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Month: September 2020

Family, police offer starkly different views of Jacob Blake in wake of shooting

Family, police offer starkly different views of Jacob Blake in wake of shooting

STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP via Getty ImagesBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News (KENOSHA, Wis.) — Jacob Blake captured the attention of civil rights advocates around the world last week as cellphone video circulated of the 29-year-old man being shot seven times in the back by Wisconsin police in front of his children. Blake’s […]

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George Mason University’s first black president tackles racism, COVID-19

George Mason University’s first black president tackles racism, COVID-19

ABC NewsBy DEVIN DWYER and JACQUELINE YOO, ABC News (FAIRFAX, Va.) — The largest and most diverse public university in Virginia is overhauling how it handles issues of race on campus. After a summer of protests and public health crises, George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, is piloting an aggressive […]

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Bureau of Prisons resumes in-person visits as inmates, staff continue to die from COVID-19

Bureau of Prisons resumes in-person visits as inmates, staff continue to die from COVID-19

MivPiv/iStockBy LUKE BARR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Bureau of Prisons announced on Monday that in-person visits will resume at all 122 facilities within the bureau, according to an internal memo obtained by ABC News. “Social visiting will resume no later than Saturday, October 3, 2020,” the memo states, […]

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