overpolicing of Black people Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/overpolicing-of-black-people/ A platform for change Thu, 04 Aug 2022 23:28:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 ‘I see myself in her’: WNBA star Brittney Griner’s Russia trial resonates with queer Black women and nonbinary people https://flux.community/orion-rummler/2022/08/i-see-myself-in-her-wnba-star-brittney-griners-russia-trial-resonates-with-queer-black-women-and-nonbinary-people/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:00:06 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11943 A Russian judge on Thursday sentenced WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner to nine years in a penal colony for drug possession and smuggling, in addition to a $1 million ruble fine, after being held for months in what the U.S. government has classified as a “wrongful detainment.” Griner’s case, which was first […]

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