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• Benewah Human Rights Coalition wins civil rights award

  April 23, 2013 in City on Page A7 A human rights organization in Benewah County has received this year’s Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations Civil Rights Award. The Benewah Human Rights Coalition was presented the award …

• County stands by deputies in lawsuit

  December 9, 2011 in City on Page A6 Spokane County will stand behind two sheriff’s deputies who broke a Spokane Valley man’s rib and punctured his lung when they were dispatched to help him in September 2009. County … 30

• Creach family files civil rights lawsuit

  November 20, 2011 in City on Page B3 The family of a Spokane Valley pastor killed last year by a sheriff’s deputy has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. The lawsuit filed Friday by the family of Pastor … 19

• Shawn Vestal: Student, civil rights leaders revisit South’s battlegrounds

  May 11, 2011 in City on Page A5 When Benjameen “JaJa” Quarless rode into Greensboro, N.C., on a bus Monday, he was traveling in the shadow of 1961. Quarless, a junior at Whitworth University, is part of a … 4

• Rally to feature NAACP leader

  March 29, 2011 in City on Page A1 The head of the nation’s largest civil rights organization will lead a march in Spokane on Sunday to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther … 4

• Selma remembered

  March 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 SELMA, Ala. – The nation’s first black attorney general and Gov. George C. Wallace’s daughter celebrated the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march Sunday – 44 years after state troopers from her …

• Judge, city spar over representation in strip search case

  February 4, 2009 in City on Page A5 A federal judge says the city of Spokane appears to be “judge shopping” by hiring a new attorney to defend police officers for strip searching a man in 2005. U.S. …

• From King, a legacy of hope, unity

  January 19, 2009 in City on Page A1 When the news of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination hit Spokane on April 4, 1968, some lashed out in anger. “Windows Broken at 16 City Firms,” the Spokane Chronicle reported …

• China To Curtail Freedoms In Hong Kong

  February 2, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 A caucus of top Chinese officials and their handpicked Hong Kong advisers, meeting behind closed doors in Beijing, gave final approval Saturday to plans for scaling back some civil-liberty laws …

• Liberty Versus Justice Other Nations Restrict Rights, Yet Fail To Stem Terror Attacks

  July 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Aria Johnston is checked by security personnel as she enters the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Sunday. Photo by Associated Press

• County Sued Over Voting

  May 23, 1995 in Idaho on Page B2 A mother and son known for filing multiple lawsuits are suing Bingham County for not allowing them to vote in the precinct of their choice in last November’s election. Bethea …

• Trooper Won’t Be Tried On State Charges Again But Officer Accused Of Unlawfully Detaining Couple On Way To Abortion May Have To Face Federal Charges, Civil Suit

  May 20, 1995 in City on Page B5 There won’t be a second trial for a former state trooper on state charges of illegally detaining a couple on their way to an abortion, but he could still face …