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Former Rochester, N.Y., Police Chief La'Ron Singletary, pictured at a press conference in September, was terminated from the department later that month. He will be deposed by members of the Rochester City Council investigating the death of Daniel Prude i

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WATCH: Former Rochester, N.Y. Police Chief Testifies About Daniel Prude Case

9:42am February 05, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

La'Ron Singletary was fired from Rochester Police Department in September. Prude, a Black man with a history of mental illness, died of asphyxiation after an encounter with officers in March.

A frame from a Rochester Police Department body-camera video shows a girl in handcuffs in the back of a police cruiser.

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Mother of Pepper-Sprayed Girl Says Police Denied Mental Health Help For Daughter

8:42pm February 04, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

"Her understanding is that the officer basically told her 'I can't do that. I can't call anyone else,' " family attorney Lorenzo Napolitano told NPR Thursday.

Remembering Sheila Washington, Who Told The Story Of The Scottsboro Boys

4:31pm February 04, 2021

by Janae Pierre

Sheila Washington has died. For several decades she overcame a series of obstacles to tell the story of the Scottsboro Boys — nine Black teenagers falsely accused of rape by two white women in 1931.

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Florida Lawmakers Debate To Repeal Infamous Stand Your Ground Law

4:31pm February 04, 2021

by Greg Allen

In Florida, lawmakers in the state legislature will debate a bill that repeals the Stand Your Ground law. When Trayvon Martin was killed in 2012, the man who shot him used that law in his defense.

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How Seattle Is Attempting To Ensure Racial Equity In Access To COVID-19 Vaccines

4:31pm February 04, 2021

by Will Stone

Seattle is trying to ensure equitable access to vaccines by setting up clinics in communities of color. Nationwide, not all jurisdictions even track racial and ethnic data about vaccine distribution.

Morgan Wallen performs in November at the CMA Awards, where he won the New Artist of the Year award.

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Country Star Morgan Wallen Suspended By Label, Dropped By Radio, CMT After Using Slur

4:50pm February 03, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

The moves came after TMZ posted a video of the fast-rising country star using a racial slur.

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A Look At The Navy's New Report On Racial Bias

4:36pm February 03, 2021

by Steve Walsh

The Navy has come out with its long-awaited report on racial bias. Despite critics saying the effort feels watered down, Navy leadership says they intend to create lasting change.

Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration, by Reuben Jonathan Miller

'Halfway Home' Makes Case That The Formerly Incarcerated Are Never Truly Free

5:00am February 02, 2021

by Ericka Taylor

Sociologist, criminologist, and former jail chaplain Reuben Jonathan Miller says "no other marginalized group ... experience[s] [the] profound level of legal exclusion" that those once imprisoned do.

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Former HUD Secretary On Biden's Plan To Address Racial Inequality Through Housing

4:28pm February 01, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan on President Biden's executive order addressing racial inequity through housing.

Visitors take photos at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., in March 2020. Jungle Cruise, one of the original Disney parks' rides, is getting a 21st century remodel by "imagineers" at the Disneyland park in California and the Magic Kingdom park in Florida with

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Disney Revamps Jungle Cruise Ride To Remove Racist Depictions Of Indigenous People

1:30pm February 01, 2021

by Danielle Prieur

The ride's negative depictions of Indigenous people will be removed as part of a national reckoning on race and reconciliation.

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