• Teen suspect of Denver high school shooting found dead, coroner's office says

    Teen suspect of Denver high school shooting found dead, coroner's office says

    Mar 23, 2023 01:52 PM EST

    ... shot while sitting in a car near East High School. In June 2020, amid a summer of protests over racial injustice following the murder of George Floyd, Denver Public Schools became one of the districts around the US that decided to phase out its use of police officers in school ...

  • Student shoots 2 administrators at Denver high school, police say

    Student shoots 2 administrators at Denver high school, police say

    Mar 23, 2023 12:16 AM EST

    ... campus at the time of Wednesday's shooting, Thomas said. In June 2020, amid a summer of protests over racial injustice following the murder of George Floyd, Denver Public Schools became one of the districts around the US that decided to phase out its use of police officers in school ...

  • Irvo Otieno's mother says video shows deputies, workers 'smothered the life out of him'

    Irvo Otieno's mother says video shows deputies, workers 'smothered the life out of him'

    Mar 21, 2023 10:40 PM EST

    ... and leg irons, and he's face down, and they all pile on him, you see people put knees on his neck three years after George Floyd, you have to scratch your head and say, why in the world would you use that kind of excessive force for not one ...

  • Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pleads guilty in tax case

    Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pleads guilty in tax case

    Mar 17, 2023 10:18 PM EST

    WATCH: George Floyd biography explores the systemic racism that contributed to his death With unpaid taxes, interest and fees, the Chauvins, who have since divorced, owe $37,868 to the state, according to court documents. The tax investigation began in June 2020, after the Minnesota Department of Revenue received information ...

  • 7 deputies face murder charges in death of Black Virginian Irvo Otieno

    7 deputies face murder charges in death of Black Virginian Irvo Otieno

    Mar 17, 2023 03:57 PM EST

    ... under scrutiny. It follows the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee, earlier this year and comes nearly three years after the killing of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. Ben Crump, who represented Floyd's family and is now working with Otieno's, quickly drew a comparison ...

  • What are the next steps for Black reparations in San Francisco?

    What are the next steps for Black reparations in San Francisco?

    Mar 16, 2023 10:47 PM EST

    ... new, but the federal government's promise of granting 40 acres and a mule to newly freed slaves was never realized. It wasn't until George Floyd, a Black man, was killed in police custody in 2020 that reparations movements began spreading in earnest across the country. The state of ...

  • San Francisco proposes reparations, includes $5 million for eligible Black people

    San Francisco proposes reparations, includes $5 million for eligible Black people

    Mar 14, 2023 03:32 PM EST

    ... late 2020, months after California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off on a statewide task force amid national turmoil after a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, a Black man. The hearing was scheduled for February but was postponed to Tuesday. The committee's final report is due in June ...

  • DOJ rebukes Louisville police for pattern of civil rights abuses

    DOJ rebukes Louisville police for pattern of civil rights abuses

    Mar 08, 2023 11:55 PM EST

    ... anything that can be done preemptively? Kristen Clarke: You know, these tragedies, the tragic death of Breonna Taylor -- and I met with her mother today -- George Floyd, these people should be alive today. Breonna Taylor should be alive today. George Floyd should be alive today. The Justice Department's work ...

  • Burlington voters consider community police oversight board

    Burlington voters consider community police oversight board

    Mar 07, 2023 01:45 AM EST

    ... Weinberger, a Democrat, vetoed a similar measure in 2020 following protests over several use-of-force incidents by Burlington officers and in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis. This time advocates gathered enough signatures to get the latest proposal on Tuesday's Town Meeting Day ballot. If ...

  • 35 detained after violence at protest at site of new Atlanta police training center

    35 detained after violence at protest at site of new Atlanta police training center

    Mar 06, 2023 04:08 PM EST

    ... boost police morale, which is beset by hiring and retention struggles in the wake of violent protests against racial injustice that roiled the country after George Floyd’s death in 2020. In addition to classrooms and administrative buildings, the training center would include a shooting range, a driving course to ...