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American appeals money laundering conviction in UAE, lawyer says

U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor has appealed to a United Arab Emirates court his conviction for money laundering, his lawyer said on Friday, a week after he was released from detention there and returned to the United States.

Reuters

How a history teacher and 13 Black students shaped the civil rights movement

One of the first lunch counter sit-ins of the civil rights movement took place in Oklahoma City in 1958. This weekend, the city remembers the protest and its organizer, Clara Luper.

WEKU

Black man left paralyzed after Texas police allegedly slam him on to concrete

Civil rights activists and Christopher Shaw’s lawyers are demanding justice after he was severely injured while in police custody in 2021

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Oakland church that gives cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms as communion sues over police raid

An East Oakland church that gives out cannabis and psychedelic plants as sacrament filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Oakland and the Oakland Police Department over a 2020 police raid.

Los Angeles Times

Should home arenas around the NBA hang a banner to honor Celtics, civil rights great Bill Russell?

Given his incomparable accolades as the sport's (and maybe ALL sports) ultimate winner and his support of the US Civil Rights movement and other selfless advocacy, we certainly don't think it's too much.

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Ex-cop Lane will report to Colorado prison in Floyd killing

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, who was sentenced to 2 1/2 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, has been ordered to report to a low-security federal prison camp in Colorado in two weeks

The Independent UK

Lawsuit: Mississippi police 'terrorized' small town

Civil rights advocates say in a federal lawsuit that police have “terrorized” residents in a small Mississippi town by subjecting them to false arrests, excessive force and intimidation

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Black mom sues LA Unified over cotton-picking project at elementary school, lawsuit says

LOS ANGELES — A Black parent filed a civil rights lawsuit last week against the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Board of Education, saying that a cotton field was set up at an elementary school in 2017 that was intended to teach students about the experiences of slaves.

Los Angeles Times

Race-Based Layoff Scheme at Minneapolis Schools

From Hans Bader (Liberty Unyielding): The Minneapolis Public Schools have adopted a race-based layoff provision that violates the Constitution and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. "A Minneapolis teachers union contract stipulates that white teachers will be laid off or reassigned before "educators of color" in the event Minneapolis…

Reason

Thao, Kueng reject plea deal offered in George Floyd killing

MINNEAPOLIS — Ex-Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao formally rejected a plea offer in court Monday morning that would have allowed them to avoid a state trial and additional prison time from the federal civil rights sentence they received in George Floyd's killing.

Tribune News Service

Nottingham City Transport names bus after civil rights campaigner George Powe who made city 'a better place'

He was a prominent community advocate for the rights of the African Caribbean Community

Nottingham Post

Mike Bianchi: Michael Jordan? Puh-leeze! Bill Russell is the NBA’s G.O.A.T.

Shame on us.

Orlando Sentinel

Real critical race theory: It matters

Long before the racist backlash, critical race theory was a useful tool — for explaining racist backlash

Salon

US lawyer released after UAE money laundering conviction

Asim Ghafoor, a prominent civil rights lawyer, was arrested while he was in transit through Dubai airport last month.

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Sacramento agrees to pay $1.7 million to Stephon Clark’s parents, ends family’s lawsuit

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The city of Sacramento on Friday announced it had agreed to pay Stephon Clark’s parents $1.7 million, which settles the final remaining portion of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by his family after police shot to death the unarmed Black man in March 2018.

The Independent UK

Reports: Ex-officer to plead guilty in Breonna Taylor case

A former Kentucky police detective intends to plead guilty to a civil rights charge stemming from the botched drug raid that led to Breonna Taylor's fatal shooting in 2020

Reason

ICE Set Up a Fake College, Robbing and Deporting Foreign Students. Civil Rights Groups Want Answers.

Hundreds of lives were upended by the University of Farmington, a fake university that took $6 million in tuition and fees from foreign students.

WEKU

Bill Russell's No. 6 is being retired across the NBA, a first for the league

The number worn by the 11-time champion, civil rights activist and Hall of Fame player and coach is being permanently retired by all 30 teams. Russell died July 31 at age 88.

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Shams: NBA to retire Boston Celtics, civil rights legend Bill Russell’s No. 6 jersey across the league

"Players who currently wear No. 6 – such as (Los Angeles) Lakers‘ LeBron James – will be grandfathered," added Charania.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Twitter Reintroduces Election Misinformation Rules Ahead of US Midterms

Twitter Inc will revive features on the social media site to promote accurate information about the November US midterm election and clamp down on false and misleading posts, the company said in a blog post on Thursday. Civil rights and online misinformation experts have accused social media and tech platforms…

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Kueng, Thao to appeal federal sentences for violating George Floyd's civil rights

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao plan to appeal their federal prison sentences for violating George Floyd's civil rights during his 2020 killing.

Bristol Post

Roy Hackett's life to be celebrated at St Pauls event next week

Everyone is welcome to attend

ABC News

Who is Carolyn Donham? The catalyst for the Emmett Till lynching who is still alive today

The lynching of Emmett Till in 1955 propelled the civil rights movement in the US forward — the woman whose allegations prompted the killing is still alive today.

The Independent UK

Mississippi grand jury declines to indict white woman whose accusations led to Emmett Till lynching

Brutal 1955 incident helped galvanise civil rights movement

Tribune News Service

ACLU urges end to some local immigration enforcement deals

WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union urged federal immigration authorities on Tuesday to end dozens of cooperation agreements with local law enforcement agencies that the group identified as having the worst records of civil rights violations, bad jails or prisons and other factors.

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