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With 100 days behind him, Biden’s challenges mount and expectations rise as COVID-19 concerns ease Joey Garrison, USA TODAY © Pool, Getty Images President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress attended by Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol on April 28. WASHINGTON – From the moment he took office, Joe Biden made combating a raging pandemic the central focus of his presidency, deploying a wa...

As Body Cameras Become Commonplace, a Debate Over When to Release the Footage The question of timing has become an unsettled new frontier of policymaking as the use of police body cameras is more the rule rather than the exception. Andrew Brown Jr. was killed by sheriff’s deputies in Elizabeth City, N.C., nearly two weeks ago, and it could be many more weeks before video of his death is publicly shown.Credit...Amr Alfiky/The New York Times Published May 2, 2021Updated May 3, 2021 ELIZABETH CI...

I am anxious about the next time I get stopped by a police officer because I dont know what compliance means when youre Black in Minnesota. Do I keep my hands on the steering wheel? Do I FaceTime loved ones so they can see everything as it unfolds? Am I allowed to reach into my pocket and grab my license? Should I? "People of color, especially Black people, are already viewed by law enforcement as out of compliance," said Karen S. Glover, a sociology professor at California State University-San...

"United Shades of America" returns tonight with an episode on policing in America. And while that may seem like we ripped it from all the recent headlines, in reality the

Target: Mike Elliott, Mayor of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Goal: Applaud city council for passing resolution calling for resignation of police chief after the shooting of Daunte Wright. Tim Gannon resigned as Police Chief of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota in the wake of the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by an officer during a traffic stop. Gannon initially stated that he had no plans to give in to calls for his resignation. The City Council expressed support of...

Crump has represented several Black families in Alabama.

Laws vary on releasing body camera footage to public Published: May 2, 2021 8:38 AM EDT Recommended The recent deputy-involved shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr. in North Carolina has sparked questions about making body camera footage available to the public. Under North Carolina state law, body camera footage is not public record, which means a court order must be filed for its release. In the Brown case, the judge ruled the video must be released in the next 30 days. David Thomas, Ph.D., a fo...

Tim Scott, the Republican senator leading negotiations with Democrats over police reform, who insisted during his rebuttal to Joe Biden’s address to Congress the US was not a racist country, said on Sunday he was “hopeful” a deal can be reached. Scott, from South Carolina and the only Black Republican in the Senate, said he saw progress in talks which stalled last summer as protests raged following the killings of George Floyd and other Black...

Opinion: Sikhs have struggled against oppression from the start Navkiran Chima The news of the recent mass shooting in Indianapolis was heartbreaking and infuriating. Gun violence is a repeated and unchanging problem in our country. The xenophobic, racist, and targeted nature of this shooting was an act of hate and white supremacy, but furthermore, it was one against my community and my identity. My family and I are always potential victims. It feels like we are in a vicious cycle of anti-Asian...

`Black Americas attorney general seems to be everywhere AARON MORRISON and JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press May 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 15 1of15FILE - In this Monday, March 29, 2021 file photo, from left, Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd; attorney Ben Crump and Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, hold a news conference at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minn., on the first day of the Derek Chauvin murder trial. (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via AP)Je...