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... who served as deputy communications director for Biden's campaign in 2020, said Republicans already tried the same tactic four years ago during protests over George Floyd's murder by a police officer. "People rejected that," she said. "They saw that it was just fearmongering. They saw that it wasn ...
... to the Civil Rights movement. Police officials in New York made similar claims during the demonstrations that erupted across the city after the death of George Floyd in 2020, at times labeling peaceful marches led by neighborhood activists as the work of violent outside extremists. Students at Columbia have been ...
... NYPD officials made similar claims about "outside agitators" during the huge, grassroots demonstrations against racial injustice that erupted across the city after the death of George Floyd in 2020. In some instances, top police officials falsely labeled peaceful marches organized by well-known neighborhood activists as the work of violent ...
... wasn’t surprised Cooper avoided prison time. “We won, Elijah won," she said. Experts say the convictions would have been unheard of before 2020, when George Floyd’s murder sparked a nationwide reckoning over racist policing and deaths in police custody. WATCH: George Floyd biography explores the systemic racism that ...
... be arrested! Judy Woodruff: In 2020, as the country dealt with the twin challenges of COVID-19 and a racial reckoning after the murder of George Floyd, the Confederate monument in nearby Graham, North Carolina, became the focus of protests over race, inequality and injustice. The following year, the NAACP ...
... more extreme voices out there who simply don’t want to see people of color in the future of our country,” the president said. Terrence Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, said it meant a lot to hear Biden pledge to keep pursuing reforms in his sibling’s name. “For him ...
... apply to any future president, it was former President Donald Trump who considered invoking the Insurrection Act to put down protests after the murder of George Floyd and who has since vowed to send U.S. troops into Democratic cities if he is reelected. We should note, though, that you ...
Esper, who was fired by Trump days after the 2020 election, clashed with the then-president over several issues, including Trump’s push to deploy military troops to respond to civil unrest after the killing of George Floyd by police in 2020. In a recent interview with HBO’s “Real ...
... your lungs, so it makes it tough to breathe. He was held that way for 22 minutes. And to give you a frame of reference, George Floyd was held down for roughly nine-and-a-half minutes. John Yang: Reese Dunklin of the Associated Press, thank you very much.Reese ...
... major voter concern in Los Angeles WASHINGTON — Public concern — and blame — over crime could well determine who serves as Los Angeles County district attorney. Democrat George Gascón, a progressive prosecutor elected to the post after the murder of George Floyd, is fighting to hold onto his job after surviving two ...
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