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
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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
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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
City leaders insist policing reforms ensured protests following the killing of Patrick Lyoya by a white police officer last April did not devolve into violence and destruction. But the community believes the changes have been superficial
‘The agreement isn’t change in and of itself, but it charts a clear roadmap to it,’ Mayor Jacob Frey said at a news conference
The study provides a rare partial count of casualties from these devices used by police around the world, including in Colombia, Chile, Hong Kong, and at Black Lives Matter protests in the United States
Otieno’s death at the Virginia mental hospital March 6 has led to second-degree murder charges against seven deputies and three hospital workers
Officials said the money will be distributed among 343 plaintiffs in connection with police actions against protesters in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death
The footage will be released to the public in the next several days
Otieno’s case marks the latest example of a Black man’s in-custody death that has law enforcement under scrutiny
Security camera footage shows how Irvo Otieno was handcuffed and shackled while being pinned down by the deputies who are now facing murder charges in his death
Some civil rights activists said the shooting of Malcolm Johnson, who was Black, was part of a trend of officers in Missouri’s largest city killing Black men
City supervisors are taking up a draft proposal that includes a $5 million lump-sum payment for each eligible Black person
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A new book of photography chronicles the rage that consumed the Big Apple after George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police
