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Demostration supporting staff who quit NorthStar and Brassica
On Sunday morning, June 14 there was a Short North demonstration in support of North Star and Brassica restaurant staff who have quit in protest of the 50% discount given to police officers, as well as the refusal of the owners to sign on to a…
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Why the Article “Fact Check: Is Columbus the Most likely place in America for police to kill black people?” by The Columbus Dispatch Is a Flawed Analysis
With the recent killings of Black citizens by police that made national and international headlines, Columbus’ troubling history on this topic has resurfaced. A graphic that originally circulated via social media four years ago after the killings…
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Cleveland’s Black Lives Matter tells Columbus: Our civilian review board has no true power
Mayor Ginther and many others are calling for a civilian review board to investigate and rule on police misconduct, but recent history from other cities has shown many civilian review boards to be mostly ineffective.
Take Minneapolis,…
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Under-policing and Over-policing Convergence
I witnessed 22 police cars and one helicoptered converge on downtown Columbus when an elderly black man's car's brakes failed and he hit a white woman protester on a bicycle and the protesters were yelling at him. She wasn't hurt, or at…
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