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PublishedJune 24, 2020
Bangor may relocate monument to Portuguese explorer
The City Council is scheduled to discuss a proposal from the Penobscot Nation to remove the controversial monument to Estevan Gomez.
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PublishedJune 24, 2020
Maine law enforcement leaders answer lawmakers’ questions on police tactics, race
The commissioner of public safety and the attorney general are facing questions about use of force, surveillance of citizens and data that shows Black people are more likely than others to be arrested in Maine.
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PublishedJune 23, 2020
Portland schools respond to allegations of harassment, racism involving faculty and staff
The district outlines complaint procedures and says it will investigate, after a former student gathered responses from students and alumni.
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PublishedJune 23, 2020
New standards require Maine police to ban chokeholds as part of statewide policy reform
Law enforcement agencies must ban chokeholds and require officers to stop other officers from using excessive force, under new standards from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy Board of Trustees.
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PublishedJune 23, 2020
Fey asks to pull ’30 Rock’ episodes that featured blackface
Four episodes of the comedy are being removed from circulation because they featured characters performing in blackface.
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PublishedJune 23, 2020
The Latest: Police officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting is fired
The latest on protests against racism and police brutality around the U.S. and the world. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Metro police department has fired one of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, more than three months after the 26-year-old black woman was killed in her home. A termination letter […]
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PublishedJune 22, 2020
NASCAR shows what it wants to be and finds out how far it has to go
Drivers' show support for Bubba Wallace show stock car racing is willing to change, but noose found hanging in Wallace's garage show that change won't come easy.
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PublishedJune 22, 2020
Anti-racism protest that got violent caught Portland police unprepared, City Council told
The city releases a 4-page report on its response to the demonstration of June 1, which police now say drew about 2,500 protesters and put the department ‘in a crisis mode.’
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PublishedJune 21, 2020
The Abyssinian and the struggle to save Black history in Maine
Leonard Cummings has led the effort to restore the Abyssinian Meeting House in Portland for 25 years; now he hopes that people show Black Lives Matter by helping to complete the project.
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PublishedJune 20, 2020
Some Mainers question whether Waldo County, other places should be renamed
Gen. Samuel Waldo was a slave owner who made much of his fortune in the trade. Also, Boston might divert nonviolent 911 calls from police.
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