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Fact checking right-wing media’s claims about George Floyd and Derek Chauvin
A new narrative is taking root in the story of George Floyd and the former police officer convicted of murdering him. It is ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
5 Years After George Floyd’s Death, Minneapolis Debates His Memorial Site
Five years after the corner where George Floyd was killed became the epicenter of a national protest movement, the future of ...
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, ...