Tag: police misconduct
President Biden Signs Landmark Police Reform Executive Order
The President signed the order on May 25, the two-year anniversary of Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minneapolis
By Stacy M. Brown,...
Justice Department won’t reopen probe into Tamir Rice death
By Colleen Long, Associated Press
The Justice Department has said it will not reopen the federal investigation into the 2014 death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice,...
Biden Administration to Appoint Kristen Clarke to Key Civil Rights Post
Clarke’s appointment adds even more diversity to an incoming administration that has kept its campaign promise to ensure that top staff and cabinet members reflect all of America. “Our first-rate nominees to lead the Justice Department are eminently qualified, embody character and judgment that is beyond reproach, and have devoted their careers to serving the American people with honor and integrity,” Biden said in a statement.
OP-ED: Black Voters Cannot Afford Four More Years of Trump
Black Americans, millions of whom were already struggling before the pandemic struck, cannot afford to lose anything else and we absolutely cannot afford another...