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Oklahoma passes a law that can protect drivers who run over protesters Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill Wednesday granting immunity to drivers who unintentionally injure or kill protesters while attempting to flee and which stiffens penalties for demonstrators who block public roadways, according to the Oklahoma State Legislature. The state Senate passed the Republican-sponsored legislation 38-10 last week. The bill makes it a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison and a $5...

Armed members of the Minnesota Freedom Fighters stand guard outside visitation of Daunte Wright

Context In public statements during the civil unrest in L.A. in 1992, Waters said she understood the pain and anger that drove members of the community to riot in the face of racial injustice, while also urging calm and speaking out against violence and looting. Origin On April 20, 2021, various Russian government-funded websites and right-leaning U.S. news sites reported that U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., “condoned the 1992 Los Angeles riots” that were sparked by the acquittal ...

Print Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black teenager during a confrontation. The shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, who was swinging a knife during a fight with another person in Columbus, is in some ways more representative of how Black and other people of color are killed during police encounters than the death of George Floyd, pinned to the ground by Chauvin and captured on video...

Daunte Wright to be eulogized at Minneapolis funeral AARON MORRISON, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6The Rev. Al Sharpton, right, speaks over the casket of Daunte Wright, alongside attorneys Antonio Romanucci, center, and Ben Crump, center left, and the Rev. Greg Drumwright, left, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Minneapolis. The 20-year-old Wright was killed by former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter during a traffic stop.Julio Cortez/APShow MoreShow Less 2of6Kat...

Now a nation that was holding its breath for justice can exhale. In one of the most significant racial justice cases in U.S. history, a white Minneapolis police officer has been convicted of murdering an unarmed, handcuffed Black man. A diverse 12-member jury of Minnesotans found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter on Tuesday. And the image of Chauvin driving his knee into the neck of George Floyd for nine minu...

Rush hour in Copenhagen, one of the early leaders for Vision Zero design.  Image by Mikael Colville-Andersen licensed under Creative Commons. In our first post, we outlined how, six years in, DC’s Vision Zero program can only be described as a failure. While there have been some marginal improvements to the city’s transportation infrastructure, it has been nowhere near enough to slow the number of deaths on our streets — in fact, they’ve been increasing. If we are going to engage in a ...

Many Americans associate driving with freedom, but recent tragedies – including the killing of Daunte Wright mean Black families must remain hyper aware

We Can’t Stop Now: Boston Protesters March For Racial Justice In The Wake Of Chauvin Verdict Protester Sierra Wilcox, 31, from the South Shore, demonstrates at a march against police brutality outside the Boston Police Headquarters in Roxbury on April 21, 2021. Tori Bedford / GBH News As rain clouds threatened to break and thunder rumbled in the distance, Monica Cannon-Grant, a local activist and founder of social justice nonprofit Violence in Boston, vowed to stick it out. “Were goi...

After George Floyd the world is watching & the clock is ticking on bad cops Ben Leo Updated: Apr 21 2021, 19:19 ET Ben Leo Invalid Date, AMERICA was urged to make sweeping racial reforms after a cop was convicted of murdering George Floyd — as his family declared: “We’re able to breathe again.” Their poignant tribute echoed the final words uttered by George as Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes. 12 Jubilant cheers broke out in the streets as the verdict was read...