Criminal Checks Cleared; Case Against Police Violence Protester, Family Dropped

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"I don't feel any relief" about her own dropped charges, Wilson says. "I knew all the time that I hadn't did anything wrong ..." The past year for Wilson, with her trial pending, was "paralyzing," she says, because of the case. Her job as a nurse, as well as her ex-husband's position, she says, were threatened because they were no longer able to pass criminal background checks.

Wilson doesn't believe this is the last she's heard from the police: "We thought in 2004 this is nothing we'd ever have to worry about. This is what used to happen in the '60s. You'd think we've moved beyond this ..."

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Criminal Checks Cleared; Case Against Police Violence Protester, Family Dropped

FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, Renee Wilson has headed People Against Police Violence, one of the most outspoken and active o...

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