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May 14 2024
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Civil rights group says Chicago mayor, top cop should take tougher action against officers linked to extremist Oath Keepers
A leading civil rights organization sent a letter Tuesday urging Mayor Brandon Johnson and his handpicked police superintendent to conduct a more thorough investigation into cops linked to the Oath Keepers, a far-right group at the center of the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The letter from the Southern Poverty Law Center pushes Johnson and Police Supt. Larry Snelling to reconsider the
Chicago Sun-TimesJun 12 2024
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Civil Suit Filed Over Body Slam by Off-Duty Officer During Nuggets Celebration
In the revelry that followed the Denver Nuggets winning their first NBA championship , Elijah Smith was assaulted by an off-duty Denver Police Department officer who was working at Hayter’s & Co. at 1920 Blake Street that night.According to a civil rights lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for Colorado today, June 12, then-officer Adam Glasby threw Smith into the air and slammed him into
Denver WestwordJun 11 2024
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French right in uproar over leader Ciotti's call for far-right alliance
French right uproar over call for far-right alliance The leader of France's right-wing Republicans party, Eric Ciotti, has sparked an outcry after he backed an alliance with the far-right National Rally in snap elections announced by President Emmanuel Macron. The anti-immigration party of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella scored a dramatic victory in European elections on Sunday, prompting Mr
BBC NewsJun 07 2024
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Civilization 7 Confirmed at Summer Game Fest. Watch the Trailer Here
A new Civilization game is coming, 2K Games revealed at Summer Game Fest on Friday. The games publisher dropped a trailer and said the game will be released in 2025. The announcement followed a leak of the news Friday morning, as spotted by Reddit users, when a banner for Sid Meier's Civilization VII was on the 2K website before being removed. A screen capture showed a logo along with buttons
CNETJun 07 2024
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Civilization VII Appears to Leak Ahead of Summer Game Fest
Ahead of the massive Summer Game Fest on Friday afternoon, publisher 2K Games appears to have leaked confirmation of a new Civilization game. As spotted by Reddit users and other websites, a banner for Sid Meier's Civilization VII was on the 2K website before being removed. A screen capture shows a logo along with buttons to watch a trailer or add the game to your wishlist. Those links are
CNETMar 28 2024
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Civil rights icon Malcolm X gets a day of recognition in Nebraska, where he was born in 1925
LINCOLN, Neb. — Malcolm X has garnered the recognition many have sought for his contributions to the civil rights movement in the conservative Midwest state where he was born, after years of being rejected as too controversial to be honored. The Nebraska Legislature on Thursday passed a bill to recognize the civil rights icon every May 19, the day Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha,
Washington PostMar 22 2020
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Civil Rights History
Americans reflected on Martin Luther King's legacy of racial equality and peace on a national holiday that marks what would have been the slain civil rights leader's 78th birthday. Here is a timeline of the modern civil rights movement.
May 17, 1954 School segregation is widely accepted throughout the United States until the U.S. Supreme Court makes a landmark decision in Brown v. Board
CBS News (Online)Apr 08 2024
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Family of man shot several times by Miami police retains civil rights attorney Ben Crump
MIAMI - The family of a man who was shot several times by City of Miami Police officers back on March 7th has retained the services of civil rights attorney Ben Crump. On Tuesday, Crump and the family of Donald Armstrong will hold a press conference about what happened to Armstrong, who was tased twice and shot six times. The entire incident, caught on video, shows Armstrong near the entrance
CBS News (Online)Mar 13 2024
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Ex-recreation director of Pa. city files civil rights suit over firing
WILLIAMSPORT — A former Williamsport recreation director has filed a federal civil rights suit against the city claiming she was fired because of her sex.
Kayla Drummond makes the charge in a complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. Middle District Court. Mayor Derek Slaughter had no comment, saying he had not seen the document.
Drummond began working with the city in 2017 under an
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