Law
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Sep- 2019 -23 September#NNPA BlackPress
IMPD officer charged with battery, obstruction of justice; chief recommending termination
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer Robert Lawson faces charges including battery and obstruction of justice following a…
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22 September#NNPA BlackPress
Momentum to abolish the death penalty picks up among conservatives
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — A gathering of anti-death penalty activists this month in New Orleans was to kick-start a movement to…
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20 September#NNPA BlackPress
Board Approves New Sidewalk Encroachment Policies for Further Consideration
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Los Angeles Board of Public Works today approved changes to a policy that would require people…
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18 September#NNPA BlackPress
LAPD to Modify Undercover Surveillance Policy
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — A group of activists that was infiltrated by LAPD informants and undercover officers at its meetings…
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10 September#NNPA BlackPress
Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx and Code for America Announce Historic Partnership to Automatically Clear Convictions
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly M. Foxx and Code for America today announced a cutting-edge partnership to…
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9 September#NNPA BlackPress
Sheriff accuses Board of Supervisors of ‘meddling’
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Two days after a judge found he had improperly re-hired a deputy who was fired over domestic violence…
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8 September#NNPA BlackPress
Slaughter-Backed Legislation Provides Mental Health Resources for Law Enforcement
CHICAGO DEFENDER — To promote mental health care among law enforcement, state Rep. Justin Slaughter, D-Chicago, supported legislation to raise…
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1 September#NNPA BlackPress
An Effort to Tighten Ethics Laws
THE AFRO — The fallout from the scandal that engulfed former Mayor Catherine Pugh over the sale of books to various…
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Aug- 2019 -28 August#NNPA BlackPress
How to Be an Anti-Racist, according to Ibram X Kendi
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “A combination of memoir and extension of [Kendi’s] towering Stamped from the Beginning... Never wavering... Kendi methodically…
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26 AugustLaw
Bowser, Todd Push back Against Migrant Holding Facility
THE AFRO — District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 4 Council member Brandon Todd are on the political front…
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