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Protests reveal generational divide in immigrant communities By STEPHEN GROVES and MOHAMED IBRAHIMApril 26, 2021 GMT BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — When protests began in a Minneapolis suburb after a white police officer fatally shot a Black man, 21-year-old Fatumata Kromah took to the street, pushing for change she says is essential to her Liberian immigrant community. Meanwhile, 40-year-old Matilda Kromah feared stepping outside her home as trauma associated with the Liberian civil war sudde...

Nearly a FIFTH of Simon & Schuster employees submit petition to ban deals with Trump administration figures after CEO rejected their demands to cancel Mike Pences two-book deal 216 employees of Simon & Schuster have signed a petition demanding that the company stops publishing authors affiliated with the Trump administration The results of the petition was submitted to company executives on Monday It comes a week after Simon & Schusters CEO Jonathan Karp said the company would move forward with...

Students seek end to police at Amherst College Amherst College GAZETTE FILE PHOTO By SCOTT MERZBACH AMHERST — Student leaders at Amherst College, who have been making appeals for disarming the campus police and reducing its size and responsibilities, are requesting that the department be abolished. Joining the Black Student Union, which led a campus walkout April 13 in response to the police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minnesota, who was killed April 11 at a traffic stop in Minnesota, the A...

Civil Rights Group Calls On Justice Dept. To Suspend Local Police Grants at 4:00 am NPR A major civil rights group says the Justice Department has more a lot more power than its using to change the behavior of local police departments. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund wants Attorney General Merrick Garland to suspend grants to local law enforcement until hes sure that no federal taxpayer money is funding police departments that engage in discrimination, according ...

Legislation aims to ban of out-of-state fired cops from working in New York Updated 1:50 PM; Today 1:50 PM A view of the Senate Chamber at the New York State Capitol in Albany in March.Hans Pennink | AP Photo Facebook Share By Edward McKinley | Times Union, Albany Albany, N.Y. — Under new legislation introduced in the state Senate, police officers from other states who resigned or were fired due to misconduct allegations would be barred from working in law enforcement in New York — an exp...

What if American politicians could shift their solidarity, passion and vigor from making lies about Xinjiang onto solving problems of racial discrimination, police violence and gun proliferation at home? Would Floyd and Wright still be with their families rather than being “thanked” by politicians for losing their lives?

Ramsey County sheriff, county manager quarrel over civil unrest funding Sheriff Joe Fletcher has been in a dispute with the county manager over the reimbursement. Author: Ramsey County Sheriff Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher is asking the board of commissioners for $750,000 in reimbursements to cover costs associated with the recent civil unrest. Fletcher’s request comes after he stated the county manager, Ryan O’Connor, has refused to support the reimbursement, which would cover personn...

It wasn’t a contest. A man is still dead, while another has ruined his life, many years of which will be spent in prison. The ongoing trauma and the ghosts of victims who never saw justice should temper any jubilation over the fact that one man was made to answer for his actions. If you’re angry because Chauvin was convicted yet had nothing to say about police being assaulted on Jan. 6, you’re part of the problem. If you believe brandishing a phrase like “Defund the Policeâ...

Americas police no longer get the benefit of the doubt Todays best articles Daily business briefing Solving COVID newsletter On the same day last week that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of killing George Floyd, 16-year-old MaKhia Bryant — a Black girl — was shot and killed by a police officer in Columbus, Ohio. The next day, the citys interim police chief released bodycam footage of the incident, showing that the officer shot four times as Bryant appear...

Black Virginia Man Shot By Sheriff Who Mistook House Phone For A Gun An hour before the shooting, the same sheriff gave a ride to Brown because his car broke down. Today Isaiah Brown, a 32-year-old Black man in Northern Virginia, remains in critical condition after being shot by an officer who allegedly mistook a cordless house phone for a gun. HuffPost reports the officer, who was responding to Browns Wednesday morning 911 call in which he threatened to kill his brother, is heard in a bodyca...