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ā€˜Serve And Protect’ Who?

After covering Timothy Taylor’s family’s press conference to clear his name, watching the coverage of the Uvalde shooting, and remembering George Floyd on the 2 year anniversary of his murder, I am struck by the 1 thing that ties them all together: the role of law...

EXCLUSIVE: Joan Taylor Sits Down With The People’s Beat To Clear Her Son’s Name

https://youtu.be/ZWTXmhOKLrk South Carolina – Joan Taylor sits down with The People’s Beat and shares the hardships her family endured for years. Her son, Timothy Taylor, was wrongfully accused in the disappearance and murder of Brittanee Drexel. Joan says her family has been humiliated and wants to...

Local Governments Doing Very Little To Provide Language Access, A Black & Latinx Coalition Demand Change

CHARLESTON, SCĀ (ThePeoplesBeat.com) – The Lowcountry Black and Latine Coalition launched a campaign to demand ā€œthat Charleston municipal/county governmentsā€ provide language access to the fast-growing Spanish-speaking population.Ā  The campaign #HOLACharleston specifically calls on Charleston, Dorchester and Berkeley county governments to ā€œtranslate all public documents, public service announcements, websites,...

Charleston County Government Responds To Language Access Information Request

CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC – Last month The Lowcountry Black and Latine Coalition launched a campaign asking local governments to provide language access to information for Spanish speakers. https://twitter.com/LC_BlkLatine/status/1517158316287397888?s=20&t=IHhtntrztPposXRwZa1Udw A spokesperson for Charleston County says that the County’s website can be translated into 108 languages including Spanish. We reviewed...

Abortion Bans ā€˜Threaten The Health & Lives Of Women Of Color’

Esta nota estÔ disponible en español aquí. States may soon have the power to decide whether or not women have bodily autonomy. The Supreme Court has confirmed the leaked draft opinion, obtained by Politico, that would overturn Roe v. Wade. The draft opinion was written by Justice...

Battery Reveal Third Kit in Collaboration with Volvo Car USA

https://videopress.com/v/5B0EhmvQ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&autoPlay=true&muted=true&persistVolume=false&playsinline=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.files.wordpress.com%2F5B0EhmvQ%2Fbattery_volvo_kitreveal-1_mp4.scrubthumb-1.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&sbc=%23ed633d&sbpc=%2331417e&sblc=%23c53b15&useAverageColor=true CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Charleston Battery, in collaboration with Volvo Car USA, unveiled the club’s new alternate jersey for the 2022 season on Tuesday. The new shirt, dubbed the Recharge Kit, takes inspiration from Charleston’s iconic coastline through topographic patterning prominently featured in the backlit decor...