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MLK holiday to feature tributes, commitments to race agenda

Annual tributes and commemorations of the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., which begin nationwide on Friday, typically include a mix of politics, faith and community service

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First Thing: Manchin agrees deal on major Democrat domestic bill

Joe Biden urges Congress to pass measure that took ‘extraordinary effort’ to achieve. Plus, US centrists to launch new third political party

The Guardian - UK

‘Hunted’: one in three people killed by US police were fleeing, data reveals

In many cases, the encounters started as traffic stops or there were no allegations of violence or serious crimes

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Attorney: DOJ should investigate Jayland Walker's death

An attorney for Jayland Walker's family has joined the NAACP in asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate his death

The Independent UK

Medical examiner says Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times

The 25-year-old Black man who died last month at the hands of police in Akron, Ohio, was shot dozens of times, with 26 bullets recovered from his body, according to a preliminary autopsy report.

WEKU

US police shot Jayland Walker more than 40 times

Police in Akron, Ohio shot the unarmed Black man 46 times, causing ‘devastating injuries’, medical examiner says.

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Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times, medical examiner says

The medical examiner’s findings confirm the fact that Jayland Walker, unarmed and with no drugs or alcohol in his system, “came to a brutal, senseless death,” said a lawyer representing Walker’s family.

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Black man shot by US police had 46 bullet wounds: medical examiner

Washington (AFP) - A 25-year-old Black man shot and killed by police in Akron, Ohio, while fleeing a traffic stop had 46 gunshot wounds, the medical examiner's office said Friday.

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Jayland Walker was shot 46 times by police, autopsy report reveals

Mr Walker was not armed when he was killed by police

The Independent UK

Ohio medical examiner to discuss autopsy of Jayland Walker

An Ohio medical examiner on Friday will provide a summary of the autopsy of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire in Akron last month

The Independent UK

NAACP calls on Garland to probe killing of Jayland Walker

The NAACP is making a direct plea to Attorney General Merrick Garland for the Justice Department to open a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Jayland Walker, the Black man who was killed last month by officers in Ohio in a hail of police gunfire

The Independent UK

Akron marks day of mourning for Jayland Walker’s funeral

Unarmed Jayland Walker, 25, was shot more than 60 times by Akron police officers following a foot chase after a traffic stop

The Independent UK

Jayland Walker's funeral follows days of protest in Akron

A funeral service is scheduled Wednesday for the 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire last month in Akron, Ohio

The Independent UK

An Ohio city struggles to make sense of another fatal police shooting of a Black man

As Akron, Ohio, prepares for the funeral of Jayland Walker on Wednesday, the community is asking why a 25-year-old with no criminal record was shot dozens of times by officers.

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Leonard Greene: 60 shots. The unreasonable price a Black man pays for running from police

He shouldn’t have run from the police.

Tribune News Service

Tony Norman: The myth of ‘Serve and Protect’

When even white people have begun noticing the paradoxes in the criminal justice system, then the contradictions have become too blatant to chalk up to “the way things have always been done.”

The Independent UK

Akron shooting: Girl, 4, dies and man fights for life as gunman opens fire on crowd

Shooting happened during outdoor family celebration, police say

Salon

New American traditions born of violence

What keeps us playing out the terrible rituals we've built around senseless deaths?

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Jayland Walker's wrestling coach remembers 'one of the sweetest kids'

Youth wrestling coach Robert Hubbard remembers his former student, Jayland Walker, the Black motorist who was shot dozens of times and killed by Akron police on June 27.

Los Angeles Times

It's emotionally draining to live in America right now

On the Fourth of July, a day that normally calls for celebration, my social media feeds were full of people refusing to join in.

The Independent UK

Robert Crimo’s arrest sparks anger over police double standards compared to Jayland Walker shooting

Crimo was arrested alive just days after police shot Jayland Walker at least 60 times in Akron

WEKU

Suspect in Highland Park shooting is charged with 7 counts of first-degree murder

Officials expect the charges to run in the dozens, and — if convicted — suspect Robert "Bobby" Crimo III could face a mandatory life sentence without parole.

Tribune News Service

Akron cops deploy tear gas on protesters amid anger over police shooting death of unarmed Jayland Walker, mayor issues curfew

Police in riot gear shot tear gas into marching protesters in Akron, Ohio, Sunday night, hours after the release of body camera video showing the shooting death of unarmed Black man Jayland Walker.

The Independent UK

Akron declares state of emergency, cancels fireworks following protests over police killing of Jayland Walker

Body camera footage and medical examiner’s report reveals Akron police fired dozens of rounds

The Guardian - US

Outrage after video of police fatally shooting Jayland Walker released

Walker, 25, was killed 27 June and sustained more than 60 wounds as multiple officers shot at him, but footage was released Sunday

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