Nov 02 Minneapolis voters decide police department’s future after George Floyd By Steve Karnowski, Mohamed Ibrahim, Associated Press Minneapolis voters were also choosing whether to replace the city's unusual “weak mayor, strong council” system with a more conventional distribution of executive and legislative powers that would give the mayor clearer authority. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch 8:30 Minneapolis residents split on reducing police role, establishing public safety department By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane Voters in Minneapolis will head to the polls next week for the first city election since a police officer killed George Floyd, in a race that could be the most expensive in the city's history. And as special correspondent Fred… Continue watching
Oct 04 Fate of George Floyd pardon request now with Texas governor By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press A Texas agency has approved a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid. Continue reading
Sep 22 U.N. racism meeting recommits to goals but renews divides By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Israel, the United States and some other countries boycotted the meeting because of continued grievances about the 2001 meeting in Durban, South Africa. Continue reading
Sep 16 Derek Chauvin to be arraigned for alleged civil rights violation By Amy Forliti, Associated Press A former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd's death is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday for allegedly violating a teenager's civil rights in a separate case that involved a restraint similar to the one used on Floyd. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 4:55 News Wrap: More than half a million lose power as Tropical Storm Nicholas hits Texas By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Tuesday, Tropical Storm Nicholas crawled past Houston, Texas, knocking out power to more than half a million homes and businesses. COVID-19 numbers in the United States are now averaging 170,000 cases per day — their highest… Continue watching
Sep 14 Former police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights plead not guilty By Amy Forliti, Associated Press A federal grand jury indicted Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao in May for allegedly depriving Floyd of his rights while acting under government authority. Continue reading
Jul 07 Darnella Frazier, who recorded George Floyd’s death, loses uncle in police crash By Associated Press The teenager who recorded the last moments of George Floyd's life in a video that helped launch a global protest movement against racial injustice said her uncle has died in a crash involving a Minneapolis police car. Continue reading
Jun 27 Minnesota lawmakers reach deal on policing measures By Associated Press Minnesota’s top Democratic and Republican lawmakers reached agreement on the highlights of a public safety bill that includes police accountability measures, a day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the death… Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch 7:32 What Chauvin’s 22.5 year sentence could mean for changing police behavior By Fred de Sam Lazaro, William Brangham More than a year after George Floyd's murder set off national protests and a racial reckoning, former police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison by a Minnesota judge Friday. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro begins… Continue watching