George Floyd, Minneapolis and police reform
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DOJ is abandoning efforts for court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville after finding they had violated Black people's civil rights.
Activists say they are not surprised the Trump administration pulled out of a consent decree covering Minneapolis police, but are frustrated the city didn't finalize it sooner.
A new narrative is taking root in the story of George Floyd and the former police officer convicted of murdering him. It is manifesting on online message boards, where Floyd is called a “drug addict” and “career criminal” who died of an overdose,
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Atlanta Black Star on MSN‘The Nasty Things Bad People Say’: George Floyd’s Daughter Endures Cruel Taunts From Classmates—Five Years After His Death, the Hate Lives OnThe name that rallied millions to unite in a global call for racial justice is now being turned against the little girl who believed her father’s death at
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.
Even after nationwide protests following his nephew’s killing, and federal and state legislation banning chokeholds and no-knock warrants, police misconduct continues to be too high, Selwyn Jones said.
George Floyd's murder sparked an international protest movement for racial equity and policing changes. Five years later, what changed — and what's being undone?
Minneapolis ran into complications while picking a nonprofit to redevelop the People’s Way at 38th and Chicago.
Five years after the corner where George Floyd was killed became the epicenter of a national protest movement, the future of the site is unsettled.
Trump's DOJ drops probes into Louisville and Minneapolis police departments, after killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd sparked demands for reform.