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... has been set for April 28. Justice Department investigators have targeted other cities with similar probes in recent years, including Minneapolis after the killing of George Floyd, and Louisville, Kentucky, following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. In its letter, the city of Memphis said ...
... an index that tracks workplace inclusion for LGBTQ+ employees. It will also terminate an equity racial center that was set up after the killing of George Floyd. And Walmart will no longer consider race and gender when granting contracts to suppliers. The world's largest retailer joins a growing list ...
... could lead to more severe crackdowns, should there be a new wave of Black Lives Matter protests, similar to the ones in 2020 that followed George Floyd’s murder. Many of those demonstrations were organized by nonprofit groups. In Texas, state authorities have attempted to shut down charities that assist ...
... s glass door and windows during the raid, but didn't hit anyone. Some shots flew into a next-door neighbor's adjoining apartment. The death of the 26-year-old Black woman, along with the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked racial injustice protests nationwide.
... cars. Trump’s election caused many racial justice activists to shift focus from individual police departments to how federal policies fund and protect police misconduct. George Floyd’s murder The movement was again thrust into politics when Chauvin murdered Floyd in May 2020. The protests upended American politics and shocked ...
... Goldberg: Well we have known for several years from other reports, background reports mainly, that Trump, particularly in moments of high tension -- think the 2020 George Floyd unrest -- has expressed frustration that, in a democracy, generals can't just be ordered to do things that they consider to be illegal ...
Lisa Desjardins: Jones said that once in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd, but has since reversed it, as he told us in an online interview. Fmr. Rep. Mondaire Jones: To be very clear, those words were very stupid. They were used at a very emotional time, not just ...
... of what’s happening on the streets of Portland & Seattle,” a reference to unrest that took place in those cities after the murder of George Floyd. But Jan. 6 was a turning point for Liz Cheney and her family. Both Cheneys are backing Harris, part of a cadre of ...
... phrasing. Instead, she's really carefully walked this line, sometimes in a vague way. So let's go back to 2020. After the death of George Floyd, Harris then said that, in fact, she thought there should be a reimagining of public safety, more resources for education, for housing, for ...
... to a suspicious person report forcibly restrained him and put him in a neck hold. His final words — “I can’t breathe” — foreshadowed those of George Floyd a year later in Minneapolis. Cichuniec and a fellow paramedic were convicted in December of criminally negligent homicide for injecting McClain with ketamine ...
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