Editors note: 1/15/21 UPDATE: Jacob Blake later confessed to having a knife at the time of the shooting. He also had a warrant out on him and reportedly had a prior incident of resisting arrest also in possession of...
Governor Tony Evers on Monday, Jan. 4 authorized the Wisconsin National Guard to support local law enforcement authorities in Kenosha ahead of a charging decision in the Aug. 23 shooting of Jacob Blake. Blake's family planned a march and...
Say Their Names: A memorial to Black Americans killed in police encounters in 2020. We remember the Black Americans who died in police encounters in 2020. Police encounters are a leading cause of death for young Black men.
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Michael Serazio, Boston College
For 50 dormant years – roughly, the period between Muhammad Ali’s heyday and the Miami Heat donning hoodies after Trayvon Martin’s murder – athletes, as a general rule, steered clear of politics.
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Jacob Blake, who was shot by a cop in Kenosha, Wisc., last month, appeared Friday for the first time since he was injured — to plead not guilty to prior criminal charges filed against him in July.
On August 23,...