Law Forum : Black Lives Matter (movement): NYC - Chokehold Death of Eric Garner

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Emmett Till Was Killed 63 Years Ago. These Black Boys Feel His Legacy Every Day

https://www.yahoo.com/news/emmett-till-killed-63-years-094510466.html
...For the anniversary of Till’s murder, HuffPost talked to six young black men from around the country to ask how they’ve internalized these stories of surveillance and what — if anything — they have been instructed to do to avoid the fates of the black boys they’ve seen on television and in history books.



Ja'han Jones
HuffPost

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Emmett Till is photographed lying on his bed. (Bettmann via Getty Images)
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Cop who killed black ninth grader indicted on murder charge
Family members said they were “cautiously optimistic” about justice for 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, who was shot while leaving a party


The police officer who shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards has been indicted for murder.

Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson announced Monday that Roy Oliver, 37, will also face four counts of aggravated assault by a public servant after firing with a rifle into a car carrying Edwards and other teenagers. Edwards, a black ninth grader at Mesquite High School, was unarmed and leaving a party in late April when he was shot by Oliver, a white police officer, in Balch Springs, a suburb of Dallas, Texas ...

https://thinkprogress.org/cop-indicted-jordan-edwards-murder-f38651af0ac0

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Jordan Edwards’ mother Charmaine Edwards, center, holds a photo of her slain son as she stands with her son Vidal Allen, left, and husband Odell Edwards, right, and other family members during a prayer outside the court house in Dallas, May 13, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/LM Otero



E.A. Crunden
Reporter. World issues, minority politics. Texpat. She/her, they/them, or no pronouns. Say hi: ecrunden@thinkprogress.org
Jul 19



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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jury...urder-trial-152418910.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews
Ex-Texas cop guilty of murder for killing unarmed black teen - Jordan Edwards

RYAN TARINELLI
Associated Press

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Nyja Richardson wears a “Blue Lives Murder” T-shirt at Afropunk. (Photo: Ariel Moore/Courtesy of Nyja Richardson)
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https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mot...ceman-afropunk-stop-killing-us-211026946.html
...That was the phrase seen on the bold statement on the T-shirt of a 24-year-old mother and activist Nyja Richardson as she attended Brooklyn’s Afropunk, the music and fashion festival that celebrates the black American punk scene in locations around the world.

Mother wears ‘Blue Lives Murder’ T-shirt in front of police officers at Afropunk: ‘Stop killing us’

Julie Tong

Yahoo Lifestyle




 

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