• Atlanta to pay $1 million settlement to family of Rayshard Brooks

    Atlanta to pay $1 million settlement to family of Rayshard Brooks

    Nov 21, 2022 11:28 PM EST

    ... old Black man, was shot following a confrontation with two white police officers in June 2020. The shooting came just weeks after the death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. It sparked a new wave of demonstrations in Atlanta against police brutality and racial injustice ...

  • Acclaimed artist Kadir Nelson on what influences his paintings

    Acclaimed artist Kadir Nelson on what influences his paintings

    Nov 20, 2022 10:30 PM EST

    ... work used to be very historical, and then became more contemporary as I began doing paintings that were set in real time. So shortly after George Floyd was murdered, and an all of the protests began happening all around us, it made a lot of sense to create artwork that ...

  • On the witness stand, Oath Keepers leader offers his version of 2020 events

    On the witness stand, Oath Keepers leader offers his version of 2020 events

    Nov 04, 2022 07:13 PM EST

    ... he fears for next election cycle if Trump runs for office He tripped up at one point when discussing protests, some which turned violent, after George Floyd’s 2020 killing. Rhodes said he supports “their right to riot” before quickly correcting himself to say he supports their right to protest ...

  • Portland’s citizens to vote on government changes in 2022 midterms

    Portland’s citizens to vote on government changes in 2022 midterms

    Nov 02, 2022 09:40 PM EST

    The most recent charter review process kicked off in 2020, as protests over the police killing of George Floyd erupted nightly on Portland's streets and a nationwide reckoning with racism prompted conversations about making government more accountable and equitable. The charter commission held public meetings and contracted with a ...

  • New Jersey police officer not charged in 2020 shooting

    New Jersey police officer not charged in 2020 shooting

    Nov 02, 2022 06:58 PM EST

    ... Best, who was unnecessarily murdered, and vindicate Officer Sean DeShader, who murdered this Black man immediately following the national civil rights reckoning in the post-George Floyd world, tells us nothing has changed," said Randy Thompson, CEO of the advocacy group Help Not Handcuffs. "There continues to be no transparency ...

  • New report shows Department of Homeland Security gathered intel on Portland Black Lives Matter protestors

    New report shows Department of Homeland Security gathered intel on Portland Black Lives Matter protestors

    Oct 28, 2022 09:10 PM EST

    ... in June and July 2020, when militarized federal agents were deployed to Portland against people protesting police abuses in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. When the dossiers were being compiled, some DHS analysts voiced concerns over ...

  • News Wrap: Two victims killed in St. Louis school shooting

    News Wrap: Two victims killed in St. Louis school shooting

    Oct 24, 2022 10:50 PM EST

    ... swarmed the site. There's no word on a motive. A former Minneapolis police officer, J. Alexander Kueng, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting George Floyd's death. It came as jury selection was set to begin in his state trial. Another former officer, Tou Thao, waived a jury ...

  • Pressure mounts on Los Angeles city leaders following leaked audio of racist remarks

    Pressure mounts on Los Angeles city leaders following leaked audio of racist remarks

    Oct 11, 2022 10:35 PM EST

    ... of racism and inequity. And I think that that is starting to come out with these recordings. We saw some of that in 2020 after George Floyd. We had massive protests here, Black Lives Matter and like. But we are seeing something else between racial tensions between Black and Latino ...

  • With control of the U.S. Senate at stake, eyes are on Wisconsin's race

    With control of the U.S. Senate at stake, eyes are on Wisconsin's race

    Oct 09, 2022 09:40 PM EST

    ... are supporting him are zeroing in, in particular on what Mandela Barnes said, and his social media postings in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in 2020, focusing on what he said about defunding or reducing funding for the police, and for abolishing ICE, which, of course, is ...

  • GOP steps up crime message in midterm's final stretch

    GOP steps up crime message in midterm's final stretch

    Oct 07, 2022 03:20 PM EST

    ... of the most prominent examples of race-baiting in politics. In this year's elections, Republicans often blame crime on criminal justice reforms adopted after George Floyd's killing by Minneapolis police, including changes to bail laws that critics had long contended disproportionately impacted communities of color, along with accusations ...