racial justice
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2022
Officer describes what he did – and didn’t do – on day George Floyd was killed
Three other former Minneapolis police officers are accused of depriving Floyd of his right to medical care while Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the man's neck.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2022
Officer charged in George Floyd’s killing says he deferred to Derek Chauvin
Defense attorneys for 3 former officers charged in the case have said that Chauvin, who was convicted of state murder and manslaughter charges last year, called the shots that day.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2022
Black History Month: Both Portland and Maine complicit in economics of slavery
Via trade with the West Indies, the labor of enslaved Africans built our state and its largest city.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2022
Jury selection begins in hate crimes trial of men in Ahmaud Arbery murder
Given extensive pretrial publicity, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood ordered roughly 1,000 jury duty notices to be mailed to residents across 43 Georgia counties.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2022
Bomb threats made to historically Black colleges across U.S.
Monday's bomb scares came 1 day before the start of Black History Month and less than a month after a series of bomb threats were made to multiple historically Black universities on Jan. 4.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2022
Judge rejects plea deal on hate-crime charge for man who killed Ahmaud Arbery
Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, asked the judged to reject the deal and described the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to propose it as 'disrespectful.'
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2022
Prosecutors show video of George Floyd’s last day during ex-officers’ trial
Three former Minneapolis police officers are accused of violating Floyd's civil rights as fellow officer Derek Chauvin killed him.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
Attorney for 3 officers charged in George Floyd killing says Chauvin called ‘all of the shots’
Prosecutors accused the men of standing by as fellow Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin 'slowly killed George Floyd right in front of them.'
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2022
Hate crimes charges in Arbery killing will put racism up front
A federal judge schedules jury selection to begin Feb. 7 in the three men's second trial.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2022
Three killers of Ahmaud Arbery get life in prison; no parole for father, son
Next month, they face a second trial, in U.S. District Court on federal hate crime charges.
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