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News Articles: Series: America Reckons With Racial Injustice

Two more Louisville police officers have been told they will be fired in the wake of the death of Breonna Taylor, whose image is seen in a memorial in September.

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  • Race

Louisville Police To Fire 2 More Officers Involved In Death Of Breonna Taylor

One officer wasn't at the raid but applied for the search warrant with misleading information. The move comes months after the department fired another detective.

December 30, 2020
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By:
  • Elena Moore
The Justice Department announced Tuesday it would not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice (pictured in a memorial).

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  • Race

Justice Department Declines To Prosecute Cleveland Officers In Death Of Tamir Rice

The department announced that it found insufficient evidence to "support federal criminal charges" against Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback.

December 29, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Advocates against police brutality organized a caravan protest after the killing of Andre Hill in Columbus, Ohio.  Officer Adam Coy was fired from the Columbus Police Department on Monday for his role in fatally shooting the 47-year-old on Dec. 22.

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  • Race

Columbus, Ohio, Officer Who Shot And Killed Andre Hill Is Fired

"This is what accountability looks like," Police Chief Tom Quinlan said Monday. "Mr. [Adam] Coy will now have to answer to the state investigators for the death of Andre Hill."

December 28, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Rev. Dwayne Gary's experience of racial profiling has led him to speak out and inspire others in his suburban Chicago community to tell their own stories of mistreatment.

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  • Religion

Suburban Church Leads Hard Conversation About Race

In a mostly white suburb north of Chicago, George Floyd's killing has opened up some tough talks. And the pastor of a historic Black church there is leading the way by telling his story.

December 27, 2020
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By:
  • Monique Parsons
This image from a Columbus police body camera shows the moments before Officer Adam Coy fatally shoots Andre Maurice Hill early Tuesday.

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  • National

Ohio Officer's Bodycam Shows He Shot Unarmed Black Man Within 10 Seconds Of Encounter

The Columbus Division of Police released silent video of the fatal shooting Wednesday. The officer who fired the shots has been placed on paid administrative leave.

December 24, 2020
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  • Gabriel Rosenberg
A Columbus, Ohio, police officer was removed from duty temporarily following the fatal shooting of a Black man early Tuesday. The officer behind the shooting didn't turn on his body-worn camera to record the shooting.

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  • National

Ohio Officer Removed From Duty After Fatal Shooting Of Black Man

The shooting of the as-yet unidentified man in Columbus is the second this month where officers' body cameras weren't switched on.

December 23, 2020
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A mural on the wall of the circulation building off <em>The Kansas City Star</em> in 2006, in Kansas City, Mo.

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  • Race

'KC Star' Apologizes For Past Racist Coverage, Wants Others To 'Get The Poison Out'

The Kansas City Star noted it "disenfranchised, ignored and scored generations of Black Kansas Citians" for much of its 140 years of existence.

December 23, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
An investigation by the inspector general for the U.S. Air Force showed Black service members are far more likely to be investigated or face disciplinary actions, among other disparities.

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  • National

Air Force Investigation Finds Black Members Face Racial Disparity In Service

Two out of five Black Air Force members don't trust their chain of command to address racism, bias and unequal opportunities.

December 22, 2020
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
A statue of Robert E. Lee was removed from the U.S. Capitol early Monday.

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  • National

Virginia Removes Its Robert E. Lee Statue From U.S. Capitol

The Confederate general's statue is expected to be replaced by one of civil rights activist Barbara Johns, who at 16 led a student walkout protesting inferior conditions at an all-Black high school.

December 21, 2020
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  • Merrit Kennedy
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot accepted the resignation of the city's top attorney, Mark Flessner, Sunday. Flessner resigned due to an ongoing scandal surrounding a botched police raid in 2019.

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  • Law

Chicago's Top Attorney Resigns Following Scandal Over Botched Police Raid

Chicago officials continue to deal with the fallout over the release of police body cam video showing a 2019 raid by city officers of a Black woman's house, which later proved to be the wrong address.

December 21, 2020
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Negro Leagues baseball veteran Jim Robinson and ESPN/ABC correspondent Ryan Smith attend an event celebrating 100th anniversary of the league in New York in February.

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  • Sports

MLB Recognizes Negro Leagues As 'Major League' — Correcting A 'Longtime Oversight'

"All of us who love baseball have long known that the Negro Leagues produced many of our game's finest players, innovations and triumphs against the backdrop of injustice," said the MLB commissioner.

December 16, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Albert Corado (right), the father of Melyda Corado, seen in a portrait with her brother Albert Corado Jr. His daughter, assistant manager of a Trader Joe's in Los Angeles, was killed by a police bullet when an armed suspect fled into the store in July 2018.

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  • National

LAPD Officers In 2018 Trader Joe's Shooting Will Not Be Charged In Employee's Death

The district attorney's office said police "acted in lawful self-defense and defense of others." It added the officers won't be held criminally responsible in the death of Melyda Corado.

December 16, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Pastor Rev. William Lamar IV leads his congregation in prayers, during a service at the Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C., in 2014.

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  • National

Pastor Of Black Church Defaced In Protests: 'An Assault On Our Historical Resolve'

Black Lives Matters signs from two historic Black churches were destroyed. William Lamar IV says his congregation will keep its "desire to make this nation what it claims to be, but never has been."

December 14, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Cleveland's Major League Baseball team will get a new name sometime after the 2021 season. It follows the NFL's Washington Football Team in abandoning a name and imagery widely seen as racist or culturally offensive.

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  • Sports

Cleveland Baseball Team Will Drop Controversial Name To 'Unify Our Community'

The franchise is the second major sports team to abandon a longtime name widely seen as racist or culturally offensive. The NFL's Washington Football Team was the first to do so.

December 14, 2020
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
A map of Texas is displayed on a parking spot at the Old Glory Memorial in El Paso, Texas, last year.

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  • Race

Why Do So Many Places In Texas Have 'Negro' In Their Name, Despite A Law Against It?

Texas lawmakers voted to remove the word "Negro" from geographic features in 1991. But a federal board blocked the proposed name changes, and since then, almost none of them have been changed.

December 11, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
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