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PublishedNovember 16, 2021
Jurors in Rittenhouse trial to return for Day 2 of deliberations
The case went to the jury after the judge, in an unusual move, allowed Rittenhouse to draw numbered slips that determined which of the 18 jurors who sat through the trial would deliberate.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2021
National Cathedral names artist to replace Confederate windows
The windows will replace a set that honored two Confederate generals, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, with saint-like reverence and included a Confederate flag.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2021
Federal judge sidesteps allegation of racial profiling in Maine traffic stop
A judge orders that a drug case can move forward despite allegations the suspect was targeted by a state trooper because he is Black.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2021
Review of June 2020 protest describes restraint by Portland police officers amid chaos
Last year's June 1 protest of George Floyd's killing was largely peaceful, but clashes after nightfall posed an unprecedented challenge for police, who could have been better prepared, a report concludes.
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PublishedJune 5, 2021
Runners in Portland champion social justice on Breonna Taylor’s birthday
Killed in a no-knock police raid in March 2020, the Louisville, Ky., woman inspired a nationwide wave of activism.
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PublishedJune 1, 2021
Biden decries ‘horrific’ Tulsa massacre in emotional speech
His commemoration of the deaths of hundreds of Black people killed by a white mob a century ago comes amid the current national reckoning on racial justice.
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PublishedMay 28, 2021
Three officers plead not guilty in Black man’s restraint death in Washington
The officers cast Manuel Ellis as the aggressor, saying he punched the window of their cruiser and attacked them as they got out, but 2 witnesses came forward with identical stories, saying the police attacked.
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PublishedMay 25, 2021
Rallies, moments of silence mark year since George Floyd’s death
Floyd's death was captured by a bystander on a wrenching video that galvanized the racial justice movement and continues to ripple a year later.
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PublishedMay 18, 2021
No charges will be filed in police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. in North Carolina
Brown was behind the wheel of a car when sheriff’s deputies went to his house to serve arrest and search warrants related to drug charges, and the district attorney said the officers were protecting themselves and others.
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PublishedApril 28, 2021
Three indicted on federal hate crime charges in death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia
The case is the most significant civil rights prosecution undertaken to date by the Biden administration Justice Department and comes as federal officials have moved quickly to open sweeping investigations into troubled police departments.
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