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    <title>America Reckons With Racial Injustice : NPR</title>
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      <title>A Former Louisiana State Trooper Is Charged In The Flashlight Beating Of A Black Man</title>
      <description>A grand jury has indicted Jacob Brown for the 2019 beating following a traffic stop that left Aaron Larry Bowman with a broken jaw, broken ribs and a gash to his head.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:20:20 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>National Cathedral Will Replace Confederate Stained Glass With Racial Justice Imagery</title>
      <description>The cathedral chooses a contemporary artist known for his works depicting African American life to design the new  windows. They will replace a set with Confederate imagery that were removed in 2017. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 11:38:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Minnesota Supreme Court Allows The Ballot Question On Changing The Minneapolis Police</title>
      <description>The amendment doesn't say "defund the police." But it would remove the city charter's requirement that Minneapolis have a police department with a minimum staffing level.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:50:15 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>A Colorado Investigation Of Elijah McClain's Death Alleges Racially Biased Policing</title>
      <description>The state attorney general says the Aurora Police department has a culture in which officers treat people of color differently than white people and has a pattern of using unlawful excessive force.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:41:32 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Former Minneapolis Cops Plead Not Guilty To Violating George Floyd's Rights </title>
      <description>Four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the federal charges against them.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:16:16 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2021/09/14/1036988787/george-floyd-minneapolis-police-rights-not-guilty-chauvin</link>
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      <title>Head Of Louisiana Police Says He Would Welcome A DOJ Probe Into Racial Profiling </title>
      <description>The head of the Louisiana State Police says he wants to know why 67% of his agency's uses of force in recent years have been directed at Black people.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 22:11:17 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Officers And Paramedics Are Charged In Elijah McClain's 2019 Death In Colorado</title>
      <description>A grand jury has indicted three officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative in suburban Denver.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:47:53 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Judges Uphold The Death Sentence For Dylann Roof Who Killed 9 Black Churchgoers</title>
      <description>The appeals court rejected arguments that the young white man should have been ruled incompetent to stand trial in the shootings at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.</description>
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      <title>Trooper Hits Black Motorist 18 Times With A Flashlight, Calling It 'Pain Compliance'</title>
      <description>The beating following a traffic stop that left Aaron Larry Bowman with a broken jaw, three broken ribs and other injuries. Graphic body camera video was kept secret for more than two years.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:26:53 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Judge Rules Philadelphia Can't Remove A Christopher Columbus Statue </title>
      <description>The city may appeal. Officials wanted to take the statue out of South Philadelphia's Marconi Plaza in reaction to racial justice protests after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 17:50:56 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Missouri's Governor Pardons The St. Louis Lawyers Who Waved Guns At BLM Protesters</title>
      <description>Mark and Patricia McCloskey said they got their firearms out because they feared demonstrators who marched past the couple's home in a luxury enclave last year. The two pleaded guilty to misdemeanors.</description>
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      <title>A Wisconsin Officer Will Be Charged In The 2016 Slaying Of A Black Man</title>
      <description>A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday found probable cause to charge a police officer in the slaying of a Black man who was sitting in a parked car. Prosecutors had declined to charge the officer.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 14:20:05 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Cleveland's MLB Team Changes Its Name To Guardians After Years Of Backlash</title>
      <description>Cleveland's Major League Baseball team has changed its name from the Indians to the Guardians, ridding itself of a previous name that many found highly offensive.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2021 10:38:03 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2021/07/23/1019720103/cleveland-indians-guardians-name-change-mlb</link>
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      <title>Where Portland, Oregon, Stands A Year After Being A Protest Hotspot</title>
      <description>Racial justice protests in Portland, Ore., have quieted down since last year. The city is now grappling with whether promises for police accountability will actually take shape in the coming months.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:53:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The Brooklyn Museum Gives Indigenous Pieces Back To Costa Rica</title>
      <description>The Brooklyn Museum repatriated hundreds of objects to the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:53:00 -0400</pubDate>
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