He started by documenting the protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, was elected at 23 as a representative for his Brooklyn district, and by 26 had successfully passed a law aimed at facilitating housing access for millions
The Democratic candidate has a clear lead among those under 34, but her support for the Israeli offensive in Gaza and her administration’s handling of issues such as migration and the environment threaten to narrow it
Students at the Pontifical Catholic University blew out the candles on a cake bearing a photo of Floyd, whose death sparked the BlackLivesMatter movement, while repeating his last words: ‘I can’t breathe’
In an interview with EL PAÍS, Jason Fulford remembers his cousin and dedicates the song ‘Taking Our Breath Back’ to him, in memory of the phrase that Eric repeated 11 times before he died: ‘I can’t breathe’
GOP Gov. Jeff Landry order removes restrictions that state law places on hiring and payroll for a period of time following a gubernatorial election. Landry was elected last year and took office in January
After years of Black expression following the murder of George Floyd, Indigenous creativity has experienced an awakening across the United States, from art exhibitions in Washington, to series such as ‘Reservation Dogs’
The measure approved by voters in 2018 was designed to make it easier to prosecute police accused of wrongfully using deadly force
A video showed Ellis with his hands up in a surrender position as one officer shot a Taser at his chest and other wrapped an arm around his neck from behind
The incident occurred in a medium-security prison in Tucson, Arizona, where he was transferred in August 2022 from a federal facility
Etterbeek, home to the main institutions of the EU, is working to contextualize its multiple monuments and symbols of Belgium’s legacy in the Congo
It is the first trial under a 5-year-old Washington state law designed to make it easier to prosecute police who wrongfully use deadly force. Opening statements are expected this week
From ‘Starsky and Hutch’ to ‘CSI,’ the relationship between law enforcement and American television has almost always been mutually beneficial. Current events call for a new approach
Former officer Tou Thao testified previously that he merely served as a ‘human traffic cone’ when holding back bystanders as former officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck as the Black man pleaded for his life in 2020
Trump got just over 4% of the presidential election vote in the district in 2016 and 5.4% in 2020
Thursday’s decision in Missouri follows a trend. School board matters have become intense political battlegrounds
Since she began her career in the 1980s, she has illustrated the trials of Mark David Chapman, R. Kelly, Donald Trump and others
The move comes after the Minnesota Supreme Court without comment denied Chauvin’s petition to hear his case, letting the former police officer’s conviction and 22-and-a-half-year sentence stand
The events in France following the death of a 17-year-old shot by police in a Paris suburb are drawing parallels to the racial reckoning in the U.S. that began in 2020 with the killing of George Floyd
The sweeping two-year civil rights investigation concluded that systemic problems in the Minneapolis Police Department ‘made what happened to George Floyd possible,’ according to the DOJ
Along with a few other cities, Minneapolis has issued bans on chokeholds and neck restraints, and restrictions on no-knock warrants. But activist calls to defund the police, and to hold officers accountable have mostly failed
The German sportswear brand said recipients will include the Anti-Defamation League, which fights antisemitism and other forms of discrimination, and the Philonise & Keeta Floyd Institute for Social Change
Tou Thao, who already had been convicted in federal court of violating Floyd’s civil rights, was last of the four former officers facing judgment in state court for the brutal killing
The former Minneapolis officer is serving a sentence of 22 and a half years on the second-degree murder count. His attorney had asked the appeals court to throw out the convictions
John Pope Jr. will receive $7.5 million and Zoya Code will receive $1.375 million. They both said the former officer pressed his knee into their necks years before he did it to kill Floyd
Daniel Perry faces up to life in prison after being convicted of murder last week in the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old protester. But Abbott has made clear that he believes Perry should walk free
Daniel Perry was found guilty in the 2020 fatal shooting of an armed protester during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice
The death of the 28-year-old Black man last month at a Virginia mental hospital has led to second-degree murder charges against 10 deputies and hospital employees