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Jan. 6 committee Chair Bennie Thompson says the U.S. came close to losing democracy

Fighting for civil rights and three decades in the House have primed Mississippi's Bennie Thompson for the most high-profile moment of his career — leading this month's hearings on Jan. 6.

WEKU

Civil rights advocate Xernona Clayton is still 'fearless'

A key aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. says she’s deeply saddened by the hate crimes that are terrorizing people across America

The Independent UK

Family of Black man killed by police agrees to a $3m settlement

Andrew Brown Jr was shot and killed by US police last year as he drove away from police during a raid on his home.

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Uvalde and the Border Security Scam

In South Texas, an international military apparatus lords over Latinos.

Texas Observer

A $3M settlement was reached in a lawsuit over Andrew Brown Jr.'s death

Brown was shot and killed in his car by sheriff's deputies more than a year ago. The family of Andrew Brown Jr. had filed a $30 million civil rights lawsuit in 2021.

WEKU

Feds: Capitol Police officer indicted on civil rights charge

A U.S. Capitol Police officer was indicted on federal civil rights charges after authorities say he was involved in an unauthorized high-speed chase, crashed into a motorcycle and then tried to cover it up

The Independent UK

McDonald's To Deploy Third Party Firm To Evaluate Diversity Initiatives: WSJ

McDonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD) is planning to deploy a third party to evaluate its effort on diversity, equity, and inclusion, the Wall Street Journal reported. In a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, the company said about 274 million shares of the company's common stock were voted in favor of the third-party civil…

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Federal Civil Rights Claim Over "Trump Train" / Biden Campaign Bus Incident Can Go Forward

A federal statute imposes liability for conspiracies "to prevent by force, intimidation, or threat, any citizen who is lawfully entitled to vote, from giving his support or advocacy in a legal manner" for the election of federal candidates, or for "injur[ing] any citizen in person or property on account of…

Reason

Civil rights lawsuit over pepper spray at NC voting march ends in ‘bittersweet’ deal

A lawsuit alleging that Graham, North Carolina, police and Alamance County sheriff’s deputies engaged in voter suppression by dispersing a 2020 march to the polls with pepper spray appears close to a final settlement.

Tribune News Service

'I don't think it stops at Roe': Buttigieg fears rights rollback after Supreme Court decision

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says the potential rollback of abortion rights could mark a watershed moment in American history, where civil rights are rescinded rather than expanded.

Tribune News Service

Brickbat: Sticky Fingers

A federal jury convicted Paterson, New Jersey, police sergeant Michael Cheff on one count of conspiracy to deprive persons of civil rights and one count of falsification of a police report. Cheff supervised a crew of officers that stopped people on the street or in their vehicles or searched their…

Reason

Biden, Democrats need Black voters to show up this fall. Will they?

WASHINGTON — Marking the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, President Joe Biden last week signed an executive order to reform federal policing practices as Floyd's relatives, reform advocates and civil rights leaders looked on.

Los Angeles Times

Saudi Shura Council Approves Draft Civil Transactions System

Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council approved the draft civil transactions system which “will be comprehensive and organize all civil matters of life,” Council member Wasel Al-Mathen told Asharq Al-Awsat. He pointed out that the most important thing in the system is to provide a legal environment for citizens and residents in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How Biden, cops and advocates forged deal on police and race

Negotiations that led to the executive order on race and policing signed last week by President Joe Biden had been in danger of breaking down

The Independent UK

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Experts: Libya's Security Threatened by Foreign Fighters

Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especially Russia’s Wagner Group which has violated international law, UN experts said in a report obtained by The Associated Press. The experts also accused seven Libyan armed groups of systematically using unlawful detention to punish perceived opponents,…

Benzinga

McDonald's Shareholders Vote For Civil Rights Audit: Bloomberg

McDonald’s Corp (NYSE:MCD) investors have voted in favor of a proposal for an independent civil-rights audit, Bloomberg reported. The civil rights audit was the only shareholder proposal to gain the backing of a majority of votes cast at McDonald’s annual meeting. About 52% of votes were in favor of the audit and 47%…

The Independent UK

When and how did George Floyd die?

Trial was one of the biggest civil rights cases in a generation

Al Jazeera

George Floyd two years on: some accountability but killings go on

Minneapolis officers prosecuted, local reforms adopted in some states, but national overhaul of policing falls short.

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The Guardian - UK

‘This is a generational moment’: civil rights group for black Britons launches

Black Equity Organisation, whose trustees include David Lammy and Dame Vivian Hunt, aims to dismantle systemic racism in UK

The Independent UK

UK’s first national Black civil rights organisation launched by cross-section of influential figures

A national and independent civil rights group, founded by some of the most influential Black people in the country, has been set up to advance justice for Britain’s Black communities.

Reason

Afro-Cuban Discriminated Against for Being Hispanic, Not Black

Here's a curious case described in the Washington Post in 1980, one that didn't make it into my forthcoming book on racial classifications: Miguel Sandoval arrived in Harlem in 1959 from Havana, where he'd been an outspoken advocate of better civil rights for black Cubans. Sandoval was Cuban, but he…

The Guardian - UK

Trump isn’t out there with a gun, but he’s enabled this war against black people

White supremacy is as American as apple pie, as the latest killings in Buffalo show, says the US philosopher and civil rights activist

The Guardian - US

‘His heart is broken’: Buffalo mourns shooting victims as first funeral held

Civil rights and community leaders gathered the night before to plead with the nation to confront and stop racist violence

WEKU

Georgia NAACP is investigating a traffic stop involving a college lacrosse team

Delaware State University filed a complaint Wednesday to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division calling for an external investigation of the traffic stop.

The Independent UK

After Buffalo, civil rights leaders pitch anti-hate plans

The nation’s oldest civil rights organization said it will propose a sweeping plan meant to protect Black Americans from white supremacist violence in response to a hate-fueled massacre that killed 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, last weekend

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