When Bystanders Step Between the Police and Black Men

You’ve seen the videos of deadly encounters. What effect can a witness have?

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The New York Times 10:02 am on February 28, 2023
Tags: Black Lives Matter Movement, Black People ( 3,145 ), Crime and Criminals ( 327 ), Demonstrations, Protests and Riots ( 1,931 ), Floyd, George (d 2020) ( 423 ), internal-sub-only ( 301 ), Louisville (Ky) ( 79 ), Police ( 550 ), Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings ( 1,433 ), Police Department (Louisville, Ky) ( 19 ), Taylor, Breonna (1993-2020) ( 87 )

‘Nobody Wants to Be the World’s Villain’

Inside the Louisville Police Department, where officers are reckoning with what it means to be a cop in a city that doesn’t trust them.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 13, 2023
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The Rocky Path to the College Board’s A.P. Black Studies Course

Over a year, the nonprofit dropped concepts favored by academics, held a frustrating meeting with Florida officials and left educators in doubt about the process.

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The New York Times 2:34 am on February 2, 2023
Tags: Black Lives Matter Movement, Black People ( 3,145 ), College Board ( 25 ), Colleges and Universities ( 1,160 ), critical race theory ( 73 ), DeSantis, Ron ( 357 ), Discrimination ( 1,686 ), Education (K-12) ( 1,298 ), Homosexuality and Bisexuality ( 609 ), Reparations ( 51 )

Inside the College Board’s Revised African American Studies Curriculum

A guide to some changes in the curriculum, and how the new course differs from standard treatments of Black history in American high schools.

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The New York Times 9:03 pm on October 24, 2022
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After Hollywood’s #MeToo Reckoning, a Fear It Was Only Short-Lived

The #MeToo movement led to increased diversity and representation in the entertainment industry, but now there is worry that it has begun to regress.

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The New York Times 4:54 pm on October 5, 2022
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He Inherited a New Orleans Jazz Institution. What Does He Owe?

In the 1960s, Ben Jaffe’s family founded Preservation Hall to help keep a defining Black art form alive. In 2022, that’s a complicated part for a white musician to play.

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The New York Times 3:04 pm on September 7, 2022
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The Safe Space That Became a Viral Nightmare

Video of a confrontation in a multicultural center at Arizona State University became a weapon in the war against universities.

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The New York Times 6:10 pm on September 6, 2022
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Daring to Speak Up About Race in a Divided School District

What happened when a superintendent in northern Michigan raised the issue of systemic racism?

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The New York Times 12:09 am on September 1, 2022
Tags: Biden, Joseph R Jr ( 6,128 ), Black Lives Matter Movement, Black People ( 3,145 ), Criminal Justice ( 148 ), Democratic Party ( 3,060 ), Police ( 550 ), Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings ( 1,433 ), Police Reform ( 275 )

‘Defund the Police’ Is Dead. Now What?

Have we simply become inured to police shootings? Do these lives no longer matter?

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The New York Times 1:49 pm on August 26, 2022
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Can Coco Gauff the Tennis Prodigy Become a Tennis Legend?

Since Coco Gauff went pro at 14, she has played under the weight of high expectations. Now 18, she has her own measures for greatness.

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The New York Times 4:16 pm on August 4, 2022
Tags: Black Lives Matter Movement, Garland, Merrick B ( 194 ), Louisville (Ky) ( 79 ), Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides ( 1,431 ), Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings ( 1,433 ), Police Department (Louisville, Ky) ( 19 ), Taylor, Breonna (1993-2020) ( 87 )

Four Officers Face Federal Charges in Breonna Taylor Raid

The police fatally shot Ms. Taylor during a nighttime raid on her apartment in Louisville, Ky. Officials said two officers had lied in order to get a search warrant for Ms. Taylor’s home.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 29, 2022
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Democrats Are Having a Purity Test Problem at Exactly the Wrong Time

“It has become too easy for people to conflate disagreements about issues with matters of identity,” one nonprofit official says.

