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George Floyd: Minneapolis, St. Paul events mark his death, community response
Sunday, May 25, from 12 to 8 p.m. at Phelps Field Park, 701 E. 39th St., Minneapolis, the organization hosts the Justice for ...
The end of federal oversight and calls to pardon George Floyd’s convicted killer could undermine police reforms, Minneapolis leaders warn
Progress toward more fair policing could be undermined by a push from some activists and lawmakers on the political right to ...
Who George Floyd was — and how systemic racism shaped his life
Five years after George Floyd's death, NPR's Michel Martin talks with Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels, the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of His Name is George Floyd.
U.S. abandons police reform accords sought over deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor
The move comes four days before the May 25 five-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was murdered ...
When George Floyd was killed, policing and diversity changes came. Five years later, is that change at risk?
George Floyd's murder sparked an international protest movement for racial equity and policing changes. Five years later, ...
Five years after George Floyd's death, calls to reform qualified immunity mostly fall silent
The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform ...
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"A Slap In The Face": Justice Department Moves To Drop Police Reform Agreements In Cities Where Breonna Taylor And George Floyd Were Killed
Civil rights advocates condemn the Justice Department’s decision to exit police reform agreements in Louisville and ...
Fact checking right-wing media’s claims about George Floyd and Derek Chauvin
Conservative media outlets are rewriting the story; some of their claims are false or lacking context. A new narrative is ...
Minneapolis police chief calls out city's 'bizarre' politics as detached from 'reality' after George Floyd
Top cop Brian O'Hara said in an interview with The New York Post that "bourgeois liberal mentality" prevents facts from ...
DOJ abandons police reform settlements over deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor
DOJ is abandoning efforts for court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville after finding they had violated ...
No federal reform on qualified immunity five years after Floyd’s death
With the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death approaching, Congress has yet to pass legislation to reform or abolish ...
Minneapolis still broken, divided and suffering 5 years after George Floyd death: ‘Black Lives Matter was never here’
It’s unbelievable what happened here,” Reed said, sometimes through tears. “All those activists who claimed to be activists ...