• House passes George Floyd Act as Democrats avoid 'defund the police' clash

    House passes George Floyd Act as Democrats avoid 'defund the police' clash

    Mar 05, 2021 12:53 AM EST

    ... of times we have to see people killed on videotape." Civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci released a statement on behalf of the Floyd family saying the House was "responding to the mandate issued by thousands of Americans who took to the streets last summer to raise their ...

  • Federal grand jury to hear evidence in death of George Floyd

    Federal grand jury to hear evidence in death of George Floyd

    Feb 24, 2021 07:20 PM EST

    ... died May 25 after Chauvin, who is white, pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck while he was handcuffed and saying he couldn’t breathe. Floyd’s death sparked protests in Minneapolis and beyond and led to a nationwide reckoning on race. WATCH: Before George Floyd, Officer Derek Chauvin had ...

  • Before George Floyd, Officer Derek Chauvin had a history of using excessive force

    Before George Floyd, Officer Derek Chauvin had a history of using excessive force

    Feb 06, 2021 10:05 PM EST

    ... is-- is really powerful to me because, in a sense, it is the connection point between these two fatal incidents--Philando Castile in 2016 and George Floyd in 2020--that, you know, were flashpoints in our national conversation about policing.  Hari Sreenivasan: Jamiles Lartey, Abbie VanSickle, both from The Marshall ...

  • Report on Philadelphia police response to George Floyd protests finds flaws

    Report on Philadelphia police response to George Floyd protests finds flaws

    Dec 24, 2020 10:33 PM EST

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An independent review of Philadelphia's police response to days of widespread protests after the May killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police found failures in planning that led to short staffing, emotional responses from officers and sometimes excessive uses of force. The 110-page report released Wednesday ...

  • Minneapolis eyes deep police cuts after George Floyd's death

    Minneapolis eyes deep police cuts after George Floyd's death

    Dec 09, 2020 02:02 PM EST

    “This summer happened because George Floyd was murdered by the Minneapolis Police Department and it wasn't an accident, it's because the system of policing we know now is not just racist, but it doesn't create safety for all,” said Oluchi Omeoga, a cofounder of Black Visions ...

  • Six months after George Floyd's death, what has changed in Minneapolis?

    Six months after George Floyd's death, what has changed in Minneapolis?

    Nov 25, 2020 11:35 PM EST

    ... s unrest there are other worries, new COVID restrictions and, next spring, the trial of the four former police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd. For the "PBS NewsHour," this is Fred de Sam Lazaro in Minneapolis. Judy Woodruff: And Fred's reporting is a partnership with the ...

  • George Floyd’s brother rallies voters on Election Day

    George Floyd’s brother rallies voters on Election Day

    Nov 04, 2020 12:48 AM EST

    ... the nation’s governors with deployment of the military to states, if leaders did not quell violent unrest. “My administration is fully committed that, for George and his family, justice will be served,” Trump said in remarks from the White House Rose Garden. “He will not have died in vain ...

  • Derek Chauvin, ex-cop charged in George Floyd's death, freed on $1 million bond

    Derek Chauvin, ex-cop charged in George Floyd's death, freed on $1 million bond

    Oct 07, 2020 07:02 PM EST

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd posted bail on Wednesday and was released from prison. According to court documents, Derek Chauvin posted $1 million bond, and the Department of Corrections confirmed he was no longer in custody at the state ...

  • WATCH: George Floyd's family speaks out after hearing for officers charged in his death

    WATCH: George Floyd's family speaks out after hearing for officers charged in his death

    Sep 11, 2020 02:32 PM EST

    ... second time. "They are trying to claim some asinine theory about an overdose. I want to be clear about this. The only overdose that killed George Floyd was an overdose of excessive force and racism by the ... Minneapolis police department," Crump said. "Who are you going to believe, your eyes ...

  • WATCH: George Floyd's brothers speak at the Democratic National Convention

    WATCH: George Floyd's brothers speak at the Democratic National Convention

    Aug 18, 2020 02:44 AM EST

    George Floyd's brothers led a moment of silence during the first night of the Democratic National Convention to honor the Black Americans who had been killed by police. Watch their remarks in the player above. Philonese Floyd, sitting next to his brother Rodney Floyd, said that George Floyd had ...