George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and policing in Minneapolis
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Trump DOJ is abandoning efforts for court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville after finding they'd violated civil rights of Black people.
Conservative media outlets are rewriting the story; some of their claims are false or lacking context. A new narrative is taking root in the story of George Floyd and the former police officer convicted of murdering him.
The move comes four days before the May 25 five-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white
Top cop Brian O'Hara said in an interview with The New York Post that "bourgeois liberal mentality" prevents facts from breaking through in city's approach to policing.
Several nonprofits are competing to redevelop the “People’s Way,” a defunct Speedway gas station that serves as the protest headquarters of George Floyd Square. Whoever is chosen will exert tremendous influence over the direction of the entire fractious intersection,
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There's a group that has worked hard to preserve plywood murals in Minnesota from the movement sparked by George Floyd's death.
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday moved to withdraw from federal settlement agreements with the cities of Minneapolis and Louisville, which had called for sweeping police reforms following the high-profile deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in 2020.
This weekend marks five years since George Floyd ’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer, a moment captured on video that sparked international protests calling for an end to systemic racism and a national conversation on how law enforcement interacts with Black and brown communities.
Five years ago, the murder of George Floyd by police sparked a nationwide protest movement. Today, Ben Crump, the lawyer who represented Mr. Floyd’s family, says it’s “more daunting than ever to hold police accountable.
A mural of George Floyd in Houston's Ennis art block was destroyed as a result of demolition, sparking concerns in the community about the erasure of history.