Tag: Death of George Floyd
Nonprofit EmbraceRace helps parents explain race to children
News about the police killing of George Floyd was everywhere. Officials at the Berkeley, Calif., school, where Perfecta Oxholm’s son attended kindergarten last year,...
State seeks 30 years for Chauvin; defense wants time served
MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors are seeking a 30-year sentence for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, but a defense...
A year later, racial reckoning yields uncertainty in giving
One year ago, as protesters filled America's streets demanding justice after George Floyd’s murder by police, corporations and major philanthropists pledged an outpouring of...
Prosecutors want more time for federal trial in Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors are asking a judge for more time to prepare for the federal trial of four former police officers facing civil rights...
Guard sues Minnesota State Patrol for arrest during protests
MINNEAPOLIS — A Black man who worked as a security guard for a CNN crew covering protests in Minneapolis following George Floyd's death...
Chauvin faces hearing on federal charges in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS — The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd's death is scheduled to make an initial appearance Tuesday in federal...
George Floyd’s family to hold Houston concert marking death
HOUSTON — George Floyd's family is holding a concert Sunday evening in Houston, where he grew up, to mark the anniversary of his death.
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3 officers face arraignment in Black man’s restraint death
SEATTLE — Five weeks after ex-Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd, three Washington state officers have been charged in the...
GOP senators set summer deadline on Congress’ policing bill
WASHINGTON — Congressional bargainers should reach a bipartisan deal on revamping policing procedures by early summer or abandon the effort, Republicans said Wednesday, a...
Cops who kill often catch a break at sentencing time
CHICAGO — Throughout the murder trial, prosecutors showed jurors the video seen countless times around the world of the white police officer killing a...