• WATCH: Biden nominates Gen. Charles Q. Brown as Joint Chiefs chair

    WATCH: Biden nominates Gen. Charles Q. Brown as Joint Chiefs chair

    May 25, 2023 03:30 PM EST

    ... from being confirmed by the Senate to serve as chief of staff of the Air Force when he felt the need to speak out on George Floyd's murder. It was risky and inopportune time for the general to draw public attention and pull back the curtain on his private ...

  • WATCH: White House holds briefing as Biden stops GOP-led effort to block D.C. police reform law

    WATCH: White House holds briefing as Biden stops GOP-led effort to block D.C. police reform law

    May 25, 2023 02:45 PM EST

    ... resources they need for effective accountability and community policing," Karine Jean-Pierre said. And Biden, in a statement, also offered condolences to the family of George Floyd, whose death sparked anew protests over police killings of Black people, and calls to reform law enforcement nationwide. “George Floyd’s murder exposed ...

  • Driver who crashed truck into security barrier near White House arrested

    Driver who crashed truck into security barrier near White House arrested

    May 23, 2023 01:55 PM EST

    ... was closed for nearly a year after federal authorities fenced off the area at the height of nationwide protests over policing following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, but it reopened in May 2021.U-Haul is a moving truck, trailer and self-storage rental company based in Phoenix.

  • WATCH: South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott announces 2024 presidential run

    WATCH: South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott announces 2024 presidential run

    May 22, 2023 01:58 PM EST

    ... prohibit abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy if elected president. But Scott has pushed the party on some policing overhaul measures since the killing of George Floyd, and he has occasionally criticized Trump’s response to racial tensions. Throughout their disagreements, though, Scott has maintained a generally cordial relationship with ...

  • Trump-backed candidate wins Republican primary to face Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear in November

    Trump-backed candidate wins Republican primary to face Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear in November

    May 17, 2023 02:03 PM EST

    ... Louisville police in 2020 could come under renewed scrutiny as he campaigns as the GOP nominee. Taylor's death and the police-related killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked nationwide protests. In announcing a grand jury's findings in Taylor's death, Cameron said jurors "agreed" that homicide charges ...

  • WATCH: Biden honors 2 NYPD officers and others for Medal of Valor recipients at the White House

    WATCH: Biden honors 2 NYPD officers and others for Medal of Valor recipients at the White House

    May 17, 2023 01:16 PM EST

    ... recently announced he'd seek reelection, has spoken of the need to reform how police interact with communities, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and the deaths of other Black people at the hands of police. But he also says law enforcement needs better funding and tools ...

  • Texas man who fatally shot BLM protester sentenced to 25 years

    Texas man who fatally shot BLM protester sentenced to 25 years

    May 10, 2023 04:32 PM EST

    ... also white, was legally carrying an AK-47 rifle as he participated in the demonstration against police killings and racial injustice, following the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by a white Minneapolis police officer.Among Perry's statements introduced Tuesday, he wrote on Facebook a month before the ...

  • California to pay $24 million settlement in death of man in police custody

    California to pay $24 million settlement in death of man in police custody

    May 09, 2023 09:59 PM EST

    ... rights settlement of its kind by the state of California, and the second largest nationally since the city of Minneapolis paid $27 million in the George Floyd case. Della Donna scheduled a news conference in Los Angeles later Wednesday to provide additional details. Bronstein, 38, was taken into custody following ...

  • Army base renamed after Black veterans as military plans to stop honoring Confederates

    Army base renamed after Black veterans as military plans to stop honoring Confederates

    Apr 27, 2023 10:30 PM EST

    ... the "NewsHour." Adm. Michelle Howard (RET.), U.S. Navy: Thank you, Nick. Nick Schifrin: Why, overall, is this renaming important? Adm. Michelle Howard: After the George Floyd murders, many states started to rethink our vision and the memories of the Civil War. At the federal level, Congress realized that naming ...

  • Minnesota officer who killed Daunte Wright in 2021 released from prison

    Minnesota officer who killed Daunte Wright in 2021 released from prison

    Apr 24, 2023 02:27 PM EST

    ... shot Wright, who was Black, during a traffic stop in April 2021. The shooting happened during the trial of Derek Chauvin, the officer who killed George Floyd, and Wright’s death set off several days of protests. She was convicted of second-degree manslaughter and given a two-year sentence ...