• Arkansas jury finds sheriff's deputy guilty of negligent homicide in teen's death

    Arkansas jury finds sheriff's deputy guilty of negligent homicide in teen's death

    Mar 18, 2022 04:54 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Poet Cornelius Eady on exploring the everyday lives of Black people in America

    Poet Cornelius Eady on exploring the everyday lives of Black people in America

    Mar 16, 2022 10:30 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • No charges against 2 Chicago police officers in fatal shootings

    No charges against 2 Chicago police officers in fatal shootings

    Mar 15, 2022 11:33 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • AP Poll: Many Black Americans pessimistic about racial equality in policing

    AP Poll: Many Black Americans pessimistic about racial equality in policing

    Mar 15, 2022 05:12 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • 2 years after Breonna Taylor was killed, her family and supporters continue to push for justice

    2 years after Breonna Taylor was killed, her family and supporters continue to push for justice

    Mar 14, 2022 05:51 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • California police officer gets 6 years for shooting mentally ill man

    California police officer gets 6 years for shooting mentally ill man

    Mar 04, 2022 08:18 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Ex-officer cleared of wanton endangerment during Breonna Taylor raid

    Ex-officer cleared of wanton endangerment during Breonna Taylor raid

    Mar 03, 2022 08:20 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Tear-gassed protesters reach settlement with Richmond police

    Tear-gassed protesters reach settlement with Richmond police

    Feb 25, 2022 05:58 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • February 24, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    February 24, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Feb 25, 2022 01:20 AM EST

    ... 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.

  • News Wrap: SEC is investigating Elon Musk, his brother for insider trading

    News Wrap: SEC is investigating Elon Musk, his brother for insider trading

    Feb 24, 2022 11:30 PM EST

    ... 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 ...