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

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U.S. Olympians, John Carlos call on IOC to abolish anti-protest rule



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Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medalists in the 200-meter run at the 1968 Olympic Games, engage in a victory stand protest against unfair treatment of blacks in the United States. With heads lowered and black-gloved fists raised in the black power salute, they refuse to recognize the American flag and national anthem. Australian Peter Norman is the silver medalist.


Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who raised fists after winning medals at the 1968 Olympics, were expelled from the Games. Now Carlos has joined active U.S. athletes in pressuring the IOC to change. (Getty)


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Henry Bushnell

Yahoo Sports
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Say what, he's black too :facepalm:





The Black Officer Who Detained George Floyd Had Pledged to Fix the Police




Kim Barker
The New York Times


An image provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Keung, who was charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd, Minneapolis, June 3, 2020. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via The New York Times)

An image provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Keung, who was charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd, Minneapolis, June 3, 2020. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via The New York Times)More
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Black Activists Wonder: Is Protesting Just Trendy for White People?




Nikita Stewart
The New York Times


Demonstrators, most of them white, raise their fists during a silent protest against police brutatliy in Manhattan on June 9, 2020. (Simbarashe Cha/The New York Times)

Demonstrators, most of them white, raise their fists during a silent protest against police brutatliy in Manhattan on June 9, 2020. (Simbarashe Cha/The New York Times)
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Black Americans experiencing deadly secondary trauma during pandemic and protesting, experts say




Patrice Gaines
NBC News


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In a recent essay, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, California's first surgeon general, wrote: "As a doctor and a policymaker, I often hear the question 'what is it about black and brown people' that makes us more vulnerable to the virus? That question infuriates me. Science makes clear how powerfully our experiences and environments shape our biology."

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