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On May 25, 2020, the world was indelibly changed by the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd’s death set off a series of protests in the United States and around the world, awakening millions to the dire need for reimagining this country’s broken system of policing.But behind a face that would be graffitied onto countless murals, and a name that has become synonymous with civil rights, there is the reality of one man’s stolen life: a life beset by suffocating systemic pressures that ultimately proved inescapable.Placing George Floyd’s narrative within the larger context of America’s enduring legacy of institutional racism, the new book: His Name is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice, is a landmark biography by prizewinning Washington Post reporters, Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa. Olorunnipa joins us.
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Saratoga County District Attorney Karen Heggen has appealed a city judge’s decision last month to dismiss charges against a prominent Capital Region activist stemming from a protest in Saratoga Springs last summer.
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Protestors rallied in Albany Sunday at the site where police shot a Morris Street man who charged at them with a knife a week ago.
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Newly revealed documents detail the Saratoga Springs Police Department’s preparations for a July 14th protest that snarled traffic downtown. Five demonstrators were arrested that evening and several others weeks later.
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Earlier this week, a judge dismissed charges stemming from a protest in Saratoga Springs last summer against a prominent Capital Region activist. The defendant is praising the decision while the Saratoga District Attorney says it could set a precedent for others to violate the law.
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Multiple sources have confirmed to WAMC that the New York State Attorney General’s office is investigating the arrests of Black Lives Matter demonstrators and other potential misuses of police power in Saratoga Springs.
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The newest federal and Massachusetts state holiday was celebrated today in Springfield. Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in America, was…
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Black Lives Matter demonstrators have settled in outside the Albany Police Department’s South Station, where last Wednesday officers and protesters…
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The Albany Common Council is expected to vote tonight on the use of tear gas by city police. It comes amid days of protest in the city.Local Law C banning…
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Black Lives Matter demonstrators marched through Albany Saturday evening, returning to the city police department’s South Station, where on Wednesday…