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Jul 28 2023
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Man pleads guilty in 2020 death of Black Lives Matter protester in U.S.
A man who hit two protesters with his car, killing one of them, during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in 2020 in Seattle has pleaded guilty to multiple felonies. Dawit Kelete, 30, pleaded guilty on Thursday to vehicular homicide in the death of 24-year-old Summer Taylor, The Seattle Times reported. He also pleaded guilty to vehicular assault and reckless driving charges. Attorneys as part
Todays ChronicMar 01 2023
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Black Lives Matter right-to-protest cases faring poorly
(Reuters) - New York City reached a preliminary agreement on Wednesday to pay $21,500 each to roughly 300 people who alleged they were cornered and abused by police during a June 2020 racial justice protest following the killing of George Floyd. The proposed settlement that still needs court approval would award $21,500 to each of the more than 300 people arrested, and it would place New York
ReutersApr 27 2022
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Black Lives Matter Secretly Bought a $6 Million House
On a sunny day late last spring, three leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement — Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Melina Abdullah — sat around a table on the patio of an expensive house in Southern California. The women were recording a YouTube video to mark the first anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, and they discussed their racial-justice work and the difficulties they had faced
New York MagazineMar 13 2024
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'Black Mothers Matter' panel shares experiences and research on mother and infant mortality
Franklin County Commissioner Erica Crawley described her pregnancy as "traumatic." After having to go through an emergency C-section at 34 weeks, she gave birth to twins. But a few weeks afterward, Crawley said she started experiencing severe pain in her abdomen and drove herself to the emergency room. Doctors said she had a pocket of blood in her pelvis, told her to take some over-the-counter
The Columbus DispatchJan 24 2024
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Seattle reaches $10M settlement with 50 plaintiffs harmed by police response to 2020 Black Lives Matter and CHOP protests
The city will pay $10 million to protesters harmed during the Seattle Police Department’s response to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in the city and the CHOP Capitol Hill protest camps, settling a sprawling lawsuit and bringing to a close one of the last major legal battles from the period of unrest and heavy response from law enforcement. “A historic legal battle of epic proportions
CHS Capitol Hill Seattle NewsSep 07 2023
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New York City Negotiates Protest Truce Between NYPD, Black Lives Matter
NEW YORK, NY – A truce has been agreed upon between city officials, the NYPD and Black Lives Matter in response to police response to violent protests in 2020 in the aftermath of the brutal police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. That protest led to 18 deaths and billions of dollars in damages nationwide, including here in New York City where businesses were vandalized, innocent
Shore News NetworkJul 11 2016
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Rudy Giuliani: Black Lives Matter 'inherently racist'
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani stood by his recent comments Monday that the Black Lives Matter movement is "inherently racist."
CNN (Online News)Apr 30 2024
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New Xavier medical school seeks to 'transform generations of young Black and Brown lives'
Benson Tower on Poydras Street next to the Caesars Superdome will be the site of the first medical school in the Gulf South to be operated by a historically Black university, Xavier University and Ochsner Health officials announced Monday. Once renovations, hiring and an accreditation process is complete — which could take at least three years — the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine will join
The Times-PicayuneSep 12 2015
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Ben Carson: Add ‘all’ to ‘Black Lives Matter’
Retired neurosurgeon and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said Friday that the Black Lives Matter movement should add the word “all” to its name, calling for a broader examination of the factors that have kept the black community in what he called a “very dependent position” for decades.
Mr. Carson, speaking in Missouri after a closed-door roundtable on Ferguson, said he’s “
Washington TimesNov 13 2015
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Major donors consider funding Black Lives Matter
Some of the biggest donors on the left plan to meet behind closed doors next week in Washington with leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement and their allies to discuss funding the burgeoning protest movement, POLITICO has learned.
Politico