Tag: protests
2020: A Year to Remember
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
What’s left to say about 2020 except that it’s over. But what a year with the well-chronicled coronavirus pandemic...
Multi-million settlement reached in Breonna Taylor lawsuit
By Dylan Lovan
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The city of Louisville will pay millions to the mother of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices...
Memorials, protests in Ferguson on the sixth anniversary of Michael Brown’s...
By Bryce Gray and Rachel Rice
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
FERGUSON — About 100 people gathered in a Ferguson street Sunday to mark the sixth anniversary of...
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...
Lawyers with Bar Association offering pro bono help to most local...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Magic City Bar Association (MCBA) has established an ongoing Protest Protection Plan (PPP) to help provide free legal representation...
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...
Students, Silent No More, Urge Change At Birmingham Unity Rally
Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Nine-year-old Kaylen Crusoe was born in Birmingham but now lives in Fort Worth, TX. On Sunday, the rising fifth-grader...
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...
Birmingham will not prosecute those who violated curfew during protests
The Birmingham Times
The City of Birmingham will not prosecute anyone solely arrested for curfew violations and other minor charges from June 1 through June...
