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A Year After George Floyd's Death, Police Are Still Winning
From George Floyd's death at the hands of the police to the Minneapolis protests - a breakdown of events. (photo: Julio Cortez/AP)
Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine
Excerpt: "America is struggling to reform and reimagine the agencies that have been licensed to kill us."
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DOJ Uses Civil Rights-Era Law to Charge Protesters and Insurrectionists
Conrad Wilson, NPR
Wilson writes: "In the last year, the Justice Department has turned extensively to civil disorder, a once rarely used law, to crack down on crimes they say were committed during protests and other unrest."
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Election-Deniers Are Running for a Key Role in Swing States. It Could Lead to a Scary 2024.
The Washington Post
Excerpt: "It is seductive to imagine that the danger to U.S. democracy passed with Mr. Trump's departure. In fact, it may have only begun."
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Tacoma Police Charged With Murder in Case of Manuel Ellis, Who Said He Couldn't Breathe
Associated Press
Excerpt: "The Washington state attorney general on Thursday charged two Tacoma police officers with murder and one with manslaughter in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died after telling them he couldn't breathe as he was being restrained."
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John Naughton | If Apple Is the Only Organization Capable of Defending Our Privacy, It Really Is Time to Worry
John Naughton, Guardian UK
Naughton writes: "A giant private company is doing the work governments should be doing on regulation of user data. That's not a good thing."
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Israeli Strikes in Gaza May Be War Crimes, UN Rights Chief Says
Associated Press
Excerpt: "The U.N. rights chief said Thursday that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in the 11-day war with the militant group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip."
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Wisconsin Tribe Fends Off Dangerous Open Pit Mine Plan
Rebecca Bowe, Earthjustice
Bowe writes: "The Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin sent a mine developer back to the drawing board after a legal battle over sacred sites and water contamination."
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