• WATCH: Investigation shows Minneapolis police show pattern of violating rights, Garland says

    WATCH: Investigation shows Minneapolis police show pattern of violating rights, Garland says

    Jun 16, 2023 02:29 PM EST

    ... over. And police often retaliated against protesters and journalists covering protests, the report said. WATCH: Texas governor seeks to pardon man found guilty of murdering Black Lives Matter protester The city sent officers to behavioral health-related 911 calls, “even when a law enforcement response was not appropriate or necessary ...

  • As conservative adults target schools, LGBTQ+ kids and students of color feel less safe

    As conservative adults target schools, LGBTQ+ kids and students of color feel less safe

    Jun 07, 2023 10:24 PM EST

    ... to her before. As protests for racial justice broke out in 2020, white students at her Tennessee high school kneeled in the hallways and chanted, “Black lives matter!” in mocking tones. As she saw the students receive light punishments, she grew increasingly frustrated. So when Tennessee began passing legislation that ...

  • Fort Bragg changes name to Fort Liberty, part of U.S. Army plan to rename installations honoring Confederate soldiers

    Fort Bragg changes name to Fort Liberty, part of U.S. Army plan to rename installations honoring Confederate soldiers

    Jun 02, 2023 04:30 PM EST

    ... Defense initiative, motivated by the 2020 George Floyd protests, to rename military installations that had been named after confederate soldiers. WATCH: Army base renamed after Black veterans as military plans to stop honoring Confederates The Black Lives Matter demonstrations that erupted nationwide after Floyd's killing by a white police ...

  • D.C. police officer charged with feeding information to Proud Boys leader

    D.C. police officer charged with feeding information to Proud Boys leader

    May 19, 2023 03:49 PM EST

    A Washington, D.C. police officer was arrested Friday on charges that he lied about leaking confidential information to Proud Boys extremist group leader Enrique Tarrio and obstructed an investigation after group members destroyed a Black Lives Matter banner in the nation's capital. Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond ...

  • News Wrap: Officials on southern border brace for end of Title 42

    News Wrap: Officials on southern border brace for end of Title 42

    May 10, 2023 10:50 PM EST

    ... Back in this country, a Texas judge sentenced Army Sergeant Daniel Perry to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting an armed man during a Black Lives Matter protest. It happened in Austin back in 2020. Republican Governor Greg Abbott has already said he wants to pardon Perry.   Senator ...

  • Texas man who fatally shot BLM protester sentenced to 25 years

    Texas man who fatally shot BLM protester sentenced to 25 years

    May 10, 2023 04:32 PM EST

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday for fatally shooting an armed man during a Black Lives Matter protest in Texas, even after the state's Republican governor said he wanted to pardon the man. Daniel Perry, 36, was convicted of ...

  • News Wrap: Russia's Victory Day celebrations downsized as military struggles in Ukraine

    News Wrap: Russia's Victory Day celebrations downsized as military struggles in Ukraine

    May 09, 2023 10:50 PM EST

    ... and other cities.    Back in this country, a two-day sentencing hearing began in Texas for Army Sergeant Daniel Penny, who killed an armed Black Lives Matter protester in 2020. Perry was convicted of murder last month and could get a life sentence. The case drew new attention after ...

  • Seditious conspiracy trial against Proud Boys members in hands of jury

    Seditious conspiracy trial against Proud Boys members in hands of jury

    Apr 26, 2023 10:35 PM EST

    ... communications, that this police officer may have tipped off Enrique Tarrio that he was going to be arrested on these other charges for defacing a Black Lives Matter banner at an historically African American church here in D.C. So we have we have learned a little bit more about ...

  • Jury deliberates on major Jan. 6 case against Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio

    Jury deliberates on major Jan. 6 case against Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio

    Apr 25, 2023 09:42 PM EST

    ... even though he wasn’t in Washington that day. Police arrested him two days before the riot on charges that he burned a church’s Black Lives Matter banner during an earlier march in the city. A judge ordered Tarrio to leave Washington after his arrest. Defense attorneys have argued ...

  • AP African American studies course to undergo changes, College Board says

    AP African American studies course to undergo changes, College Board says

    Apr 25, 2023 02:01 PM EST

    The College Board says changes will be made to its new AP African American studies course, after critics said the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics from the framework, including Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and queer life. In a statement on Monday, the College Board said ...