Black teenager shot dead by Dallas police was driving away, not towards them, admits department

The officer responsible for the killing has been put on administrative leave, though he has not been arrested or charged.

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· May 02, 2017 · 06:43 pm

Suspected of stealing his own car: Watch this US police action video, released two years later

The police mounted an assault on a Black Phd student suspected of stealing a car – which belonged to him.

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· Jan 17, 2017 · 10:00 am

How the Jim Crow internet is pushing back against Black Lives Matter

A scholar of visual culture sees a transition happening online.

Nicholas Mirzoeff, The Conversation

· Sep 30, 2016 · 11:30 pm

'There comes a time when silence is betrayal': Serena Williams speaks out against racism in policing

In her Facebook post, the tennis champion quoted Martin Luther King and described her experience of a police vehicle pulling up next to hers.

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· Sep 28, 2016 · 10:20 am

Asian Americans are sending their parents letters to explain what the Black Lives Matter campaign is

21 translations of one letter have been made. The Telugu one was particularly difficult as the literal translation of the word black is often used as an insult.

Hannah Harris Green

· Jul 17, 2016 · 09:00 am

It's 52 years since Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I have a dream' speech

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· Aug 28, 2015 · 11:01 am