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The New York Times 5:34 pm on June 22, 2022
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Daunte Wright’s Family Reaches $3.2 Million Settlement With Brooklyn Center, Minn.

The settlement was reached months after a former Brooklyn Center police officer was sentenced to two years in prison for the fatal shooting of Mr. Wright during a traffic stop.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 11, 2022
Tags: Black Lives Matter Movement, Black People ( 3,145 ), Colleges and Universities ( 1,160 ), Content Type: Personal Profile ( 2,937 ), Discrimination ( 1,686 ), Endowments ( 27 ), George Floyd Protests (2020) ( 1,339 ), Historically Black Colleges and Universities ( 53 ), Howard University ( 19 ), Morehouse College ( 11 ), Spelman College ( 8 )

Why Students Are Choosing H.B.C.U.s: ‘4 Years Being Seen as Family’

Many in a generation that grew up with a Black president and Black Lives Matter are embracing Black colleges and universities.

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The New York Times 9:04 pm on June 6, 2022
Tags: Baton Rouge (La) ( 25 ), Black Lives Matter Movement, great resignation ( 2 ), murphy paul, Police ( 550 ), Police Department (Los Angeles, Calif) ( 30 ), Police Department (NYC) ( 416 ), Retirement ( 120 )

Violent Crime Is Up as Cities Lose Police Officers. What Now?

Some urban police departments are struggling to keep their numbers up.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 3, 2022
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Democrats Face Pressure on Crime from Their Own Base

Not long ago, the party was focused on police reform, but rising fears of violence, especially among communities of color, have led candidates to change course.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on May 30, 2022
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Asian and Black Communities Have a Long History of Shared Solidarity

Stories of loss, struggle, change and hope are the most powerful tools we have to understand one another and bridge what divides us.

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The New York Times 7:00 am on May 30, 2022
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From Sandy Hook to Uvalde, the Violent Images Never Seen

Frustrated Americans ask whether the release of graphic photos of gun violence would lead to better policy. But which photos, and who decides?

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The New York Times 7:00 pm on May 16, 2022
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‘Woke Capital’ Might Feel Inadequate. But It Is Still Progress.

It’s a sign that we at least agree that racism and homophobia are bad.

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The New York Times 5:09 pm on April 30, 2022
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How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News — and Became Trump’s Heir

As the host turned a civil war at Fox to his advantage, he found himself at the forefront of the nativist forces transforming conservative politics.

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The New York Times 4:08 pm on April 30, 2022
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How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable

A string of setbacks made the pundit flee television, the Republican establishment and even his home. He re-emerged with what may be the most racist, and successful, show in the history of cable news.

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The New York Times 5:10 pm on April 29, 2022
Tags: Adams, Eric L ( 520 ), Black Lives Matter Movement, Black People ( 3,145 ), Crime and Criminals ( 327 ), George Floyd Protests (2020) ( 1,339 ), Gun Control ( 409 ), New York City ( 3,219 ), Police ( 550 ), Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings ( 1,433 ), Police Reform ( 275 )

On Crime, New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams Is Stuck in 1994

Tired ‘tough on crime’ rhetoric is not the solution to crime in 2022.

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The New York Times 11:14 pm on April 13, 2022
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Justice Dept. Moves to Curb Police Abuses in Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts

The changes come as the Biden administration has struggled to make meaningful progress on a vow to crack down on police abuses.

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The New York Times 6:04 pm on April 11, 2022
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Arbitrator Clears Buffalo Police Officers Who Shoved Protester

A video from June 2020 showed Martin Gugino, 75 at the time, motionless and bleeding after being pushed to the ground. The footage fueled outrage during a summer of unrest over police violence.

