Tag: racial profiling
Comedians Eric André, Clayton English Sue Clayton County for Unconstitutional Stops at Atlanta Airport
By The Atlanta Daily World
Actors and comedians Eric André and Clayton English filed a lawsuit today against Clayton County for its police department’s program...
Watering while Black: anatomy of a pastor’s Alabama arrest
By Jay Reeves, Associated Press
Michael Jennings wasn't breaking any laws or doing anything that was obviously suspicious; the Black minister was simply watering the...
Data Collecting Discrepancies Mean Police Profiling of African Americans Is Being Underreported
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media
At its last meeting, the California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board (RIPAB) discussed the discrepancies in the...
Black Americans mostly left behind by progress since Dr. King’s death
By Sharon Austin, University of Florida
On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers.
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States diverge on police reforms after George Floyd killing
By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press
Maryland repealed its half-century-old Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights. Washington state reformed use-of-force policies and created a new agency...