• A look at D.C.'s unique history and why presidents can wield control of law enforcement

    A look at D.C.'s unique history and why presidents can wield control of law enforcement

    Aug 25, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... National Guard units both from within D.C. and outside of D.C. to, at least from his claim, preserve order during and after the George Floyd protests. Donald Trump, President of the United States: I'm officially invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. You ...

  • Pastor leading Target boycott on its impact and the retailer's response

    Pastor leading Target boycott on its impact and the retailer's response

    Aug 22, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    ... of all races? Pastor Jamal Bryant: It is one of the lead employers of African Americans. They are the beneficiaries of African American consumption. When George Floyd died, we didn't protest, we didn't march, we didn't boycott. Out of their own will, they made the pledge of ...

  • Is empathy a sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can be

    Is empathy a sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can be

    Aug 21, 2025 03:13 PM EST

    ... when racial justice protests roiled the nation. She saw other Christians posting about racism out of an empathy she found misguided. "I reject the idea that America is a systemically racist country," she said. When she said as much in the months after George Floyd's murder, her audience grew.

  • Trump's D.C. rhetoric echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime

    Trump's D.C. rhetoric echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime

    Aug 12, 2025 05:43 PM EST

    ... for a potential federal crackdown in D.C. since the summer of 2020, when Trump deployed troops during racial justice protests after the murder of George Floyd. “We have to be vigilant,” said Goggans, who has coordinated local protests for nearly a decade. She worries about what a surge in ...

  • Can Trump invoke a federal takeover of DC? Experts say it’s possible, but not simple

    Can Trump invoke a federal takeover of DC? Experts say it’s possible, but not simple

    Aug 10, 2025 04:50 PM EST

    The Home Rule Act also allows the president to assume temporary control over the city’s police department in an emergency — something Trump threatened to do in 2020 amid nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd. What has Trump said over time about this? Trump has talked broadly since ...

  • AP report: More FBI leaders forced out, including ex-director who resisted turning over Jan. 6 agents' names

    AP report: More FBI leaders forced out, including ex-director who resisted turning over Jan. 6 agents' names

    Aug 07, 2025 09:40 PM EST

    ... April, for instance, the bureau reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. Numerous special agents in charge of field offices have been told to retire, resign or accept ...

  • Americans’ views on racial discrimination have shifted substantially in 4 years, poll shows

    Americans’ views on racial discrimination have shifted substantially in 4 years, poll shows

    Jul 31, 2025 05:33 PM EST

    ... thought Black Americans faced high levels of discrimination in the spring of 2021, months after racial reckoning protests in response to the police killing of George Floyd. Significant numbers of Americans also think diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, also known as DEI, are backfiring against the groups they're intended ...

  • How misinformation spread after Minnesota lawmaker's murder

    How misinformation spread after Minnesota lawmaker's murder

    Jun 18, 2025 10:30 PM EST

    ... of the disinformation narratives are going to be. For example, around the L.A. protests, we saw reusing old footage,people using footage from the George Floyd protests in 2020. We saw people using footage from the Arma 3 video game, which is a war game. So they used footage ...

  • Capehart and Ponnuru on the politics of Israel's attack and Iran's response

    Capehart and Ponnuru on the politics of Israel's attack and Iran's response

    Jun 13, 2025 10:30 PM EST

    ... political conflict because -- I interviewed Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison in the run-up to the anniversary, the fifth anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. And he brought up on his own the rumor that the president was going to pardon Derek Chauvin. And the attorney general said ...

  • What U.S. law says about Trump's deployment of active duty troops to Los Angeles

    What U.S. law says about Trump's deployment of active duty troops to Los Angeles

    Jun 12, 2025 08:15 PM EST

    ... not the first time Trump has summoned the National Guard to squash protests. In response to looting and violence following the May 2020 death of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, Trump called on governors to deploy the National Guard to "dominate the streets." Thousands of National Guard troops from ...