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Crime and Justice News

May 25
1 min

Data Show Racial Bias in Missouri Firearm Possession Convictions

Over 3,600 people were convicted between 2015 and 2021 for federal firearm possession in Missouri, which outranks the rest of the nation...

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Crime and Justice News

May 17
1 min

Delaware State U. Complaining to DOJ Over Bus Traffic Stop

Delaware State University, a historically Black institution in Dover, De., said it will file a formal complaint with the U.S. Justice...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 28
2 min

MN Report Accuses Minneapolis Police of Longtime Racial Bias

The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in race discrimination for at least a decade, including stopping and arresting Black people...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 18
2 min

Anxiety Levels Can Be High in Blacks' Interactions With Police

The video seems clear: Patrick Lyoya disobeyed a Grand Rapids, Mi., police officer during a traffic stop, tried to run, then wrestled...

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Crime and Justice News

Mar 31
1 min

Black, Hispanic Youth More Likely To Live In Areas With Homicides

In the five years before 2020, nine million children ages five to 17 lived in a Census tract where there had been at least one gun...

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Crime and Justice News

Mar 18
2 min

FBI Identifies Six Juveniles in Probe of Threats to Black Colleges

Federal law enforcement officials have narrowed the list of suspects in the threats made to historically black colleges to six juveniles,...

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Crime and Justice News

Mar 2
2 min

Arbery Juror Foreman Laments 'So Much Hatred' Among Defendants

Marcus Ransom, foreman of the jury in the case against three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, was the only Black man...

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Crime and Justice News

Feb 22
2 min

Amir Locke's Killing Shows Disparity in Treatment of Black Gun Owners

Relatives and friends of Amir Locke, who was killed by Minneapolis police Feb. 2 as they executed a no-knock warrant on the apartment...

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Urban Institute, Microsoft Offer Grants on Racial Issues, Data

Crime and Justice News

Feb 21
2 min

Urban Institute, Microsoft Offer Grants on Racial Issues, Data

The U.S. justice system disproportionately harms communities of color, especially Black communities. Racism and racial biases are deeply...

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Crime and Justice News

Feb 17
1 min

Racist Texts Surface In Arbery Murder Civil-Rights Trial

Two of the three white men convicted of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder in Georgia repeatedly used racial slurs on social media and in text...

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Crime and Justice News

Feb 17
1 min

NJ Police Response to Teen Fight Seen as Example of Racial Bias

A video of Bridgewater, N.J., police officers responding to a fight between teenagers is being seen as a new example of racial bias in...

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Crime and Justice News

Feb 14
2 min

Ugly Race Evidence Due in Federal Trial Over Arbery Killing

The killing of George Floyd catalyzed a period of national soul-searching about race and racism. In high-profile trials since then —...

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Crime and Justice News

Feb 4
1 min

Greg and Travis McMichael To Stand Federal Trial in Arbery Case

Greg McMichael and his son Travis, both convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, have reversed their planned guilty pleas to a federal...

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Crime and Justice News

Feb 2
1 min

Historically Black Colleges Around U.S. Threatened With Bombs

At least 16 historically Black colleges and universities said they received bomb threats Tuesday, disrupting or cancelling classes. On...

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Crime and Justice News

Jan 28
2 min

Does Ignoring Black Women's Killings Suggest They're 'Disposable'?

Three recent killings in the Los Angeles area have put the spotlight on the disparate impact of gun violence on Black women and the lack...

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Crime and Justice News

Jan 26
1 min

Black Man Sues NV Police For Jailing Him In Confusion Over Name

Shane Lee Brown is suing police departments in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nv., and several officers after they jailed him for six days,...

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Crime and Justice News

Jan 21
1 min

Mostly White Jury In Civil Rights Trial Over George Floyd Killing

The jury in the federal civil rights trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's murder is mostly white,...

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Crime and Justice News

Jan 5
2 min

Homer Plessy Getting Pardon 125 Years After Guilty Plea in Race Case

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will pardon Homer Plessy posthumously on Wednesday, more than a century after the Black man was arrested...

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Crime and Justice News

Jan 3
2 min

Louisiana Judge Resigns After Using Racial Slur in Video

A Louisiana judge who could be heard on a video using a racial slur while watching security footage of a foiled burglary outside her home...

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