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16 Jul 2020, 6:33 am by Phil Dixon
Before the ink dried on this opinion, the FBI opened an investigation into yet another death of a black man at the hands of police, this time George Floyd in Minneapolis. [read post]
15 Jul 2020, 3:19 pm by Alicia Maule
Police abuse can only be addressed if the problems are known by the public and the actors in the justice system. [read post]
15 Jul 2020, 1:45 pm by Ronald Newman
The nation is demanding transformational leadership in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, and we need Biden to send the right signals. [read post]
15 Jul 2020, 1:14 pm by Matt Gluck
” George Floyd was killed in May during an arrest in which Derek Chauvin, a police officer, kneeled on Floyd’s neck for over eight minutes as Floyd said he could not breathe. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 9:13 pm by Tom Smith
The Open Society Foundations, the philanthropic group founded by the business magnate George Soros, announced on Monday that it was investing $220 million in efforts to achieve racial equality in America, a huge financial undertaking that will support several Black-led racial justice groups for years to come.The initiative, which comes amid national protests for racial equality and calls for police reform ignited by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, will immediately… [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 2:24 pm by Tia Sewell
The Justice Department executed Daniel Lewis Lee today in the first federal execution in over 17 years, writes the Times. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 1:22 pm by Michael Barber
Vermont’s legislation comes weeks following the passage of a US House bill aimed at addressing police accountability, over a month after police in many cities utilized questionable tactics in response to nationwide protests against racism and police brutality prompted by the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, and closely coincides with a surge in national attention on strengthening community policing efforts. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 12:26 pm by Ediberto Roman
  Biden has also made racial justice and inequalities a theme in his campaign speeches—even more so since the tragic killing of George Floyd and the ongoing #BlackLivesMatter protests that ensued. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 10:14 am by Melody McDonald Lanier
James Earnest Floyd Jr.James Earnest Floyd is accused of killing a 69-year-old man in west Fort Worth and wounding his wife in a home invasion. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 2:08 pm by Matt Gluck
Many police departments around the country have instituted reporting requirements in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 1:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Politically, it may be less of a hot potato, but as criminal-justice policy reforms go, this would still be a big deal. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 11:43 am by William Ford, Tia Sewell
Reynolds will moderate a discussion with panelists Elane Kamarck, Camille Busette and John Hudak examining the 2020 election landscape amid the COVID-19 pandemic and protests against racial inequality in the wake of George Floyd’s death. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 9:22 am by Eric Halliday
And now, in recent weeks, federal prosecutors have used it repeatedly to pursue defendants who were protesting the death of George Floyd. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 5:01 am by Emma Broches, Julia Solomon-Strauss
A group of men associated with the boogaloo movement, a collection of right-wing anti-government agitators, tried to use the protests in Las Vegas connected to George Floyd’s death as an opportunity to pursue their own violent plans. [read post]
11 Jul 2020, 9:25 am by Gritsforbreakfast
If you want to know what Texas would look like if it stopped prosecuting for low-level pot possession, look out your window.In the wake of the courts' COVID slowdown, much less the Great Texas Hemp Hiatus, plus the energized focus on criminal-justice reform in the wake of the George Floyd protests, it feels like the politics underlying marijuana in Texas has shifted underneath our feet.The Hemp Hiatus provided an unexpected opportunity for Texas politicians to get comfortable… [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 12:57 pm by Tia Sewell
" The wave to rectify racial injustice following the death of George Floyd has made its way to West Point, according to the Washington Post. [read post]
9 Jul 2020, 3:10 pm by Ally Keegan
In the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody, the Black Lives Matter movement has gained increasing influence and has taken great strides towards police and criminal justice reform. [read post]
9 Jul 2020, 3:09 pm by Matt Gluck
Justice Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion that Congress’s grant of the land to the Creek Nation remains authoritative. [read post]
8 Jul 2020, 12:21 pm by Erin Napoleon
The act seeks to accomplish its first goal by eliminating federal programs used to support the criminal justice system. [read post]