✊🏿

California reparations panel OKs state apology, payments

California’s historic reparations task force has voted to approve recommendations for possible payments to Black residents and a formal apology for the state’s role in perpetuating discriminatory policies. The nine-member committee took a series of votes Saturday on its final report to lawmakers, wh...

apnews.com

VMMMN (split up and moved)

@vmmmn

https://apnews.com/article/congo-floods-deaths-f13794e1f93b037f4eda1ca2d42cf3f6

Deaths from Congo floods approach 400 as search continues

A local official in eastern Congo says the death toll from recent floods has nearly doubled to almost 400 people, The administrator of the Kalehe territory of South Kivu province told The Associated Press by phone that more bodies were recovered Sunday, including many found floating in Lake Kivu. He...

apnews.com

VMMMN (split up and moved)

@vmmmn

https://apnews.com/article/alabama-department-justice-environmental-sewage-lowndes-8e4ce5be35f54c231d9fa14506fea24c

DOJ: Alabama ignored sewer issues, harmed Black residents

HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said an environmental justice probe found Alabama engaged in a pattern of inaction and neglect regarding the risks of raw sewage for residents in an impoverished Alabama county and announced a settlement agreement with the state.

apnews.com

VMMMN (split up and moved)

@vmmmn

https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-memphis-police-beating-autopsy-c420e7607060f155bb39aa9c44b304aa

Tyre Nichols died of blows to the head, autopsy shows

An autopsy report shows Tyre Nichols died of blows to the head after he was beaten by Memphis police during a January arrest. The Shelby County medical examiner released the report Thursday. It was released months after one of the latest police killings to prompt nationwide protests and an intense p...

apnews.com

VMMMN (split up and moved)

@vmmmn

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/25/harry_belafonte_legendary_singer_actor_activist

RIP Harry Belafonte, Legendary Singer, Actor & Activist. Watch His Interviews on Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is devastated to report the death of Harry Belafonte, the longtime civil rights activist who was an immensely popular singer and actor. He was one of Martin Luther King’s closest confidants and helped organize the March on Washington in 1963.

democracynow.org

VMMMN (split up and moved)

@vmmmn

https://apnews.com/article/daunte-wright-kim-potter-police-shooting-4b62092a23e184fe81b904fc6385becd

Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright freed

Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who said she mistook her gun for a Taser and killed Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from prison early Monday. The Minnesota Department of Corrections says Potter was released around 4 a.m. “out of an abundance of caution.” The department confirmed Friday…

apnews.com

VMMMN (split up and moved)

@vmmmn

https://apnews.com/article/myles-cosgrove-breonna-taylor-carroll-county-e2f4e1ab40b8982cdcb1e1b3e260f62c

Ex-officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor hired as a deputy

The former Louisville police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor has a new job in law enforcement in a county northeast of the city. Myles Cosgrove was fired from the Louisville Metro Police Department in January 2021 for violating use-of-force procedures and failing to use a body camera during…

apnews.com

VMMMN (split up and moved)

@vmmmn

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/24/headlines/mississippi_gop_expands_state_control_over_police_and_courts_in_majority_black_jackson

Mississippi GOP Expands State Control Over Police and Courts in Majority-Black Jackson

Mississippi’s Republican Governor Tate Reeves signed legislation Friday expanding the state’s control over law enforcement in the Black-majority capital city of Jackson. The legislation, approved by Mississippi’s majority-white, Republican-led state Legislature, grants the Capitol Police greater aut...

democracynow.org

VMMMN (split up and moved)

@vmmmn

Blindspot: Tulsa Burning and Focus: Black Oklahoma https://www.radioproject.org/2023/03/blindspot-tulsa-burning-and-focus-black-oklahoma/ On this episode, we turn our focus to how journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Race Massacre. We hear from KalaLea, host...See more

Blindspot: Tulsa Burning and Focus: Black Oklahoma

On this episode, we turn our focus to how journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Race Massacre. We hear from KalaLea, host of the critically acclaimed podcast series Blindsp…

radioproject.org

VMMMN (split up and moved)

@vmmmn

https://apnews.com/article/police-naacp-lawsuit-jackson-mississippi-c8252e43dd4ba5292f7b4d0235b69d9c

NAACP sues Mississippi over ‘separate and unequal policing’

The NAACP warns that “separate and unequal policing” will return to Mississippi’s majority-Black capital under a state-run police department. The civil rights organization is suing the governor and other officials over it. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says violent crime in Jackson has made it necessa...

apnews.com

VMMMN (split up and moved)

@vmmmn

https://apnews.com/article/antioch-police-racist-text-messages-3eeb4c12dae8167c37ffd924385a3a10

California city audits police who sent racist, abusive texts

A California city voted Tuesday to audit its troubled police department after racist text messages sent by officers were made public earlier this month. Officials have named 17 officers who sent text messages, including the president of the Antioch police union. But a Contra Costa County public defe...

apnews.com

VMMMN (split up and moved)

@vmmmn

https://apnews.com/article/chauvin-murder-appeals-court-6941a6074dcc310c85e4f3eab2be97eb

Chauvin murder conviction upheld in George Floyd killing

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s second-degree murder conviction for the May 2020 killing of George Floyd. A three-judge panel also affirmed Chauvin’s 22 1/2-year sentence. His attorney had asked the appeals court to throw out all of his conviction...

apnews.com