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January 11,2017
by Associated Press
A study of statewide police traffic stops in Vermont, the second-whitest state in the country, has found racial disparities in how police treat drivers.
Black drivers were four times more likely than whites to be searched after traffic stops, and Hispanic drivers were nearly three times more likely, according to the University of Vermont study, Driving While Black and Brown in Vermont. At the s....
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January 06,2017
by Lisa Neff
The number of protests before, during and after the inauguration of Donald Trump continues to increase.
More than 30 groups have applied for permits to protest in Washington, D.C.
Protests also will be taking place in cities across the nation, including in multiple sites on multiple dates in Wisconsin.
Civil rights attorneys in Washington on Jan. 5 declared victory after the National Park Servi....
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January 05,2017
by Lisa Neff
The American Civil Liberties Union this week released its analysis of U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions’ record on civil liberties issues ahead of the Jan. 10-11 confirmation hearing. Sessions is Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general.
The ACLU report examines Sessions’ handling of voting rights, police reform, immigration, mass incarceration, religious liberty, LGBT equality, privacy and su....
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January 03,2017
by Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
On Aug. 14, after a night of unrest prompted by the fatal police shooting of a black man, Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said his review of body camera video of the incident proved the officer had acted appropriately.
“The individual did turn toward the officer with a firearm in his hand,” Flynn stated, later saying the man, 23-year-old Sylville Smith, “was raising up with” the gun.
M....
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January 03,2017
by Louis Weisberg
Police in Washington have issued a permit for a demonstration by women’s rights supporters on the day after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
The Washington Metropolitan Police Department issued the permit for the Jan. 21 Women’s March on Washington. Police are expecting 200,000 participants.
The event will start near the U.S. Capitol and march along Independence Avenue before d....
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January 03,2017
by Associated Press
Three police officers were fired for making comments on a group chat about using Miami’s primarily black neighborhoods for target practice.
Officers Kevin Bergnes, Miguel Valdes and Bruce Alcin were fired on Dec. 23, after an internal affairs investigation concluded that they violated department policies, said the Miami Herald, citing documents it obtained.
The remarks angered local civil ....
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January 01,2017
by Op-ed
NAACP president and CEO Cornell William Brooks issued the following statement opposing the nomination of U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general:
America yet stands at the beginning of presidential administration but also in the middle of a Twitter age civil rights movement based on old divisions.
U.S. Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions is among the worst possible nominees for attorne....
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December 29,2016
by Lisa Neff
Cherokee National Attorney General Tom Hembree declared unconstitutional the tribal ban on marriage between “parties of the same gender.”
The decision carries the force of law and legalizes same-sex marriage in the Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation, the second largest tribe in the United States, with about 300,000 members.
Hembree issued his opinion in December in response to a legal question f....
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December 29,2016
by Wisconsin Gazette
A Donald Trump presidency may drive people to church.
Hundreds of houses of worship are offering sanctuary to people who could face deportation if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his campaign pledge to remove millions of immigrants living in the country illegally.
To some churches, sanctuary means spiritual support or legal assistance to fight deportation. Others promise or alrea....
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December 28,2016
by Lisa Neff
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down two Texas laws restricting access to abortion in the state. The ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt was 5-3.
Wisconsin state Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa, D-Milwaukee, welcomed the decision as “an incredible victory for women’s reproductive rights and a setback to the Republicans’ unrelenting war on women.”
She said, “The now-unconstitutional pr....
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