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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Benjamin Crump, civil rights attorney. Crump gained national prominence…
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Vanessa Bissereth learned of her cousin’s death in the newspaper.“Of course it made headlines – ‘Teenager Killed’ – but there was no name,” she said. Her…
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From Texas Standard:On Saturday, 15-year-old Jordan Edwards went to a party near Balch Springs, Texas. He didn’t make it home that night. Officer Roy…
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After a police officer fatally shot an unarmed 15-year-old in the Dallas area Saturday night, Texas lawmakers are considering whether pending bills could…
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The Travis County District Attorney’s Office will no longer bring all police shooting cases before a grand jury. Flanked by representatives of the local…
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From Texas Standard:When Texas police are involved in a shooting – whether they shot the gun or not – they are mandated to report it to the attorney…
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From Texas Standard:The use of lethal force by police, against people of color in particular, is deeply troubling the nation. Complicating the search for…
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Protests have erupted in Charlotte and Tulsa following police shootings of black men there.Here in Austin, the memory of a police shooting of David…