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing to make cities pay a price for tightening law enforcement budgets.

August 19, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Neighborhood Watch sign at the limits of the town of Deepstep in Washington County where Eurie Martin was killed in 2017.

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  • Law

Georgia Supreme Court Justices Express Doubt Man Slain By Deputies Was Stopped With Just Cause

Eurie Martin was tased to death by deputies in Washington County in 2017.

August 13, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
People march in the streets during a demonstration on June 26 in Minneapolis, Minn.  The march honored Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by members of the Louisville Metro Police Department on March 13.

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  • National

Author: Black Women's Experiences With Police Brutality Must Be 'Invisible No More'

Andrea Ritchie, attorney and author, discusses how Black women's experiences with police violence are different from those of Black men and how they've been erased in the movement for racial justice.

July 16, 2020
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By:
  • Brianna Scott
Protestors march in New York on June 6, 2020. Since George Floyd's killing, police departments have banned chokeholds, Confederate monuments have fallen and officers have been arrested and charged following a nationwide outcry against violence by police.+

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  • Law

Reform, Defund, Abolish: Understanding Calls To Re-Imagine The Police

In the weeks since protests against police brutality began in Minneapolis, calls to reform, defund or abolish the police have been escalating. Demands...

June 12, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Pria Mahadevan ,
  • and 2 more
People carry signs as they march Monday, June 1, 2020, in Atlanta during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25.

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  • News

Georgians Demand Justice: The Messages And Momentum Behind The George Floyd Protests

Since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, rage that had accumulated over centuries of racial violence spilled into the...

June 05, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 2 more
About 800 people marched in protest of police violence in Macon Tuesday.

In Macon, A Protest March With The Cooperation Of Police

Before 18-year-old Sadonna Fleming picked up a megaphone and led about 800 protesters through the streets of Macon, she introduced police officers to...

June 03, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

Attorney Ben Crump Calls Police Violence Against Black Americans A 'Genocide' In His New Book

Atatiana Jefferson , Botham Jean and Michael Brown are just a few of the names that represent a violent reality for millions of black people in America....

December 04, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt

On Second Thought For Monday, October 23, 2017

This year a federal court in Chicago ruled for the first time that workers can’t be fired based on sexual orientation, extending workplace protections...

October 24, 2017
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By:
  • Emily Cureton ,
  • Sean Powers ,
  • and 3 more
Former Gwinnett County Police Department officers Michael Bongiovanni (left) and Robert McDonald face felony and misdemeanor charges for punching and kicking a man during a traffic stop.

Gwinnett Officers Charged; Police Say Video Showed Assault

Police on Wednesday filed charges against two fired Georgia police officers who authorities say were captured on video kicking and hitting a man during...

April 27, 2017
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By:
  • Kate Brumback and
  • Associated Press

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