George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and police reform
Digest more
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.
With the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death approaching, Congress has yet to pass legislation to reform or abolish qualified immunity. The Supreme Court has declined to take up multiple cases challenging the doctrine.
1don MSN
The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform the legal defense known as "qualified immunity," which can protect cops even when they have violated the Constitution.
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.
4h
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSNGeorge Floyd remembered: Events planned to mark 5 years since deathTo mark the 5-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, FOX 9 has been speaking with many people in the community as part of its "After Floyd: 5 years, 5 stories" series airing every night at 9 p.m. This episode focuses on the now-famous mural found at George Floyd Square.
A Georgia priest behind the Target boycott is leading 60+ churches in protests this weekend on the anniversary of George Floyd's murder. When and why?
Civil rights attorneys in California warn that five years after George Floyd's murder, systemic police abuses persist and the public pressure for reform has since receded due to legal setbacks, institutional resistance,
It’s unbelievable what happened here,” Reed said, sometimes through tears. “All those activists who claimed to be activists were only trying to gain fame off George
The U.S. Justice Department is abandoning efforts to secure court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, despite its prior finding that police in both cities routinely violated the civil rights of Black people,
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.