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Daniel Prude's brother, Joe Prude, announces plans to sue the city, on Wednesday outside City Hall.

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Protests In Rochester, N.Y., After Bodycam Footage Released Of Daniel Prude's Death

11:29am September 03, 2020

Daniel Prude was arrested in March after behaving erratically on a city street. Officers placed a protective hood over his head and Prude ultimately stopped breathing. He died a week later.

People march in support of Jacob Blake and his family to the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., in August.

Americans Increasingly Polarized When It Comes To Racial Justice Protests, Poll Finds

9:28am September 03, 2020

by Joel Rose

More Americans support than oppose recent protests after the shooting in Kenosha, Wis., according to an Ipsos poll. But sharp divisions are emerging along racial and political party lines.

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best announces her resignation at a press conference at Seattle City Hall on Aug. 11. Her departure comes after months of protests against police brutality and votes by the city council to defund her department.

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Outgoing Seattle Police Chief Felt 'Destined To Fail' After Cuts And Public Backlash

8:20am September 03, 2020

by Emma Bowman

On her last day on the job, Carmen Best, the city's first Black woman police chief, reflected on nationwide demonstrations against police violence and her own department's handling of recent protests.

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Daniel Prude's Death Ruled A Homicide. He Was Restrained By Police

7:28am September 03, 2020

There's outraged over the death of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y., which happened in March. Body camera footage from his encounter with police was released Wednesday.

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News Brief: Presidential Campaigns, Alexei Navalny, Daniel Prude's Death

5:49am September 03, 2020

President Trump and Joe Biden hit the campaign trail. Germany says Novichok was used to poison Russian opposition head. And, family shares police video of Black man's death in New York.

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In 'Having And Being Had,' Eula Biss Maps Capitalist Game Rules Without Breaking Them

5:00am September 03, 2020

by Kristen Martin

By rooting each meditation in lived experience, the author captures the way the capitalist value system has weaseled itself into the everyday — even implicating herself in its ills and rewards.

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Chef Opens A Food Hub To Support Black-Owned Businesses

4:37pm September 02, 2020

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Oakland, Calif., chef Rashad Armstead about Epic Ventures Test Kitchen, his new food hub aimed to support Black-owned food businesses.

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Prosecutors' Plea Deal Required Drug Suspect To Name Breonna Taylor A 'Co-Defendant'

11:41am September 02, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

Taylor's ex-boyfriend, who now faces drug trafficking charges, was offered a plea deal that named the late 26-year-old EMT as a member of his alleged criminal enterprise. He turned the deal down.

People pass by a destroyed building in Kenosha, WI.

Kenosha Protests, Violence Expose Racial Disparities Among The Worst In The Country

10:42am September 02, 2020

Kenosha residents lament the violence and destruction that left swaths of their city damaged or destroyed, but many understand the anger over biased policing and wide racial inequities that led to it.

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Residents Of Kenosha, Wis., Say Racism Runs Deep In Their Community

7:11am September 02, 2020

by David Schaper

President Trump visited Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Residents lament the violence that left swaths of the city damaged, but understand the wide racial inequities that led to it.

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