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At Black Lives Matter house, families are welcomed into space of freedom and healing
Read full article: At Black Lives Matter house, families are welcomed into space of freedom and healingA national Black Lives Matter nonprofit that was widely criticized for purchasing a sprawling California mansion with donated funds recently opened the property to dozens of families who lost loved ones in incidents of police violence.
AP Exclusive: Black Lives Matter has $42 million in assets
Read full article: AP Exclusive: Black Lives Matter has $42 million in assetsA new, 63-page IRS tax filing shared exclusively with The Associated Press shows the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. ended its last fiscal year with nearly $42 million in net assets.
'Black Panther' director mistaken for bank robber in Atlanta
Read full article: 'Black Panther' director mistaken for bank robber in AtlantaPolice said movie director Ryan Coogler was briefly handcuffed by Atlanta police after he was mistaken for a robber when he passed a teller a note while trying to withdraw a large amount of cash from his account.
EXPLAINER: How does someone confuse a gun for a Taser?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: How does someone confuse a gun for a Taser?The jury deliberating at Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial in the shooting death of Daunte Wright asked a judge whether the officer’s handgun could be freed from an evidence box so they could hold it.
EXPLAINER: How does an officer use a gun instead of a Taser?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: How does an officer use a gun instead of a Taser?At former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial for fatally shooting Daunte Wright, a Black motorist, the core of her defense is clear: She says she meant to use her Taser but grabbed her handgun instead.
For cop who shot Daunte Wright, will 'wrong gun' plea work?
Read full article: For cop who shot Daunte Wright, will 'wrong gun' plea work?Jury selection begins Tuesday for a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer, Kim Potter, who says she meant to grab her Taser instead of her handgun when she shot and killed motorist Daunte Wright, who was Black.
$4.9M payout to family of man shot 9 times by California cop
Read full article: $4.9M payout to family of man shot 9 times by California copThe family of a mentally ill man shot nine times by a police officer in a wealthy San Francisco Bay Area suburb has received a $4.9 million settlement from the town and county where the officer worked, nearly three years after the 2018 fatal shooting.
Justice delayed? In wealthy California town, officer kills 2
Read full article: Justice delayed? In wealthy California town, officer kills 2Two fatal shootings by the same police officer in a wealthy San Francisco suburb have cast a spotlight on what criminal justice activists are calling a case of delayed justice and its deadly consequences.
Floyd verdict gives hope, if only fleeting, to Black America
Read full article: Floyd verdict gives hope, if only fleeting, to Black AmericaThe conviction of ex-cop Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd nearly a year ago allowed many Black Americans across Minnesota and the nation to exhale pent-up anxiety and inhale a sense of hope.
People magazine names Michael B. Jordan as Sexiest Man Alive
Read full article: People magazine names Michael B. Jordan as Sexiest Man AliveFILE - Michael B. Jordan arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards on Nov. 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Jordan has been crowned as 2020's Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. Known for his critically-acclaimed performances in "Fruitvale Station," "Creed" and "Black Panther," he was revealed as this year's winner Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES – Actor Michael B. Jordan has been crowned as 2020's Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. “When my grandmother was alive, it was something that she collected, and then my mom naturally reads it a lot and my aunts as well,” Jordan said. Jordan has been active in the Black Lives Matter movement and vocal about early voting registration for this year’s election.
Damian Lillard emerges from shutdown ready for playoff push
Read full article: Damian Lillard emerges from shutdown ready for playoff pushTrail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard marches alongside protesters towards downtown Portland on the Morrison Bridge, on June 4, 2020. Im going to have my PS3, my PS4. Im going to have my studio equipment, my mike, my laptop. Im going to have all my books. Im going to be in the room, chillin'.
Protesters invoke different names to decry police treatment
Read full article: Protesters invoke different names to decry police treatmentIn Tulsa, Oklahoma, people gathered in a spot where white mobs killed hundreds of blacks a century ago and chanted the name of Terence Crutcher. Terence Crutcher was fatally shot in 2016 by a white police officer, Betty Shelby, who was later acquitted of manslaughter. The shooting remains under investigation, and Ramos' mom, Brenda Ramos, questioned why the officer who shot him hasn't been arrested or at least suspended. Now I am in this terrible heartbreaking club," Ramos' mom, Brenda Ramos, told reporters over the weekend. Andrew Cuomo posted a slide with the names of many black men killed or abused by police in cities around the nation.