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2021-04-22

Protest

Demonstrations spread throughout Columbus the day after 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant was shot and killed by a Columbus police officer, demanding police accountability. During a vigil for Ma'Khia, local activist Hana Abdur Rahim called for the abolition of the police system.

New footage reveals that William Jennette, a truck driver, died in the Marshall County jail while gasping for breath minutes after police officers held him face down, with one taunting, "You shouldn't be able to breathe." Jennette's official post-mortem examination had ruled the death to be a homicide.
2021-05-22

A Ku Klux Klan member is sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for driving his pickup truck into Black Lives Matter protesters in Richmond, Virginia, during the summer.
2021-02-9

Protests break out in Philadelphia after police shoot and kill Walter Wallace, who they say had been armed with a knife. There are also reports of vandalism, including looting, spray painting and smashing of windows at a police station. Police also say 30 officers have been injured, many of which were struck by bricks and other debris, and that 91 protesters were arrested.
2020-10-27

Jacob Gardner, an Omaha, Nebraska bar owner who was charged for fatally shooting James Scurlock during a George Floyd protest in the state, dies from suicide.
2020-09-20

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2021-04-22

Protest

Demonstrations spread throughout Columbus the day after 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant was shot and killed by a Columbus police officer, demanding police accountability. During a vigil for Ma'Khia, local activist Hana Abdur Rahim called for the abolition of the police system.

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