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... in the courtroom, wiped tears from her eyes after the verdict was read. The case received little attention until protests over the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked renewed outrage over McClain’s death. The 23-year-old Black man’s pleading words captured on police body camera ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey have agreed on a new location for a police station to replace the one ransacked and set on fire in response to the murder of George Floyd by a city police officer. The council voted 8-5 Thursday to approve ...
... two counts of civil rights violations against him carry a maximum penalty of life in prison if he is convicted. Taylor’s killing along with George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minnesota police in 2020 ignited protests that summer around the country over racial injustice and police brutality ...
In Minneapolis, a city that became the center of a global racial reckoning after the murder of George Floyd, police interactions with communities of color remain under intense scrutiny. In June, the Department of Justice released its investigation into the Minneapolis police, launched after Floyd's killing. Among its findings ...
... of ketamine. The third officer and two paramedics are awaiting trial. The case initially did not receive widespread attention, but protests over the killing of George Floyd the following year sparked outrage over McClain’s death. His pleading words captured on body camera footage, “I’m an introvert and I ...
... 702 databases for information related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol and the 2020 protests following the police killing of George Floyd. FBI officials say significant safeguards have since been imposed. In a recommendation Thursday that critics say would impose a significant hurdle and mark ...
... see racist or racially insensitive depictions of their race in the news either often or sometimes, according to the Pew Research Center. Three years after George Floyd's killing triggered a racial reckoning in the news media, Pew took its first broad-based look at Black attitudes toward the media ...
... brought for two years after McClain died, by which time a national reckoning had begun over racial injustice in American policing following the murder of George Floyd by officers in Minneapolis. Police body camera captured McClain pleading with the officers, saying “I’m an introvert” and “I’m just different ...
Lewis: Right, but it's like, his hands are almost tied to a certain point. Like, he has so many -- he can only do so much as a president. Michael: The George Floyd bill, that still hasn't passed. That needs to happen. Sarah Longwell: What about abortion? Is that ...
... shooting helped fuel racial justice protests that swept the nation in 2020. In Minneapolis, former police officers were convicted of violating the civil rights of George Floyd, whose death sparked those protests. Former officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 21 years after pinning Floyd to the pavement for more than ...
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