Joanne O’Riordan: Player power turned WNBA into leading light of the Black Lives Matter protest
League changed its stance and got behind the movement after initially fining clubs and players
The #BlackLivesMatter hashtag used nearly 30 million times
Hashtag is used by Twitter users more than 17,000 times per day on average
No charges for police officers in fatal Alton Sterling shooting
Louisiana will not charge two officers in shooting which helped fuel Black Lives Matter movement
No charges for police over Alton Sterling’s fatal shooting
The video of the black man’s death last summer sparked days of protests in Baton Rouge
Airbnb hosts must sign up to non-discrimination policy
Holiday rental company says it will suspend members who do not abide by new rules
Baton Rouge gunman urged black Americans to ‘fight back’
Police scour Iraq veteran’s social media and video posts for clues of motive behind attack
Baton Rouge gunman ‘planned attack for days’, police say
Louisiana officials say officers were ‘assassinated’ in Sunday’s shooting
Obama must also speak up for the victims of police violence
President eulogises the slain Dallas police officers even as he’s never done so for victims of police killing across the nation
Obama calls for unity following Baton Rouge shooting
Suspect in the killing of three police officers in Louisiana named as Gavin Long
Baton Rouge suspect Gavin Long (29) was ex-Marine
Gunman who killed three police officers in Sunday shooting served as sergeant in Iraq
Three police officers dead after Louisiana shooting
Incident happened in Baton Rouge, where killing of black man by white police sparked protests
Backing Donald Trump: meet Joe Arpaio, the ‘toughest sheriff’ in the United States
The Maricopa County sheriff says that the Republican is his ‘kind of guy: outspoken’ – and that people have overreacted to the police shootings of black men caught on film
US police release footage of officers killing unarmed teenager
Dylan Noble (19) shot multiple times at gas station in California on June 25th
Dozens arrested in US during protests over police killings
Barack Obama to meet with relatives of the five police officers killed in Dallas
Dallas police chief defends use of lethal force on shooting suspect
Widespread protests continue over fatal shootings of two black men by police officers
Dallas shootings: America’s violent summer turns bloodier
Tensions around guns, policing and race boil over in attack on law enforcement officers
Dallas shootings: US shaken after racially motivated ambush
Explosive materials, bullet-proof vests and rifles found in home of attacker
Dallas shooting: Gunman ‘wanted to kill white people’
Police kill gunman identified as Micah Xavier Johnson with bomb-carrying robot
Partner of man killed by Louisiana police condemns violence
‘Responding to violence with violence is not the answer,’ says McMillon after Dallas deaths
Police shootings of two black men spark angry protests in US
Killings caught on video in Minnesota and Louisiana spark claims of police brutality
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