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Two years after George Floyd's death, President Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed at overhauling policing practices. Among other actions, it revises use-of-force policies for federal law enforcement agencies and creates a national registry of officer misconduct. Christy Lopez, of the Georgetown University Law Center ...
... saying, what are you talking about? You're over -- you're hypersensitive. That won't happen again, because -- I think because of Ferguson, because of George Floyd, where the two-year anniversary is coming up next week, because of the litany of things that we have been through, racial things ...
... the list from legally purchasing a firearm. And on police reforms, the proposal calls on Biden to take executive action in lieu of the stalled George Floyd Justice in Policing Act before the two-year anniversary of Floyd’s murder next week. “All police and law enforcement officers must submit ...
... and cultural misunderstandings inside America's largest intelligence service. The NSA and other intelligence agencies held calls for their staff shortly after the death of George Floyd. As Gen. Paul Nakasone listened, one person described how they would try to speak up in meetings only to have the rest of ...
... alliance.Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane pleaded guilty today to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. His count of second-degree unintentional murder will be dismissed as part of his plea deal. Lane helped restrain Floyd alongside former officer ...
Jared Bowen: In the wake of George Floyd's murder and ensuing protests, the museums, which also included MFA Houston and London's Tate Modern, chose to postpone the show four years, when, they announced, the work, including its KKK imagery, could be -- quote -- "more clearly interpreted." Matthew Teitelbaum: We ...
... we thought just didn't make sense and would -- could end up doing more harm than good. Judy Woodruff: In particular, I mean, you open the book with June the 1st, 2020. This is in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, when there had been protests in Washington.
... streets. He is known for impromptu love riots, joyous marches through everyday life. He joined the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests after the killing of George Floyd and celebrated that movement with his song "We Are." He calls what he does social music. Jon Batiste: This idea of music was ...
... also notable for a wave of plays by Black playwrights, reflecting the impact on Broadway of the global conversation about race following the killing of George Floyd in 2020. “I’m just so grateful, and also just so happy that Broadway is alive and well,” said Jennifer Simard, nominated for ...
... rumor or unrest." Potter shot Daunte Wright at a time when former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's trial was underway in the killing of George Floyd and tensions were high in the area. Wright's death sparked several nights of protests in Brooklyn Center and revived painful memories of ...
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