Jun 15 How streaming videos are playing a part in protests By Jake Seiner, Associated Press Bystander footage has been a driving force in the Black Lives Matter movement, with cell phone-bearing citizens capturing the deaths of George Floyd, Alton Sterling, Eric Garner and others. Continue reading
Jun 15 WATCH: California attorney general offers police reforms By Associated Press In a news conference Monday, Becerra said the changes are based on recommendations made in January 2019 to reform the Sacramento Police Department. Continue reading
Jun 15 WATCH: Minnesota governor marks 100th anniversary of Duluth lynching By Associated Press Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz marked the 100th anniversary of a painful chapter in Duluth history by visiting a memorial to three black men lynched by a white mob. Continue reading
Jun 15 France backs off chokehold ban, adds stun guns for police By Arno Pedram, Lori Hinnant, Associated Press France's government is testing stun guns for wider use and backing off a ban on police chokeholds after French police staged protests around the country last week. The government says it will allow chokeholds until a better immobilization tactic emerges,… Continue reading
Jun 15 WATCH: Family of Rayshard Brooks pleads for justice and change after Atlanta killing By Russ Bynum, Kate Brumback, Associated Press The family of a black man killed in a scuffle with Atlanta police outside a fast food drive-through is pleading for nonviolent protests and policy changes to end future deaths in police custody. Continue reading
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 12 Kentucky panel votes to remove Davis statue from Capitol By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press A Kentucky commission has voted to take down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the state Capitol. The panel supported a push from the governor as the country faces protests against police brutality following the deaths of African… Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 5:30 News Wrap: Trump defends Juneteenth rally in Tulsa as ‘a celebration’ In our news wrap Friday, President Trump defended his plans for a campaign rally on June 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The day, known as Juneteenth, commemorates the end of slavery, and Tulsa was the site of a white-on-black massacre in… Continue watching
Jun 12 Businesses to start giving workers Juneteenth off By Joseph Pisani, Associated Press Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 when Major General Gordon Granger came to Galveston, Texas, to announce the end of the Civil War and slavery. Continue reading
Jun 12 Minneapolis takes step toward abolishing police By Associated Press Minneapolis City Council members took a first step Friday toward changing the City Charter to allow for abolishing the police department and replacing it with something else. Continue reading