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Toomey: ‘No Epidemic of Police Criminality’ in America

Tuesday on the Senate floor, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) addressed the charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. He said, “There is no epidemic of police criminality in this country.” “It’s true that there are

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Obama: ‘We Ignore’ ‘Pockets’ of Poverty

President Obama said that “too often we ignore” “pockets of poverty, lack of opportunity, lack of education” on Monday’s “Late Show” on CBS. Obama said, “it’s important that now that charges have been brought in Baltimore, that we let due

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20 Bills on Police Now at State Legislature

Now that the Obama administration has subtly encouraged critics of police to vent their fury, California legislators have initiated a flurry of at least 20 proposals–according to a count by the Los Angeles Times–to shackle the police and ensure that they are being zealously scrutinized.

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Baltimore in Israel: Ethiopians Protest, 27 Police Hurt, Major Road Blocked

JERUSALEM, Israel — Thousands of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel continued their nationwide protest against police brutality on Sunday evening, shutting down a major highway for three hours and demonstrating in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. As in protests last Thursday in Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv protest turned violent, and 27 law enforcement officers were injured, according to Ynet. The protests were sparked by video of two policemen beating an Ethiopian soldier in uniform.

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Soledad O’Brien: Drop the Word ‘Thug’

On Sunday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” former CNN host Soledad O’Brien made a plea for journalists to no longer use the word “thug,” likening it to the “n-word.” O’Brien told fill-in “Reliable Sources” host Frank Sesno the debate was “naïve”

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Malveaux: Baltimore Mayor Curfew ‘Like a Plantation’

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” economist and political commentator Julianne Malveaux said the curfew that the Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake put in place “seemed like a plantation at some level that the overseers are deciding you can’t go outside.” “[I]t’s overtime

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NBC’s Brokaw: We Need a ‘Marshall Plan’ for US Cities

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” after host Chuck Todd detailed a 1965 report on the African-America family written by then Assistant Secretary of Labor Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former NBC “Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw said he was right we need

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Baltimore Mayor Walks Back ‘Space to Destroy’ Remarks

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake admitted her “space to destroy” remarks in the midst of rioting in her city were poorly chosen. “You know, I certainly think that it was taken out of context,” Rawlings-Blake said.

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Gray’s Family Attorney: Whites Use Drugs Discreetly

Sunday on “Fox News Sunday,” attorney Billy Murphy, who is representing the family of Freddie Gray, said the war on drugs is a taking African-American fathers away from their families unfairly because he said, “Whites in this town just like