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The New York Times 10:02 pm on March 26, 2022
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union ( 89 ), Black Lives Matter Movement, Civil Rights and Liberties ( 321 ), Colorado ( 217 ), Columbus (Ohio) ( 39 ), Demonstrations, Protests and Riots ( 1,931 ), Denver (Colo) ( 37 ), George Floyd Protests (2020) ( 1,339 ), Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings ( 1,433 )

Federal Jury Awards $14 Million to George Floyd Protesters Injured In Denver

Jurors in the civil case found that the Denver Police used excessive force against the 12 plaintiffs.

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The New York Times 11:54 pm on March 16, 2022
Tags: Black Lives Matter Movement, Black People ( 3,145 ), Discrimination ( 1,686 ), George Floyd Protests (2020) ( 1,339 ), Maryland ( 108 ), Montgomery County (Md) ( 10 ), Police ( 550 ), Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings ( 1,433 ), Race and Ethnicity ( 2,057 ), Suits and Litigation (Civil) ( 1,391 )

Officers Said They Hoped Black Lives Matter Protesters Would Die, Suit Says

Mark Miles, a Black officer with the Maryland-National Capital Park Police, says in a lawsuit that his white supervisor and other officers made hateful comments in a work-related text chain.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on March 4, 2022
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The Police Aren’t Exactly Running Out of Cash

There is no real relationship between crime rates and police budgets.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 26, 2022
Tags: Black Lives Matter Movement, Black People ( 3,145 ), Civil Rights and Liberties ( 321 ), Civil Rights Movement (1954-68) ( 187 ), Demonstrations, Protests and Riots ( 1,931 ), Fulton, Sybrina, Gates, Henry Louis Jr ( 13 ), King, Martin Luther Jr ( 61 ), Martin, Trayvon ( 9 ), Obama, Barack ( 397 ), Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings ( 1,433 ), Police Reform ( 275 ), Sharpton, Al ( 19 ), Till, Emmett Louis ( 15 ), United States Politics and Government ( 11,248 ), Zimmerman, George ( 3 )

Barack Obama: What Trayvon Martin Taught Us, 10 Years Later

Not every killing connects with the culture and activates a mass movement. This one did.

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The New York Times 1:01 am on February 22, 2022
Tags: Black Lives Matter Movement, Chauvin, Derek (1976- ) ( 176 ), Floyd, George (d 2020) ( 423 ), George Floyd Protests (2020) ( 1,339 ), Police ( 550 ), Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings ( 1,433 ), Police Department (Minneapolis, Minn) ( 148 )

Three Officers in George Floyd Trial Finish Defense

With testimony concluded in the trial of three former officers for their role in George Floyd’s death, the jury is set to hear closing arguments.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 18, 2022
Tags: Adams, Eric L ( 520 ), Bell, Wesley (1974- ), Black Lives Matter Movement, Boudin, Chesa ( 25 ), Bragg, Alvin ( 95 ), Breed, London ( 23 ), Chicago (Ill) ( 225 ), Cook County (Ill) ( 9 ), Ferguson (Mo) ( 7 ), Foxx, Kim ( 11 ), Gascon, George ( 10 ), Krasner, Larry (1961- ) ( 9 ), Los Angeles (Calif) ( 510 ), Manhattan (NYC) ( 663 ), Midterm Elections (2014) ( 3 ), oxford university ( 54 ), Police ( 550 ), Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings ( 1,433 ), Police Reform ( 275 ), Quinnipiac University ( 3 ), Republican Party ( 3,591 ), San Francisco (Calif) ( 217 ), St Louis County (Mo) ( 4 )

As Crime Surges, Roll Back of Tough-on-Crime Policies Faces Resistance

With violent crime rates rising and elections looming, progressive prosecutors are facing resistance to their plans to roll back stricter crime policies of the 1990s.

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The New York Times 12:00 am on February 15, 2022
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When ‘Freedom’ Means the Right to Destroy

Anti-vaccine economic vandalism and the right-wingers who love it.

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The New York Times 12:16 pm on February 7, 2022
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Who Else Is Culpable in George Floyd’s Death?

Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years for the murder, but what about the other officers who were at the scene?

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The New York Times 12:35 am on February 6, 2022
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Police Killing of Amir Locke Brings Out Protesters in Minneapolis

Demonstrators march downtown days after the fatal shooting of Amir Locke, 22.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 26, 2022
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A Staunch Critic of the N.Y.P.D. Grapples With Deaths of 2 Officers

Harlem Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan, who has equated the policing system to slavery, is now considering how to deliver her message in a district mourning for two officers.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 13, 2022
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Why This Liberal Mayor Doesn’t Want a Lecture From Progressives

London Breed has heard the wrath of progressives (and conservatives) on doing too much (and too little) to “clean up” neighborhoods in San Francisco struggling with substance use. She’s not backing down.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 5, 2022
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The Law of Unintended Political Consequences Strikes Again

Progressive philanthropists who fund groups that promote extreme views are “exacerbating intraparty conflict and stoking interparty backlash.”

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The New York Times 6:03 pm on December 31, 2021
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Virginia Sues Town of Windsor, Accusing It of Discriminatory Policing

The suit comes after a monthslong investigation, which Attorney General Mark Herring said uncovered a pattern of “discriminatory, unconstitutional policing.”

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The New York Times 10:10 pm on December 28, 2021
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Teen Girl Shot By Police Was Seeking New Life, Family Says

The family of Valentina Orellana-Peralta described the terrifying moments before the 14-year-old girl, who had recently moved to Los Angeles from Chile, was killed by a stray bullet fired by a police officer.

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The New York Times 2:04 pm on December 24, 2021
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Despite Uproar Over Floyd’s Death, an Unceasing Tide of Police Killings

George Floyd’s murder set in motion shock waves that touched almost every aspect of American society. But on the core issues of police violence and accountability, very little has changed.

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The New York Times 10:30 pm on December 23, 2021
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Texas Board Withdraws Clemency Recommendation for George Floyd

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles said it had made “procedural errors” when it issued a recommendation that Mr. Floyd be posthumously pardoned for a 2004 drug conviction.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on December 22, 2021
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The F.B.I. Deployed Surveillance Teams Inside Portland Protests

Federal agents infiltrated Portland’s unruly racial justice protests, dressing to blend in and capturing clandestine video. The tactics raised internal concern.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on December 20, 2021
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To Rein In the Police, Look to the States, Not the Court

The police almost always win in cases before the Supreme Court. Protections against police overreach will need to come from the state and local level.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on December 19, 2021
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In Fight Against Violence, Asian and Black Activists Struggle to Agree

Calls for unity have ebbed over disagreements on one main issue: policing.

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The New York Times 10:02 am on December 17, 2021
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The Biggest Black History Events in 2021

After the tumult and triumphs of 2020, here are the achievements that shaped the first year following the country’s racial reckoning.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on December 15, 2021
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What if There’s No Such Thing as Closure?

Many of us are taught that if we work hard enough we’ll be able to get over our losses. The social scientist Pauline Boss sees it differently.

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The New York Times 12:06 am on December 11, 2021
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Jussie Smollett Found Guilty: What Comes Next?

The actor who was found guilty of falsely telling the police he was the victim of a hate crime faces a possible sentence of up to three years, but experts disagree on whether the judge is likely to incarcerate him.

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The New York Times 4:00 am on December 10, 2021
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Columbus Reaches $5.75 Million Settlement Agreement With Protesters

Under the deal, which is subject to City Council approval, the money would go to 32 plaintiffs who said they were injured by the police during 2020 social justice protests.

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The New York Times 4:53 am on December 9, 2021
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Best Art Exhibitions of 2021

Ambitious museum shows in Tulsa, Richmond, and Louisville left an imprint. Jasper Johns, Maya Lin and Latino artists shone. And the high quality of gallery shows of women was dizzying and gratifying.

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