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Police officers in Aurora, Colo., pinned four Black girls to the ground and put two in handcuffs after a mistaken traffic stop on Aug. 2. (Video: Jenni Wurtz via Storyful)

Colorado district attorney to investigate officers who handcuffed Black girls

As the reckoning spurred by George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody continues, an oversight board in Milwaukee voted to demote that city’s police chief over how police responded to protests there.

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The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission unanimously voted Thursday night to demote Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales, who the civilian board said poorly handled the police response to racial justice protests in the city.
Democrats in the Virginia Senate unveiled a wide-ranging bill Thursday to overhaul policing in the state ahead of a special session this month in which criminal justice issues will be one of the centerpieces of debate.
The district attorney for Colorado’s Judicial District 18 announced that his office would be investigating police officers who pointed guns at four Black girls in an incident in an Aurora, Colo., parking lot Aug. 2. Video of the scene, which the prosecutor described as concerning, went viral this week.
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The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission unanimously voted Thursday night to demote Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales, who the civilian board said poorly handled the police response to racial justice protests in the city.
Democrats in the Virginia Senate unveiled a wide-ranging bill Thursday to overhaul policing in the state ahead of a special session this month in which criminal justice issues will be one of the centerpieces of debate.
The district attorney for Colorado’s Judicial District 18 announced that his office would be investigating police officers who pointed guns at four Black girls in an incident in an Aurora, Colo., parking lot Aug. 2. Video of the scene, which the prosecutor described as concerning, went viral this week.
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