Tag: justice
BLM Birmingham Member Looking To Build Statewide Chapters
By Ameera Steward
For the Birmingham Times
Upcoming goals for BLM Birmingham include work on a people’s budget, a participatory budget for the city that can...
Officer Charged in George Floyd Death, Seeks Case Dismissal
By Amy Forliti
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of four Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death is asking to have his case dismissed.
An...
Here’s what you need to know about Blackout Day 2020
By Shelby Stewart
MSN News
In the midst of protests against police brutality, some Black-owned businesses have flourished.
Today is not to be confused with #BlackoutTuesday where...
Louisville, Ky, to probe handling of Breonna Taylor shooting
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Government officials in Kentucky said they will begin an investigation into the city of Louisville's handling of the fatal...
Thomas Blanton, KKK bomber of 16th St Baptist Church, dies
Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., the last of three one-time Ku Klux Klansmen convicted in a 1963 Alabama church bombing...
Mourners bid farewell to Rayshard Brooks at historic church
By Kate Brumback
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev....
NASCAR, FBI investigating ‘heinous act’ after noose is found in Bubba...
By Des Bieler, Cindy Boren and Liz Clarke
Washington Post
NASCAR President Steve Phelps said Monday afternoon that the sport will permanently ban the person or...
One of Three Police Officers Who Shot and Killed Breonna Taylor...
By Ray Sanchez and Elizabeth Joseph
CNN
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer has initiated termination proceedings against Louisville Metro Police Det. Brett Hankison, Fisher said in a...
Congress Could Make Juneteenth A National Holiday
By Arthur Delaney
Black Voices
Congress hasn’t created a new holiday since 1983, when it made one for Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Now some lawmakers...
Who is Rayshard Brooks, 27-year-old black man killed by Atlanta police?
By Justin Carissimo
CBS News
Rayshard Brooks, the 27-year-old black father of four who was fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer, is being remembered as a...