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The lawsuit against DeRay Mckesson would have a chilling effect on the right to protest

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Baton Rouge Council offers Alton Sterling’s family $4.5 million settlement

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Supreme Court rules in favor of BLM activist DeRay McKesson

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Police Chief regrets hiring officer who gunned down unarmed Alton Sterling and apologizes to his family

For Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul hindsight is 20/20 and he reportedly regrets the hiring of officer Blane Salamoni who shot and killed Alton Sterling in 2016.
/ August 2, 2019
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Security guard Jemel Roberson’s fatal shooting by police underscores America’s fear of Black men trumps “good guy with a gun” narrative

Writer Dustin Seibert writes about how the shooting death of Jemel Roberson, a legally armed Black man doing his job, underscores a deep fear of Black men.
/ November 13, 2018
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Michael Brown’s mother announces run for Ferguson City Council

  Lezley McSpadden, the mother of slain Ferguson, Missouri, teen Michael Brown, is gearing up to be the change she wants to […]
/ April 24, 2018

Why President Obama’s praise of Parkland activists is slap in the face to Black Lives Matter

A look at why Obama seems to take up for law enforcement and now White students pushing or gun control while Black and brown bodies continue to be killed by police.
/ April 23, 2018
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In the case of Alton Sterling’s death, one officer fired and one officer suspended for three days

In a Friday evening press conference, Baton Rouge police Chief Murphy Paul announced the fate of the two officers involved in the 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling.
/ March 30, 2018
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Officers involved in Alton Sterling case to find out if they will lose their jobs

The two Baton Rouge police officers who shot and killed Alton Sterling in 2016 will learn if they will receive any disciplinary action from their department today.
/ March 30, 2018

White House believes police shootings of black men are a ‘local matter’ for ‘local authorities’

During Wednesday’s briefing, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump believes police shootings of unarmed Black men are a “local matter” that “should be left up to the local authorities,
/ March 28, 2018