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8 Jun 2021, 3:32 pm by Nathan Sheard
In the words of Darnella Frazier: "My video didn't save George Floyd, but it put his murderer away and off the streets. [read post]
4 Jun 2021, 7:30 am by Gene Takagi
One of the standout findings from from our @Alliancemag readers poll AllianceGlenn Gamboa: Where did the billions pledged for #racialjustice after George Floyd’s death go? [read post]
29 May 2021, 6:41 am by Matt Gluck
As we mark the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s killing, Lawfare authors considered the subject of police reform. [read post]
28 May 2021, 3:56 am by SHG
I close with the words of William Bratton, former police commissioner of New York, Los Angeles and Boston, in an interview a few weeks ago. [read post]
18 May 2021, 11:13 am by Mark C. Niles
” The Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice William Brennan, overturned the lower court, and expressly overturned Monroe “insofar as it holds that local governments are wholly immune from suit under § 1983. [read post]
17 May 2021, 10:35 am by Vera Eidelman
” In 2019, users pushed back after Instagram repeatedly took down a topless photo of Nyome Nicholas-Williams, a fat Black woman, in which her arms covered her breasts. [read post]
7 May 2021, 5:00 pm
            After the death of George Floyd, the general strike became a matter of race. [read post]
7 May 2021, 8:30 am by Gene Takagi
Kendi, The Atlantic) The Sum of Us (Heather McGhee)  [based on the Blinkist 15 min. summary of the book] ‘The Sum of Us’ Tallies the Cost of Racism for Everyone (Jennifer Szalai, NY Times) The Game Is Changing for Historians of Black America (William Sturkey, The Atlantic) The Black Heritage Trail: A walking tour deep into Boston history (Danielle Legros Georges, Boston Globe) [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 6:48 am by Jacob Schulz, Tia Sewell
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on April 29, for example, that the Justice Department plans to use federal civil rights charges to seek an indictment of Chauvin and three other former officers involved in the killing of George Floyd, in addition to the guilty verdict against Chauvin in Minnesota state court. [read post]
23 Apr 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The Minneapolis police officer who killed Floyd, Derek Chauvin, was convicted on murder and manslaughter charges. [read post]
1 Apr 2021, 7:37 am by Rashawn Ray
On March 12, the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay George Floyd’s family $27 million for his wrongful death via the knee of a police officer. [read post]
1 Apr 2021, 4:43 am by SHG
What happened later, that Floyd died, might be known now, but Williams didn’t know that at the time he was screaming at the cops. [read post]
The prosecution then introduced three witnesses: (1) Jena Scurry, the 911 dispatcher who handled the call that resulted in Chauvin’s arrival at the scene; (2) Alisha Oyler, a witness to Floyd’s arrest who recorded several brief video clips of the event; and (3) Donald Williams II, another witness who pleaded with Chauvin to get off of Floyd. [read post]
30 Mar 2021, 7:30 am
(Witness Donald Williams pushed back on that contention by saying, “You can’t paint me out to be angry. [read post]
30 Mar 2021, 7:30 am
(Witness Donald Williams pushed back on that contention by saying, “You can’t paint me out to be angry. [read post]
25 Mar 2021, 7:22 am by William Ford, Rohini Kurup
Over the past two months, Congress has convened a series of hearings on the failures that enabled the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. [read post]