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Minorities are targets of police brutality in schools
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Minorities are targets of police brutality in schools

Civil rights and education advocacy groups call for removal of officers from schools despite risk of shootings. A study by civil rights and education advocacy groups in the United States claims minority students are targets of police brutality in schools. The report, published this week, calls for the removal of school police officers, despite the risk of school shootings. by Heidi Zhou-Castro Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro reports from Philadelphia.
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The Black and the Blue: Tackling Police Racism and Abuse on a Systemic Level
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The Black and the Blue: Tackling Police Racism and Abuse on a Systemic Level

An African American law enforcement expert finds hope in the firing of a racist police chief. Sixty miles south of my home is a small municipality in New Jersey called Bordentown Township. The population is 11,367, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Two very important things happened there in 2016. One alarmed me; the other gave me hope. The first was the arrest of the town’s former police chief, Frank Nucera Jr., who had just stepped down after years on the force. Nucera was charged by the FBI with committing a federal hate crime and violating a person’s civil rights while he was chief. Nucera, I would learn, is a confirmed racist. Once, when discussing a situation where he believed an African American had slashed the tires on a patrol cruiser, he told a fellow officer, “I wish that ...
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Chicago Police Accused Of Racist Use Of ‘Bait Trucks’ Tactic
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Chicago Police Accused Of Racist Use Of ‘Bait Trucks’ Tactic

The tactic, which sees trucks filled with valuable goods and left unattended, has been criticized for both creating the crimes it catches and for its use in impoverished, minority neighborhoods. The Chicago police department has been accused of targeting some of the city's poorest communities with a controversial tactic. Local activists say police are entrapping young black men with a so-called "bait truck", which is parked on the road with expensive products and left unattended. by John Hendren Al Jazeera's John Hendren reports from Chicago.
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Protests erupt in Chicago after black man fatally shot by police
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Protests erupt in Chicago after black man fatally shot by police

Harith Augustus, known as Snoop the barber, was killed on Saturday, prompting clashes between police and protesters. Protesters in Chicago are demanding answers after the fatal shooting of a black man by police prompted violent confrontations in the Illinois city. "The whole damn system is guilty as hell," dozens chanted on Saturday just hours after police shot and killed 37-year-old Harith Augustus in the South Shore neighbourhood of Chicago. Augustus is known in the community as Snoop the barber, local media reported. The city's police patrol chief Fred Waller told reporters late on Saturday that Augustus was shot after police officers on foot tried to question him because "the bulge around his waistband" suggested he was armed. Augustus became combative and eventually broke free fro...
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Stephon Clark: Hundreds attend funeral after police killing
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Stephon Clark: Hundreds attend funeral after police killing

Grieving protesters call for justice after funeral of 22-year-old black father of two who was shot dead by police. Civil rights activists vowed to keep the pressure up on the US government to deal with police misconduct as they attended the funeral of Stephon Clark, 22, father of two, and the most recent victim of a string of fatal shootings of black men by police. "We're going to make [US President] Donald Trump and the whole world deal with the issue of police misconduct," the Reverend Al Sharpton, veteran civil rights leader, told a congregation of hundreds at the funeral in Sacramento, California on Thursday. Clark was shot dead on March 18 outside his grandmother's backyard in Sacramento by police responding to a report that someone was bre...
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Alton Sterling shooting: Police officer fired over killing
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Alton Sterling shooting: Police officer fired over killing

Blane Salamoni's dismissal comes days after Louisiana ruled out criminal charges in 2016 shooting of Alton Sterling. A white police officer who fatally shot a black man in the southern US state of Louisiana has been fired, a police official said. Baton Rouge officer Blane Salamoni's dismissal was announced on Friday by Police Chief Paul Murphy. The disciplinary measure came after Louisiana's attorney general ruled out criminal charges against the two police officers involved in the 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling. Paul told reporters he fired Salamoni for violating department policies on the use of force and "command of temper". He also suspended officer Howie Lake II, the other officer involved in the deadly encounter, for three days. La...
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Anger mounts in US over police shooting of unarmed black man
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Anger mounts in US over police shooting of unarmed black man

The killing of 22-year-old Stephon Clark was captured on police body cameras, but shortly after shooting, the audio was deliberately muted and Clark's family and friends want to know why. Anger is mounting in the US city of Sacramento over the police shooting of an unarmed black man last week. 22-year-old Stephon Clark was shot at least 20 times when officers cornered him in his grandmother's backyard. Police say they believed he had a gun. Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds has more from Sacramento, US.
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Police Shootings and Black Men – A Hidden Cause
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Police Shootings and Black Men – A Hidden Cause

By Steve Boston   We have all had the experience of looking through a window at the surroundings outside when suddenly at some point we recognize that the window we were looking through was actually dirty, and on closer examination wonder how we had not seen all the dust and smudge marks before. Our vision was impaired without really realizing it. Often we can look through the same window countless times before coming to this conclusion. Upon cleaning it we then marvel at the clarity of the view that had been marred before and was obstructed by our own lack of attention and unknowingness. Many of us don't recognize that some of the ideas and beliefs that we hold are like the dirt and smudge on a window that we are so accustomed to looking through that they become a part of our wo...
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Kansas Black Lives Matter holds picnic with police instead of protest
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Kansas Black Lives Matter holds picnic with police instead of protest

A Black Lives Matter group in Wichita, Kan., originally planned a protest Sunday but instead had a cookout with police.Following recent officer-involved shootings and acts of violence, the Kansas Black Lives Matter Group wanted to voice concern. Tuesday after a long discussion with the Wichita Police Department, the group decided to cancel the Sunday protest and instead come together with officers for the First Steps Cookout, a gathering in a local park aimed at taking the first step towards building a relationship between officers and the community.Officers served hamburgers and hot dogs and played basketball with members of the community. Kids jumped in bounce-houses and blew bubbles. Officers and the community even danced together. Source: Kansas Black Lives Matter holds picnic with po...
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Protests follow decision not to file charges in Minneapolis police shooting

MINNEAPOLIS --Protesters gathered Wednesday night in north Minneapolis near the spot where a black man was shot in a confrontation with police last November.The gathering came hours after a prosecutor declined to charge two police officers in the death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark. The prosecutor said the officers were justifiably in fear for their lives as Clark tried to get hold of an officer's gun.The demonstrators marched down a major street to downtown, chanting things like, "Hands up! Don't shoot!" and, "No justice, no peace. Prosecute the police." Source: Protests follow decision not to file charges in Minneapolis police shooting - CBS News
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