Tag: Black Lives Matter

Almost 2,000 more Black lynchings during U.S. Reconstruction era, report finds

An organization that founded the nation’s first memorial to lynching victims announced…

Trump signs executive order banning most use of police chokeholds

U.S. President Donald Trump, facing criticism that his policies and inflammatory rhetoric…

Letter signed by 50 groups asks Biden to change policing policies or risk losing election

More than four dozen progressive groups have signed a letter to presumptive…

Christopher Columbus statue removed from St. Louis park amid anti-racism protests

A statue of Christopher Columbus that stood in a St. Louis park…

Rayshard Brooks death: Atlanta mayor vows changes in how police use force

Atlanta’s mayor is vowing to change police use-of-force policies and require that…

Rayshard Brooks death: Could the police shooting in Atlanta have been prevented?

It started off as routine: a man asleep in his car in…

Trust in Canadian police drops amid George Floyd protests: poll

More Canadians are questioning their trust in the police as protests against…

NFL commissioner says he’s encouraging teams to sign Colin Kaepernick this season

Roger Goodell would like to see Colin Kaepernick back in the NFL…

Trudeau wants to move ‘very quickly’ to address systemic racism, minister says

Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos says the prime minister wants to move…

NYPD disbands controversial anti-crime unit in wake of George Floyd protests

New York City’s police department is disbanding the unit involved in Eric…

Missing Black Lives Matter activist Oluwatoyin Salau found dead in Tallahassee: police

A 19-year-old woman who recently sought justice over police killings has been…

Couple calls police on man who wrote ‘Black Lives Matter’ on his own wall

A California woman and cosmetics CEO claims she’s learned a valuable lesson…