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Sheneen McClain, right, mother of Elijah McClain, and friend and supporter MiDian Holmes embrace after suspended Aurora, Colorado, Police Officer Nathan Woodyard was acquitted in the 2019 death of Elijah, outside of the Adams County Justice Center on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Brighton, Colorado. Photo credit: Hart Van Denburg, Colorado Public Radio via The Associated Press
Social Justice

What to know about Elijah McClain’s death and the case against police and paramedics

  • November 7, 2023
  • By Matthew Brown & Colleen Slevin
  • The Associated Press
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Pictures of teacher Keenan Anderson, 31, who was Tasered multiple times during a struggle with LAPD officers in Venice and died at a hospital, are displayed at a news conference to announce the filing of a $50 million claim against the city of Los Angeles over his death on Jan. 20, 2023. The Los Angeles Police Commission said on Tuesday, Oct. 24, that two officers involved in the fatal struggle with Anderson violated the LAPD's policy on use of lethal force. Photo credit: Damian Dovarganes, The Associated Press
Social Justice

LA police commission says officers violated lethal force policy in fatal struggle with teacher

  • October 31, 2023
  • By The Associated Press
  • NABJ Black News & Views
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In this photo provided by the Innocence Project of Florida, Leonard Allen Cure poses on the day of his release from prison on April 14, 2020, in Florida. Cure, who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction, was shot and killed Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities and representatives said. Photo credit: Innocence Project of Florida via The Associated Press
Social Justice

Georgia sheriff releases video showing violent struggle before deputy shoots exonerated Black man

  • October 19, 2023
  • By Russ Bynum
  • The Associated Press
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Darryl George, a 17-year-old high school junior in Mont Belvieu, Texas, walks to Barbers Hill High School after serving a 5-day in-school suspension for not cutting his hair on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Photo credit: Michael Wyke, The Associated Press
Social Justice

Black student suspended over his hairstyle to be sent to an alternative education program

  • October 12, 2023
  • By Cheyanne Mumphrey
  • The Associated Press
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Yolna Lubrin, 30, was found dead hanging from a tree in Orlando, Florida. Police presumed it a suicide, but the family wants more investigation. Photo courtesy of Naomi Lubrin
Social Justice

What happened to Yolna Lubrin? Florida family, community press police for help solving mysterious death

  • October 8, 2023
  • By Kinsey Crowley
  • USA Today
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Former Aurora, Colorado, Police Officer Jason Rosenblatt, left, and suspended Police Officer Randy Roedema, right, attend an arraignment at the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton, Colorado, Jan. 20, 2023. The two officers face felony charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. Photo credit: Andy Cross, The Denver Post via The Associated Press
Social Justice

What to know about Elijah McClain’s death and the criminal trial of two officers

  • September 26, 2023
  • By Colleen Slevin & Matthew Brown
  • The Associated Press
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