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From left to right: Grey Hearts Denim co-owner Paul Reyes, producer Costa Vasso, director Jessica Harmon with Reel One Entertainment and Grey Hearts Denim co-owner Sean Whyte pose for a photo wearing BLM T-shirts to support the movement, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. (CARLI BERRY / iNFOnews.ca) March 11, 2021 - 10:03 AM Kelowna film crews donned Black Lives Matter T-shirts Tuesday for their final day on set to show their support for the movement following an incident in which a Vanco...

© Getty Images The trial of the former police officer accused of murdering George Floyd is starting — and the moment is prompting questions about how much has changed since Floyd’s death in May 2020. Derek Chauvin, who was then a Minneapolis police officer, kneeled on the neck of Floyd, 46, for around nine minutes, despite Floyd saying he could not breathe and despite warnings from onlookers. The shocking scene was captured on cellphone video. Floyd was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital...

The Memo: Activists ask whats changed since George Floyd? Niall Stanage © Getty Images The Memo: Activists ask whats changed since George Floyd? The trial of the former police officer accused of murdering George Floyd is starting - and the moment is prompting questions about how much has changed since Floyds death in May 2020. Derek Chauvin, who was then a Minneapolis police officer, kneeled on the neck of Floyd, 46, for around nine minutes, despite Floyd saying he could not ...

Portland City Council reluctant to move forward on police body-worn cameras City commissioners were asked to share opinions after a KGW investigation found Portland was the only big city police department that doesn’t use body-worn cameras. Author: Kyle Iboshi (KGW) Updated: 3:41 PM PST March 4, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore — Portland city leaders are reluctant to equip police officers with body-worn cameras because of funding concerns and questions about their effec...

Published March 1, 2021 at 1:55 PM CST Listen / People featured in "Extraordinary Black Missourians" include, clockwise from top left, Henry Armstrong, Tina Turner, Lorenzo Greene, Nathan Armstrong and Julia Davis. Dred Scott. George Washington Carver. Maya Angelou. We all know these names. They were Black Americans who changed the course of history. And the three have a shared legacy beyond that: They all lived in Missouri. They are also among the many people featu...

S.A. police union urges voters to keep collective bargaining, calls ballot measure a form of defunding FacebookTwitterEmail John “Danny” Diaz is president of the San Antonio Police Officers Association.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer The San Antonio Police Officers Association on Tuesday stepped up its campaign against a ballot initiative that would remove the union’s ability to collectively bargain. The initiative, listed as Proposition B on the May 1 ballot, would repeal what is known as...

ARTS Bechtel Fest 8 Chicagos Broken Nose Theatre company presents a series of online plays; the annual festival of new short plays features an ensemble of femme, female-identifying, non-binary, trans and queer actors talking about things other than men; free, thru March 26. https://brokennosetheatre.com/ Broadway on AirBnB Promotional-sponsored performances by a variety of talents: Tittus Burgess, cast members from Moulin Rouge, Mrs. Doubtfire, and more, plus dance, yoga, tarot and circus clas...

alumni at work: DeRay Mckesson 07 spoke to the Bowdoin community over Zoom on Tuesday evening, wearing his signature blue Patagonia vest. Civil Rights Activist and educator DeRay Mckesson ’07 joined Bowdoin students, alumni and families Tuesday evening via Zoom to speak on his experiences as an activist in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and as Director of the Council on Criminal Justice Task Force on Policing. The event was part of the College’s series of programming on Black History...

Tasked with reforming Santa Clara County law enforcement, the Sheriffs Office presented a number of changes it has made regarding policing, use of force and emergency response since late last year.

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