Four years ago, George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by police, sparking nationwide protests and prompting leaders of large corporations, including nine in Michigan, to pledge donations and create initiatives aimed at addressing racial disparities. A few weeks after Floyd’s death, those nine executives representing some of the biggest companies in metro Detroit joined […]
(NBC News) — Four years ago, protests erupted across the country after millions of Americans watched the chilling video of the murder of George Floyd — a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeling on his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. In the aftermath, Chauvin was convicted of murder and calls for a nationwide […]
President Joe Biden reflected on moments he shared with George Floyd’s family and called for Congress to advance police reform legislation as he marked the fourth anniversary of the day police murdered the Black man on a Minneapolis street. “George Floyd should be alive today. His murder shook the conscience of our nation and reminded […]
At least a dozen Minneapolis police officers were sanctioned for misconduct related to the department’s riot response in the wake of George Floyd‘s murder and subsequent crowd control efforts in 2020, according to newly released disciplinary files. One sergeant was fired for pepper-spraying a Vice reporter as he lay prone on the pavement, waving his […]
The city of Minneapolis has reached a tentative settlement with one of the most vocal witnesses to George Floyd‘s murder, court documents show. Donald Williams II, who watched helplessly as Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for 9 ½ minutes on May 25, 2020, had sued in Hennepin County District Court, naming as defendants Chauvin, […]
Louisville’s Planning Commission approved more protective development regulations for the area around Floyds Fork following a lengthy drafting process, countless hours of meetings and contentious back and forth between builders and environmental advocates. Despite some concessions, neither side was content with the approved version of the rules, which promise to define a future for the […]
TALLAHASSEE – Citizen oversight boards would be limited to advising on law enforcement policies and procedures, and not the actions of individual officers, under legislation heading to Gov. Ron DeSantis. The change by the Republican-controlled Legislature dials back an earlier approach that would have banned the citizens boards in the 21 Florida cities that have […]