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Crime, Law and Justice

'Together' NASCAR looks to move forward after noose found in driver's garage

'Together' NASCAR looks to move forward after noose found in driver's garage

The FBI has joined the investigation into who left a noose inside NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace's garage at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. NASCAR plans to ban the perpetrators from the sport for life.
by Tom Goldman

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How recommendations of an Obama task force have, and haven't, changed U.S. policing

How recommendations of an Obama task force have, and haven't, changed U.S. policing

The co-leaders of the task force, Charles Ramsey and Laurie Robinson, say their 2015 report is still a valuable playbook. But there are things — for instance, about hiring practices — they would add.
by Becky Sullivan

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17-year-old boy fatally shot in Minneapolis

Officers responded to reports of shots fired about 8 p.m. Sunday and found the victim without a pulse. First responders were able to revive the teen, but he died after being taken to North Memorial Hospital.
by The Associated Press

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Waiting for justice for Floyd, north siders work the land as an act of healing

Waiting for justice for Floyd, north siders work the land as an act of healing

An urban garden in the Hawthorne neighborhood in north Minneapolis has been in the works for months. But after the police killed George Floyd, it has become a healing space — particularly for Black residents who often feel targeted and criminalized. 
by Melissa Townsend

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