... t get into this job to kill people," Davis said. Brittain was eulogized last year by the Rev. Al Sharpton and two attorneys who represented George Floyd's family. They said the teen's death highlighted the need for interracial support for changes in policing. Brittain's family and friends ...
... days are simply just, yes, sitting here talking to people, right? Some of the every day is simply just realizing that, you know what? Oh, George Floyd is on the ground and there's a knee on his neck, and he's being killed in broad daylight. Both things are ...
... they saw were Toledo and Ruben Roman, then 21, both of whom immediately started to run away. WATCH: Former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights Stillman saw that Toledo had his hands near his waistband, causing him to believe that the teen had a gun ...
... in Minneapolis, many Americans across racial and ethnic backgrounds called for criminal justice reforms in nationwide protests. On Capitol Hill, consensus on reforms, via the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, has not been reached nearly two years later. “What we saw from the George Floyd case, we in the ...
... with killing her. Taylor’s death helped spur massive racial injustice protests in the summer of 2020, along with the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd. In her hometown of Louisville, protests carried on for weeks, with many meeting in the city's downtown Jefferson Square Park to voice ...
... in Contra Costa County, east of San Francisco, and is part of a push by more prosecutors to punish police misconduct after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis set off nationwide calls for social justice. The shooting of Arboleda took place after a resident called 911 on Nov. 3 ...
... seek charges against any officers involved in Taylor's death. Protesters who had walked the streets for months were outraged. Taylor's name, along with George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery — Black men who died in encounters with police and white pursuers — became rallying cries during racial justice protests seen around ...
... by the police officers. The demonstration in Richmond was part of a wave of nightly protests held around the country after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The Richmond Times-Dispatch quoted attorney Andrew Bodoh as saying that his clients reached an agreement with the city earlier this ...
... advance on the nation's capital, and elsewhere, forcing civilians to flee for their safety. Then, U.S. and European leaders announce new, harsher economic sanctions on Russia. Also, the three Minnesota officers who failed to intervene in George Floyd's death are found guilty of violating his civil rights.
... S&P 500 added 63 points, 1.5 percent. A federal jury in St. Paul, Minnesota, convicted three former police officers today of violating George Floyd's civil rights. They were accused of failing to help Floyd when another officer pinned him by the neck as he struggled to ...
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