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Atlanta police shot climate activist Manuel Esteban Paez Terán 57 times Elías Villoro

36 months after George Floyd's murder, police reform finally considered in Minnesota Elías Villoro

police brutality Officers mock prisoner as they crush him to death: "You shouldn't be able to breathe, you stupid bastard" Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 80% of people who died from COVID in Texas jails had never been convicted Thom Dunn

COVID-19 MD cops say sex offender refused to shut down 60-person coronavirus bonfire Xeni Jardin

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ousters California voters fire the judge who sentenced rapist Brock Turner to six months Mark Frauenfelder

News California police detain Bob Marley's granddaughter for staying at an AirBnB while Black Xeni Jardin

trains Guy visits the least used train stations in the UK Mark Frauenfelder

tv The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.: the complete series Jason Weisberger

police Sheriff's deputy resigns after dragging mentally ill woman down stairs–and gets hired by the next county over Rob Beschizza

prison The US starves its prisoners Mark Frauenfelder

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