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Trump claims victory as US nears 130,000 Covid-19 deaths – as it happened
Trump claims 99% of US cases are ‘totally harmless’ Woman killed after car drives through Seattle protest Kanye West declares 2020 White House run Sign up to our First Thing newsletter Updated More
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Trump celebrates Fourth of July by stoking division over pandemic and race
President protesters over racial injustice ‘trample our freedoms’ Republican support shows signs of cracks as election nears US politics – live coverage Play Video 1:27 Donald Trump vows to defeat ‘radical left’ in 4 July speech – video Donald Trump celebrated America’s Independence Day weekend by stoking divisions over a perceived culture war and dismissing […] More
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Three North Carolina officers fired after racist comments on video emerge
Three members of a North Carolina police department have been fired after a department audit of a video recording captured one of the officers saying a civil war was necessary to wipe Black people off the map and that he was ready. The Wilmington police department took the action on Wednesday against Cpl Jessie Moore, […] More
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Democrats block 'empty' Republican police reform bill
Democrats say bill is a toothless response to police brutality Rival reform bill expected to pass in the House this week Cory Booker and Senate Democrats are voicing opposition to a Republican-crafted police reform bill. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA Congress was at a standstill on police reform on Wednesday after Senate Democrats successfully blocked a Republican […] More
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US police reform bills unlikely to pass amid partisan divide despite calls for change
Standoff means it is less and less likely Congress will approve any police reform legislation before the November election US representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York, arrives to a US House judiciary committee markup of ‘Justice in Policing Act of 2020’ bill on Capitol Hill on 17 June. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock Hopes of legislation on […] More
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Senate Democrats and Republicans clash over police reform bill vote
Democrats Schumer, Booker and Harris sent McConnell a letter urging him not to hold procedural vote this week on bill Chuck Schumer speaks at the US Capitol in Washington DC, on 16 June. Photograph: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock Senate Democrats have signaled they will block a Republican police reform bill that critics say offers a “woefully […] More
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'We can stop the cycle': crime survivors work toward prevention, not policing
A network of victims has come together to lobby for services. ‘Young black men are the most harmed and least supported’ Protesters rally during a Juneteenth celebration in San Francisco. Photograph: Vivian Lin/AFP/Getty Images In August 2009, two people shot 26-year-old Aswad Thomas during a robbery attempt. He suffered two gunshot wounds that pierced his […] More
