May 27, 2021
The latest noose was found on the same day a meeting between the NAACP and employees was scheduled.
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The FBI is investigating after a noose was found at an Amazon facility under construction in Connecticut for the eighth time in one month.
The latest noose was found on the same day a meeting between the NAACP and employees was scheduled.
NAACP officials say Amazon didn t let them meet with employees after the noose was found. Instead, they held a news conference with local officials.
NAACP leaders say Amazon isn t handling this properly. When we come to the site to have the conversation with Amazon, then the Windsor Police come and surround the NAACP. And I m like, why are you surrounding us? said Connecticut NAACP President Scot Esdaile. You should be surrounding the individuals that are putting the nooses up. Well, it s that type of behavior, it s that type of arrogance, that type of attitude that they have towards Black people that s got us i
May 25, 2021
The Reverend Al Sharpton and NYC s mayor took a knee for over 9 minutes – the amount of time former officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd s neck.
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People around the country are marking one year since the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police.
In New York City, the Reverend Al Sharpton and the mayor took a knee for over 9 minutes – the amount of time former officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd s neck.
Floyd s 6-year-old daughter, Gianna, lead family members in a chant after they met with the president and vice president today. The family is calling on Congress to pass a police reform bill named after her dad.
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Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey said key lawmakers involved in police reform negotiations have made meaningful progress.
But he said Democrats and Republicans aren t budging when it comes to qualified immunity, which protects officers from civil lawsuits. This means that in the United States of America, any profession, that where you violate in a serious way, the civil rights of another American should someone be shielded? Sen. Booker asked. This is not about going after good officers. This is about when officers have breached the civil rights of a, of a, of another American citizen.
President Biden had hoped to get a bipartisan bill by this week, but Booker said that deadline won t be possible.
May 24, 2021
Three words critical race theory have dominated much of the national discussion on race lately. But what is it exactly?
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Three words critical race theory have dominated much of the national discussion on race lately.
Much of the debate comes down to questions about what is and what isn’t critical race theory. And when and how students should begin to learn about racism in America. Often people think about racism as individual acts of bias or bigotry. But really, CRT helps us understand the ways that racism is a system, said Dr. Jioni Lewis, an associate professor of counseling psychology at the University of Maryland.