• Protests erupt in Michigan after a Black man is killed by police during a traffic stop

    Protests erupt in Michigan after a Black man is killed by police during a traffic stop

    Apr 14, 2022 10:40 PM EST

    ... continue in the days ahead? Bryce Huffman: Yes, as you said, there's a protest happening right now. I imagine, much like in 2020, after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, there are going to be protests all throughout the weekend, most likely, here in Grand Rapids, potentially well into ...

  • Following verdict in Whitmer kidnapping case, some see freedom and others danger

    Following verdict in Whitmer kidnapping case, some see freedom and others danger

    Apr 09, 2022 04:36 PM EST

    ... were occurring at the Michigan Capitol and elsewhere in the U.S., and in the streets of many cities, demonstrations over the police killing of George Floyd at times turned violent. Prosecutors presented evidence at the federal trial in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from undercover agents, an FBI informant and two ...

  • Minneapolis-based Children's Theatre Company debuts play about race and policing

    Minneapolis-based Children's Theatre Company debuts play about race and policing

    Apr 08, 2022 10:25 PM EST

    ... Lazaro: Timothy Douglas is the play's director. Shortly after he accepted the role, he took a walk to the South Minneapolis intersection known as George Floyd Square. Timothy Douglas, Director: I sat on one of the benches opposite the spot where George Floyd took his last breath. And it ...

  • Michigan jury deadlocks on some charges in Whitmer kidnapping plot trial

    Michigan jury deadlocks on some charges in Whitmer kidnapping plot trial

    Apr 08, 2022 03:15 PM EST

    ... to armed Capitol protests over COVID-19 restrictions ordered by Whitmer and other governors. By late May, anger over racial injustice and the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police erupted into demonstrations in cities nationwide. In a Grand Rapids courtroom, during 13 days of testimony, prosecutors offered evidence from ...

  • No charges filed in no-knock warrant killing of Amir Locke

    No charges filed in no-knock warrant killing of Amir Locke

    Apr 06, 2022 07:09 PM EST

    Locke's death came as three former Minneapolis police officers were on trial in federal court in St. Paul in George Floyd's killing. It sparked protests and a reexamination of no-knock search warrants. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced an immediate moratorium on such warrants, and on Tuesday, he ...

  • $14 million jury award for protesters harmed in Denver protests could resonate around U.S.

    $14 million jury award for protesters harmed in Denver protests could resonate around U.S.

    Apr 01, 2022 08:39 PM EST

    DENVER (AP) — A federal jury's $14 million award to Denver protesters hit with pepper balls and a bag filled with lead during 2020 demonstrations over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis could resonate nationwide as courts weigh more than two dozen similar lawsuits. The jury found police ...

  • Biden signs law making lynching a federal hate crime

    Biden signs law making lynching a federal hate crime

    Mar 29, 2022 10:35 PM EST

    ... later, still no consensus. The Senate in 2005 formally apologized for the crime and for the chamber's inaction. In 2020, the police killing of George Floyd and the resulting groundswell of demands for justice renewed the debate. In Minneapolis, a memorial for George Floyd was under way, and, in ...

  • WATCH: President Biden signs the Emmett Till anti-lynching bill into law

    WATCH: President Biden signs the Emmett Till anti-lynching bill into law

    Mar 29, 2022 06:59 PM EST

    ... Parker credited current events for helping the anti-lynching bill move through Congress and to Biden’s desk. Parker specifically mentioned the police killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020, which sparked months of protests in the United States and other countries after videotape of ...

  • A new era of lawmakers driven from protests to the halls of power

    A new era of lawmakers driven from protests to the halls of power

    Mar 24, 2022 10:30 PM EST

    ... Michael Brown pushed Bush into the political arena, Generation Z is making its way into the halls of power, fueled by the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in 2020. Chi Osse, New York City Council Member: I was one of the individuals chanting Black Lives Matter on ...

  • Claudia Rankine’s 'Help' brings the topic of white privilege to the stage

    Claudia Rankine’s 'Help' brings the topic of white privilege to the stage

    Mar 20, 2022 08:28 PM EST

    ... of the last two years have changed it. Zachary Green: We saw a number of high-profile deaths of Black people: Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Daunte Wright, among others. What has it been like for you to bear witness to all of these deaths and the-- the response ...