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... 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 ...
... the ranks of paramedics across the U.S. and thrust their profession into the acrimonious fight over social justice sparked by the 2020 murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper were both convicted in December of criminally negligent homicide for administering the sedative ultimately blamed for ...
... McClain’s death received little attention in 2019 but gained renewed interest the following year as mass protests swept the nation over the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. It became a rallying cry for critics of racial injustice in policing. EXPLAINER: What to know about the cases against ...
Andre Creighton, Chief Financial Officer, TurnSignl: And I think, when George Floyd occurred, the realization of what we needed to do really came to fruition. Fred De Sam Lazaro: Floyd's murder set off a light bulb for Andre Creighton and Mychal Frelix, each with MBAs, and Jazz Hampton, a ...
... s enemies. Vice President Kamala Harris also could be targeted under the theory that her raising bail money for people arrested during the protests over George Floyd’s 2020 murder by Minneapolis police amounts to “engaging in insurrection.” Unless the high court shuts this down, they warn, Trump's case ...
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