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In 1994, as chairwoman of a federal parliamentary inquiry into the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody, Henzell attacked state governments for not using or inappropriately using $50 million in federal implementation funding, stating (in relation to New South Wales) that "two years down the ...
"If We Must Die" is a poem by Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay (1890–1948) published in the July 1919 issue of The Liberator magazine. McKay wrote the poem in response to mob attacks by white Americans upon African-American communities during the Red Summer. The poem does not specifically reference any group of people, and has been used ...
Deaths in custody in England and Wales are looked at by inquests, and when it is possible that the state failed to protect the deceased's life are scrutinised using the 'right to life' (Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights). Inquest is an independent charity focusing predominantly on deaths in custody. Working in England and ...
DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — Video from a state mental hospital shows a Black Virginia man who was handcuffed and shackled The post Family says Black man who died in custody suffered “absolute ...
A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into their deaths was held at Falkirk Sheriff Court last year and has now concluded, with Sheriff SG Collins KC ruling in his determination on Friday that both ...
Etheridge Knight (April 19, 1931 – March 10, 1991) was an African-American poet who made his name in 1968 with his debut volume, Poems from Prison.The book recalls in verse his eight-year-long sentence after his arrest for robbery in 1960.
Date: July 13, 2015 (): Time: c. 9:00 a.m. Location: Waller County Jail, Hempstead, Texas Coordinates (traffic stop) (Waller County Jail): Type: Death in custody: Cause: Ruled a suicide by asphyxiation: Outcome: Charge dropped against Brian Encinia as part of a plea agreement: Deaths: Sandra Annette Bland: Burial: Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens West Willow Springs, Illinois, U.S.: Inquiries ...
Dr. David Fowler said in court that he would have classified the manner of Floyd's death as "undetermined." Maryland in-custody deaths to be reviewed after former medical examiner testified in ...