The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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The Post-Michael Brown Agenda Provides Goals To End Racist Militarized Policing
The California city of Rialto saw an 88% drop in claims of police misconduct within one year of officers wearing cameras.
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"It is Our Duty To Fight For Our Freedom" As Mass Arrests In Ferguson Continue
Cornel West was among 49 protesters arrested Monday outside Ferguson police headquarters and others occupied St. Louis city hall, shut down two Walmart stores and disrupted a political fundraiser.
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Weekend of Resistance Becomes Moral Monday As St. Louis Protests Surge
About 500 protesters shouted slogans at riot police in St. Louis overnight into Monday morning near the climax of four days of street rallies and sit-ins over the two police shootings.
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17 Arrested In St. Louis During "Ferguson October" Protest
Sunday morning's arrests capped a long Saturday of dissent that began with at least several hundred people marching through downtown St. Louis to protest shootings and racial inequality.
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Demonstrators "Disrupt" St. Louis Symphony Singing A "Requiem for Mike Brown"
Some onlookers were outraged and start spewing expletives while others stood up and started clapping – though most seemed stunned and simply watched.
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35 Arrested As Police Block Ferguson Highway Protest, and New Video of Killing Is Released
Three dozen people were arrested during a largely peaceful protest near Interstate 70
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Six Vital Conversations Jumpstarted on the Streets of Ferguson
As the outrage in Ferguson takes on new forms and becomes less openly confrontational, the shooting of Michael Brown has started a nationwide dialogue about race, class and American law enforcement.
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Why Black Twitter Reported Ferguson The Way Media Could Not
Black bloggers and activists are aggressively using Twitter to hold corporate media – and the police – accountable.
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The Kinloch Connection In Ferguson: Razing of Historic Black Town Fueled Popular Anger
To understand Ferguson one must understand Kinloch – a once vibrant middle-class community in north St. Louis County and the first incorporated black community in the state – which today lies vacant and decayed.
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UC Study: Police Often Provoke Protest Violence – Not the Other Way Around
From clashes during the Occupy movement to violence this month in Ferguson, Mo., researchers say protests get ugly when officers use aggressive tactics, dress in riot gear and line up like military.
