Jun 19 Officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting to be fired By Rebecca Reynolds Yonker, Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Louisville's mayor says one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor will be fired. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 8:35 Stacey Abrams on ‘reformation and transformation’ in American policing Stacey Abrams was Georgia's Democratic nominee for governor in 2018. Since her defeat, she founded Fair Fight Action, an organization that works to protect voting rights. Now she is under consideration to be former Vice President Joe Biden's 2020 running… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch 7:57 How George Floyd’s killing has inspired a diverse range of protesters By Stephanie Sy In the three-plus weeks since George Floyd’s death, the protests that began in Minneapolis over policing, race and the use of force have grown into a national reckoning on these issues. Some areas of the country with few black residents… Continue watching
Jun 16 For immigrants, marching with Black Lives Matter has risks By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press Many immigrants feel solidarity with the Black Lives Movement and want to participate in ongoing national marches. But they face an added risk of ending up in immigration custody if they get arrested, even for protesting peacefully. Continue reading
Jun 16 America in Black and Blue 2020 By PBS NewsHour Weekend America in Black and Blue 2020, a PBS NewsHour Weekend special, offers context for and insight into the widespread protests currently engulfing the nation after the latest display of police brutality against Black citizens with reports from across the country… Continue reading
Jun 15 This city already rebuilt its police department. Did it work? By Hari Sreenivasan, Leah Nagy, Jaywon Choe, Vika Aronson, Erica R. Hendry, Emily Carpeaux Protesters across the country are continuing to fill the streets, looking to turn their outrage over police violence against black people into action. Many point to the city of Camden, New Jersey, as an example of what reforming a police… Continue reading
Jun 15 U.K.’s Boris Johnson creates anti-racism panel, but critics want more By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Writing in Monday's Daily Telegraph newspaper, Johnson said the body would look at “all aspects of inequality — in employment, in health outcomes, in academic and all other walks of life.”… Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 9:34 Atlanta shooting underscores need for police reforms By PBS NewsHour Residents of Atlanta, and thousands of others around the country and the world, are taking part in daily demonstrations to push for police reforms since the death of George Floyd nearly three weeks ago. But what should that mean and… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 5:28 Atlanta rocked by police shooting of black man Protests in Atlanta continued Sunday over the death of Rayshard Brooks, a black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a Wendy’s parking lot on Friday night. The shooting has led to the firing of that… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 3:06 A firsthand account of this pivotal moment in history By KCET Ongoing protests demanding police reform and racial justice continue to spread around the world after the death of George Floyd in Minnesota last month. Isaac Bryan, a civil rights activist and director of public policy at UCLA's Bunche Center, gives… Continue watching