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Jacquelyn Harrison was born November 4, 1950 in Charlotte, North Carolina to Cornelius Harrison and Ocie (Perry) Harrison. [1] In 1972, she graduated from Beaver College, now called Arcadia University, with a bachelor's degree in sociology, with a concentration in criminology.
[2] [3] [4] The image shows a young woman in a flowing dress standing with her arms crossed facing down a line of heavily armed police while two armored officers rush forward to put her in handcuffs. The photograph became a viral phenomenon on social media [3] [5] [6] and a symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement. [7]
— The Memphis Police Department routinely engages in policing that violates residents' civil rights and discriminates against Black people, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a newly ...
A judge has thrown out a discrimination lawsuit filed by Charlottesville’s first Black female police chief against the city, a The post Discrimination lawsuit filed by Charlottesville’s first ...
(Reuters) -The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday following an investigation, calling on the ...
She was the first black woman to join a state police force in Connecticut, [4] and in fact she was the first to do so in the nation. She did not know at the time of her graduation that she was making national history, an article in Connecticut about the graduation simply remarked that “another woman” had graduated. [ 2 ]
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On April 20, 2021, Ma'Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old girl, [2] was fatally shot by police officer Nicholas Reardon in southeast Columbus, Ohio. [3] Released body camera and security camera footage show Bryant brandishing a knife and charging two women consecutively, leading up to the moment Officer Reardon fired four shots; Bryant was struck at least once.