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Black people’s concerns about festering racism are often dismissed. Will this ever change?
By Courtland MilloyThe Washington Post
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Adjacent to the U.S. Capitol is a Senate office building named in honor of Sen. Richard B. Russell Jr. of Georgia. Russell served in the Senate from 1933 to 1971 and led his white Southern segregationist colleagues in a devilish, decades-long opposition to civil rights legislation.
Trump supporters face off with U.S. Capitol Police outside the Senate chamber Jan. 6.
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During one of his early re-election campaigns, he declared:
“As one who was born and reared in the atmosphere of the Old South, with six generations of my forebears now resting beneath Southern soil, I am willing to go as far and make as great a sacrifice to preserve and ensure white supremacy in the social, economic and political life of our state as any man who lives within her borders.”
Good Tuesday morning!
Here they go again. A last-minute bid to delay calling a new election in Israel failed 49-47 in the Knesset overnight. If a national budget is not passed by midnight tonight, the Knesset will automatically disperse, with a new election slated for March.
Despite
the delay bill being backed by Likud and Blue and White, a series of defections from both parties ultimately doomed the legislation. Likud MK Michal Shir voted against the legislation, and then announced she would be joining Gideon Sa’ar’s new party.
White House
senior advisor Jared Kushner is leading a U.S. delegation on a direct flight from Tel Aviv to Rabat today to hold talks on taking steps toward upgrading ties between Israel and Morocco.
Family of Maryland teen who died in encounter with police sues in federal court
Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post
Dec. 17, 2020
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Brandon Jackson, brother of Anton Black, and Janell Black, Anton s mother, in Greensboro, Md.Washington Post photo by Courtland Milloy.
The family of a young Black man from Maryland s Eastern Shore who died during an encounter with police filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the officers, the state medical examiner, the three towns where the officers served and the two police chiefs involved in the case.
Anton Black, 19, died two years ago after being wrestled to the ground by three officers and one civilian, all of whom were White. Police body camera footage shows the officers on top of Black, pressing his neck. The incident roiled the small town of Greensboro, Md., which is named in the lawsuit.