Minneapolis police department pulls out of union contract negotiations

Police chief says the contract needs to be restructured to provide more transparency and flexibility for true reform

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Eric Garner: no charges against white police officer

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Colin Kaepernick to file lawsuit against NFL owners over collusion

• Former 49ers QB has been out of league following his anthem protest
• Many believe player has been deliberately kept out of league

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Hundreds injured as riot police storm Catalan referendum polling stations

Barcelona mayor calls for Spanish prime minister to resign amid reports of police firing rubber bullets at people trying to vote
•Catalan referendum - live

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The decision overturns the sensible restrictions imposed by the Obama administration after Ferguson, MO.


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“Historically, when this kind of thing has happened, it’s encouraged other people to take up the same tactics.”


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The debate over “free speech” in the United States is complicated (a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous). Sometimes, supporting “free speech” means opposing state censorship; other times, it means opposing activists who try to preempt speech they disapprove of through protest or pressure campaigns - which is to say, through free speech. So ( Read more... )

Ankara has attacked the US's decision to issue arrest warrants for Turkish security guards who assaulted protesters during President Erdogan's trip to Washington in May. The violence has been widely condemned.

"What kind of law is this, what kind of justice?" Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, according to Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency. "If ( Read more... )

The Back the Blue Act would also make it a federal crime to assault or kill a police officer.


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This week, everyone is asking some variation of this question ( Read more... )