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The next chapter
By Reuters Published: Apr 22, 2021 09:18 PM The histories, poems and novels were all there, lining the shelves of some of the best known black-owned and activist bookstores in the US.
And the talk filling cultural hubs like Busboys and Poets in Washington on Wednesday was about the latest chapter in US civil rights: the murder conviction of a white police officer for killing a black man.
James Fugate, co-owner of Eso Won Books, arranges copies of former president Barack Obama s memoir A Promised Land in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on November 24, 2020. Photo: VCG
George Floyd trial: Grim list of deaths at police hands grows even after verdict
22 Apr, 2021 04:58 AM
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Black teenage girl in Ohio shot dead by police as Derek Chauvin jury returns verdict. Video / Heavy / @ WhatRiot
Black teenage girl in Ohio shot dead by police as Derek Chauvin jury returns verdict. Video / Heavy / @ WhatRiot
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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 in broad daylight 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 for all the world to see.
The Black Management Forum has labelled the SA corporate space as being anti-black leadership following the sudden resignation of Daniel Mminele, Absa bank’s first black CEO.