George Floyd, Minneapolis and police reform
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DOJ is abandoning efforts for court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville after finding they had violated Black people's civil rights.
Conservative media outlets are rewriting the story; some of their claims are false or lacking context. A new narrative is taking root in the story of George Floyd and the former police officer convicted of murdering him.
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The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform the legal defense known as "qualified immunity," which can protect cops even when they have violated the Constitution.
On May 25, 2020, 6-year-old Gianna Floyd's life changed forever when her father, George Floyd, was killed. She now speaks about her goals for the future.
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FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSNBusinesses left struggling 5 years after George Floyd’s murderThe city council and Minneapolis mayor haven’t agreed on how to transform the space and business owners say it is costing them their jobs.
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This weekend marks five years since George Floyd ’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer, a moment captured on video that sparked international protests calling for an end to systemic racism and a national conversation on how law enforcement interacts with Black and brown communities.
Five years ago, the murder of George Floyd by police sparked a nationwide protest movement. Today, Ben Crump, the lawyer who represented Mr. Floyd’s family, says it’s “more daunting than ever to hold police accountable.
Several nonprofits are competing to redevelop the “People’s Way,” a defunct Speedway gas station that serves as the protest headquarters of George Floyd Square. Whoever is chosen will exert tremendous influence over the direction of the entire fractious intersection,