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Jury Says Derek Chauvin is Guilty in Murder of George Floyd

April 24, 2021

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz When police officers are sworn in, they take an oath. As members of a law enforcement agency, they vow to protect and to serve their community. In theory, police officers are the ones to call when something goes wrong, but many communities of color won’t make that call and it’s not hard […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Police Brutality

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

“SHOT” – The Drama of InJustice

January 16, 2021

By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall His teenage body lay cooking in the August heat as the world watched. Michael Brown, 18, was dead on the street of Ferguson, Missouri, shot by Police Officer Darren Wilson. This image from 2014 has never left me. The deaths of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Breonna Taylor, […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Injustice, Police Brutality, SHOT Caught A Soul, Stage Plays

Kenosha Police Officer Identified as Jacob Blake Shooter

August 29, 2020

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Seven. That is the number of times a police officer shot Jacob Blake while his children sat horrified in the car. The shooting occurred 40 miles away from Milwaukee in Kenosha on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 23. Four days later, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul identified the officer who shot Blake. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Jacob Blake, Josh Kaul, Police Brutality, Police Shootings, Rusten Sheskey

‘I Need this Country to Be Better for My Children’: Milwaukee Mothers Rally for Racial Justice

June 20, 2020

Princess Safiya Byers – Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Darrian “Dee-Dee” Davis, a Lincoln Creek resident, first talked to her son about police brutality when he was 3 years old and […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Mad Moms, Police Brutality, Protests, Racial Justice, Safiya Byers

Police Abuse Debate is More Than a Black-White Issue

August 12, 2016

By Luis Vasquez-Ajmac Urban News Service While the national conversation on police and race seems like a black-and-white issue, many Latinos say they also feel mistreated by cops. “I grew up in East L.A., in an economically depressed neighborhood,” said Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna, the first Latino to lead the Los Angeles area’s […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Luis Vasquez-Ajmac, Police Abuse, Police Brutality, Robert Luna

Milwaukee’s ‘Stop & Frisk’ Policy Strains Black Residents’ Relationship With Police

August 21, 2015

by Michael H. Cottman Urban News Service MILWAUKEE — Nate Hamilton sat in his living room, smashed a cigarette into a glass ash tray, and spoke purposefully about his 31-year-old brother, Dontre, who died last year after being shot 14 times by a Milwaukee police officer during a struggle over the officer’s baton. “I loved […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Christopher Manney, Dontre Hamilton, Edward Flynn, Police Brutality, Sherwin Hughes, Stop And Frisk, Tom Barrett, Tory Lowe

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Justice is Not Blind

June 12, 2015

Justice is Not Blind

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist June 12, 2015   Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist     When racist attitudes, either conscious or subconscious, are combined with the discretionary powers that law enforcement officers have, the result is a differential outcome, with African Americans more likely to be the targets of “blind justice.”   Most of our […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Julianne Malveaux, JUNE 12 2015, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Police Violence, Racism, Racist Police Practices, Stop And Frisk, VOL. 25 NO. 22

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Baltimore: We Have Been Here Before

May 8, 2015

Baltimore: We Have Been Here Before

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., NNPA Columnist May 8, 2015   Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., NNPA Columnist     Now it is Baltimore. There Freddie Gray, a Black man, was stopped on the street, pinned to the ground, dragged to the back of a police wagon, and died in police custody. Six officers were suspended. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Baltimore, Devah Pager, Jesse L. Jackson Sr., Kerner Commission, Kerner Report, Mass Incarceration, MAY 8 2015, Police Brutality, VOL. 25 NO. 17

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Black Women Killed by Police are Ignored

May 8, 2015

Black Women Killed by Police are Ignored

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist May 8, 2015   Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist     You know their names – Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice – because these African American men were unarmed and killed by “law enforcement” officers. Their names have been part of a litany invoked when police shootings are discussed. Their […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Lives Matter, Black Women, Julianne Malveaux, MAY 8 2015, Police Brutality, Police Killings, Police Violence, VOL. 25 NO. 17

Cornell William Brooks, NAACP CEO, Confronts Police Brutality

January 9, 2015

Cornell William Brooks, NAACP CEO, Confronts Police Brutality

By Tiffany Crouse January 9, 2015   Cornell William Brooks     NAACP President and CEO, Cornell William Brooks, is described as “a pioneering lawyer and a civil rights activist” by his peers at the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He is the 18th president and was appointed in May […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Cornell William Brooks, Eric Garner, Ferguson MO, JANUARY 9 2015, Jay Nixon, Michael Brown, NAACP, Police Brutality, VOL. 25 NO. 1





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