Police brutality Archives - Black Voice News https://blackvoicenews.com/tag/police-brutality/ The Voice of the Black Community in California Tue, 28 May 2024 17:37:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blackvoicenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-BVN_logo_square-32x32.png Police brutality Archives - Black Voice News https://blackvoicenews.com/tag/police-brutality/ 32 32 182193136 Tapestry: “The Cultural, Ethnic, and Racial Threads of an Evolving Community” https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/12/15/multiracial-population-surge-2020-census/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:43:04 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=242453

The 2020 Census has revealed a profound transformation in the demographic landscape of the United States, with the percentage of people identifying as multiracial experiencing a 254% increase from 2010 to 2020, with multiracial children comprising the largest demographic group among U.S. citizens under 18.

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]]> 242453 Combating Racism as a Public Health Crisis, Part 1: Holding Leaders Accountable https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/11/13/black-california-racism-public-health-crisis/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 20:55:06 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=241982 Demonstrators gather at Grand Park in Los Angeles, CA on June 3, 2020 to protest police brutality, defend Black Lives and call for the removal of former Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey.

Mapping Black California’s Racism as a Public Health Crisis Dashboard is a convenient tool to analyze how governing bodies and nongovernmental organizations have declared racism as a public health crisis […]

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]]> 241982 Combating Racism as a Public Health Crisis, Part 4: Riverside and San Bernardino Counties Take Action Against Racism as a Public Health Crisis https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/11/13/san-bernardino-county-racism-equity-group/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 20:30:40 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=241986 Protestors gather in downtown Riverside in the wake of the murder of 46-year-old George Floyd, who was killed by Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer. Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds on May 25, 2020.

San Bernardino County passed the first resolution in the state of CA declaring racism a public health crisis and pledged to take action to address it. The county added Equity […]

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