• Biden says he will sign bill blocking new D.C. laws that overhaul criminal justice system

    Biden says he will sign bill blocking new D.C. laws that overhaul criminal justice system

    Mar 02, 2023 09:32 PM EST

    ... record. The GOP effort is part of a growing political backlash against Democratic-led criminal justice changes that picked up pace after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her bid this week for reelection as some of her Democratic challengers argued ...

  • Bringing historical Black newspapers into the digital age, students discover their past

    Bringing historical Black newspapers into the digital age, students discover their past

    Feb 28, 2023 09:37 PM EST

    ... important. Just making sure that important developments were actually reported on instead of completely, wholesale ignored.” Nightingale believes that the Black Lives Matter movement and George Floyd protests in recent years have made students more interested in history – and also been a reminder that the history they have been taught ...

  • South African rugby player who was killed by Hawaiian police had acute CTE, autopsy reports

    South African rugby player who was killed by Hawaiian police had acute CTE, autopsy reports

    Feb 10, 2023 10:52 PM EST

    ... It also offers another layer of detail about a shooting that gained international attention during heightened calls for police reform following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. WATCH: Examining football’s health risks after Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest on the field An addendum to ...

  • Read Biden's full 2023 State of the Union remarks

    Read Biden's full 2023 State of the Union remarks

    Feb 08, 2023 02:16 PM EST

    ... officers or departments violate the public’s trust, we must hold them accountable. With the support of families of victims, civil rights groups, and law enforcement, I signed an executive order for all federal officers banning chokeholds, restricting no-knock warrants, and other key elements of the George Floyd Act.

  • What to expect from Biden's State of the Union address

    What to expect from Biden's State of the Union address

    Feb 07, 2023 11:45 PM EST

    ... chamber. They invited families of the victims of police brutality, notably, the father of Michael Brown, the mother of Eric Garner, and the brother of George Floyd. So they're really -- Democrats are trying to a showcase specifically a lot of the police brutality that has been occurring and that ...

  • In years leading to killing of Tyre Nichols, Memphis police lowered the bar for hiring

    In years leading to killing of Tyre Nichols, Memphis police lowered the bar for hiring

    Feb 07, 2023 03:41 PM EST

    ... fill their ranks with qualified officers amid a national movement of mounting scrutiny and calls for reform in the wake of the 2020 killing of George Floyd. Boosting staffing was a major goal of Memphis police Director Cerelyn Davis when she took over in June 2021, with her department announcing ...

  • In funeral for Tyre Nichols, a public expression of Black America's grief

    In funeral for Tyre Nichols, a public expression of Black America's grief

    Feb 02, 2023 04:48 PM EST

    Such funeral services are one part heartfelt tribute and one part civil rights rally — a symbolic tax Black Americans have paid time and again from Emmett Till and George Floyd to those killed in mass shootings by white supremacists in Charleston and Buffalo. "Grieving has many forms — the form that ...

  • Mourners issue call for police reform at funeral of Tyre Nichols

    Mourners issue call for police reform at funeral of Tyre Nichols

    Feb 01, 2023 11:55 PM EST

    ... are not asking for nothing special. We're asking to be treated equal. Amna Nawaz: Among those in attendance, the families of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, reminders that Nichols' family now joins a larger community of Black families fighting for justice for loved ones killed by police. That includes ...

  • Kamala Harris delivers speech at Tyre Nichols' funeral

    Kamala Harris delivers speech at Tyre Nichols' funeral

    Feb 01, 2023 11:12 PM EST

    ... urging Congress to pass police reform. The Rev. Al Sharpton and Vice President Kamala Harris both delivered impassioned speeches calling on Congress to approve the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a broad package of police reforms that includes a national registry for police officers disciplined for misconduct, a ban ...

  • WATCH: White House speaks on police reform, Biden's meeting with McCarthy

    WATCH: White House speaks on police reform, Biden's meeting with McCarthy

    Feb 01, 2023 05:22 PM EST

    ... But bipartisan efforts to reach an agreement on policing legislation stalled last year, and President Joe Biden ended up signing an executive order named for George Floyd, whose murder at the hands of Minneapolis police set off nationwide protests nearly three years ago. Now with a new killing in the ...