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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 ...
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 ...
Opinion: Five years later, why Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd is still unknown
Despite calls for a presidential pardon by right-wing pundits claiming that George Floyd did something to cause his own death ...
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 ...
US 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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Why I didn't want to write about George Floyd on the fifth anniversary of his death
When editors asked me to write about George Floyd's murder and what it means today, five years later, my response was quick ...
In memory of George Floyd, Georgia leader of Target boycott organizing nationwide protests
A Georgia priest behind the Target boycott is leading 60+ churches in protests this weekend on the anniversary of George ...
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 ...