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Louisiana court: Protest leader can be sued for cop’s injury

By KEVIN McGILLMarch 25, 2022 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana police officer injured when violence broke out over the police killing of a Black man in Baton Rouge in 2016 has grounds to pursue a lawsuit against a protest organizer, Louisiana's Supreme Court said Friday.

Families urge legal changes to prevent more police killings

By MOHAMED IBRAHIMMay 25, 2021 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Parents and siblings of Black men killed by police urged people during a discussion in the city where George Floyd was killed a year ago to join them in pursuing legal changes they say can make similar deaths less likely in the future.

Bowdoin to honor Dr. Fauci, civil rights leaders, astronaut

December 21, 2020 GMT

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci and NASA’s Jessica Meir are among four people who'll be receiving honorary degrees from Bowdoin College...

Court: Injured officer can sue Black Lives Matter organizer

April 26, 2019 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana police officer injured during protests over the 2016 killing of a black man can sue a Black Lives Matter organizer on the grounds he acted negligently by leading people to block a highway, a federal appeals court has ruled...

Online game to players: Don’t touch black people’s hair

By NOREEN NASIRDecember 19, 2017 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Art director Momo Pixel moved to Portland, Oregon in 2016, and confronted a challenge she had never experienced before: Strangers reaching out to grab or stroke her long braided hair, often without her permission...