• Released video depicts Michigan police shooting Black man who was laying face down

    Released video depicts Michigan police shooting Black man who was laying face down

    Apr 14, 2022 02:40 PM EST

    Crump and Lyoya's family were expected to hold a news conference Thursday afternoon. More than 100 people marched to Grand Rapids City Hall before a City Commission meeting Tuesday night, chanting "Black lives matter" and "No justice, no peace." On Wednesday, several hundred protesters gathered outside the Grand Rapids ...

  • Michigan police release video of cop shooting Black man in head after struggle for taser

    Michigan police release video of cop shooting Black man in head after struggle for taser

    Apr 13, 2022 10:51 PM EST

    ... ahead of him," Whitmer, a Democrat, said. More than 100 people marched to Grand Rapids City Hall before a City Commission meeting Tuesday night, chanting "Black lives matter" and "No justice, no peace." Winstrom last week said he met Lyoya's father, Peter Lyoya, and that they both cried. "I ...

  • $14 million jury award for protesters harmed in Denver protests could resonate around U.S.

    $14 million jury award for protesters harmed in Denver protests could resonate around U.S.

    Apr 01, 2022 08:39 PM EST

    ... halls of power "There's no doubt that the large jury verdict in Denver will influence the outcome of pending police misconduct cases brought by Black Lives Matter protesters across the country," said Steinberg, whose law students have been working on a similar lawsuit brought by protesters in Detroit. Lawyers ...

  • Biden signs law making lynching a federal hate crime

    Biden signs law making lynching a federal hate crime

    Mar 29, 2022 10:35 PM EST

    ... kill or seriously injure someone because of their identity. And it sets a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison for those convicted. Protester: Whose lives matter? Protesters: Black Lives Matter! Amna Nawaz: Those standards could apply to the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, who, in 2020, was attacked and killed ...

  • News Wrap: North Korea's launch of intercontinental ballistic missile draws condemnation

    News Wrap: North Korea's launch of intercontinental ballistic missile draws condemnation

    Mar 24, 2022 10:45 PM EST

    ... points. The S&P 500 added 64. Still to come on the "NewsHour": states call in the National Guard to mitigate school staffing shortages; Black Lives Matter advocates become the latest in a long line of activists-turned-politicians; deaf actress Marlee Matlin gives her take on casting people ...

  • A new era of lawmakers driven from protests to the halls of power

    A new era of lawmakers driven from protests to the halls of power

    Mar 24, 2022 10:30 PM EST

    ... to do to hold us back, and we still broke through. Geoff Bennett: But for lawmakers like Osse and Bush, the question of translating the Black Lives Matter movement's success into law remains a challenge, which Glaude says is not new to this generation. Eddie Glaude Jr.: We often ...

  • How having a former public defender on the Supreme Court could be ‘revolutionary’

    How having a former public defender on the Supreme Court could be ‘revolutionary’

    Mar 21, 2022 02:22 PM EST

    ... judicial record Southerland agreed, saying the conversation around law and policy has been affected by changes in American culture, including the past 10 years of Black Lives Matter protests. “I do think that the movement has shifted the entire conversation and brought a new level of awareness and consciousness around ...

  • AP Poll: Many Black Americans pessimistic about racial equality in policing

    AP Poll: Many Black Americans pessimistic about racial equality in policing

    Mar 15, 2022 05:12 PM EST

    ... with the resources and training they need to protect our communities,” Biden said in remarks that have been seen as a clear disavowal of some Black Lives Matter activists' rhetoric. In 2020, following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, many Americans across racial and ethnic backgrounds called ...

  • Prosecutor seeks incarceration, restitution for Jussie Smollett

    Prosecutor seeks incarceration, restitution for Jussie Smollett

    Mar 11, 2022 12:39 AM EST

    ... people of Illinois. In my humble opinion he is completely innocent." Smollett's attorneys also read aloud letters from other supporters, including an organizer with Black Lives Matter, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and LaTanya and Samuel L. Jackson that asked Linn to consider the case's effect on Smollett's ...

  • Proud Boys leader arrested and charged with conspiracy in Capitol insurrection

    Proud Boys leader arrested and charged with conspiracy in Capitol insurrection

    Mar 08, 2022 05:48 PM EST

    ... when the riot erupted on Jan. 6, 2021. Police had arrested Tarrio in Washington two days before the riot and charged him with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. The day before the Capitol was attacked, a judge ordered ...