George Floyd

The son of Martin Luther King Jr. has called for athletes to use their platforms to force society to tackle racism.

Samuel Sinyangwe, who co-founded Mapping Police Violence, says the figure is "most likely an underestimate because more recent killings have fewer articles reporting details such as the race of the victim."

The 46-year-old Black man was killed on May 25 last year after then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed a knee to his neck for more than nine minutes.

George Floyd died on May 25 last year after former police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, has resisted calls to defund the police in the year since George Floyd was murdered by former officer Derek Chauvin.

"To keep this movement flourishing, to keep my brother's name ringing in the ears of everyone," Terrence Floyd said at a gathering ahead of the one-year anniversary of his brother's murder.

The survey found that police distrust is so severe among people of color that 55 percent of Black people and 40 percent of Hispanics said calling police does more harm than good in a time of need.

We need a complete overhaul of the current criminal justice system with bold reforms, even stronger new legislation protecting Black and brown lives and a criminal justice national reentry czar to even begin to see meaningful change.

Minnesota state attorneys want to add a third-degree murder charge to three former Minneapolis police officers—Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao—charged in Floyd's death. The three are scheduled to face trial next March.

Erin Wenzel said she was acting as a medical assistant during a protest on August 14, when she was struck several times by police.

Greene said a January 6 study is a "witch hunt" against Trump supporters who are currently "being abused" in federal custody.

ESPN Films' documentary 144 lifts the lid on what life was like in the WNBA's bubble in Brandeton, Florida. In the film, Williams speaks out in a meeting about how to respond to Jacob Blake's shooting.

Splattered pig's blood accompanied by a decapitated pig head were left on the former home of a man who testified as part of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin's defense during his trial for the killing of George Floyd.

Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were scheduled to face trial on August 23 on charges that they aided and abetted murder and manslaughter.

Judge Peter Cahill found beyond a reasonable doubt that Chauvin abused his power as a police officer and treated Floyd with particular cruelty, among other aggravating factors that could lengthen the former Minneapolis cop's prison sentence.

Duane Chapman warned that more police would face lawsuits and potential charges if they continued using lethal force.

A fresh spike in violence between Israelis and Palestinians has prompted expressions of anger and solidarity from the American left, including the Black Lives Matter movement.

Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao were indicted on additional charges related to the death of George Floyd.

Sara Erwin was fired from the Hopewell Township Police Department, while another officer who reacted to her post was suspended and demoted.

Branden Michael Wolfe was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit arson.

Mitchell, a juror in Chauvin's trial, has come under scrutiny after it emerged he participated in a march to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. in in Washington, D.C., last year.

Eric Nelson, Chauvin's lawyer, filed a motion for a new trial on Tuesday, citing multiple grounds, including allegations of errors made by the judge.

On April 20, a jury found Chauvin—a former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer who killed a Black man named George Floyd—guilty of all three criminal counts related to Floyd's death.

Last week a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd. With that verdict, the trial of one police officer came to an end and a renewed conversation about policing in America and use of excessive force has begun.

The independent commission called upon the global community to support an International Criminal Court investigation, though the U.S. is not a member state of the ICC.

"I personally understand the pain," said the Republican senator from South Carolina on Sunday morning.

"I think one of the lessons that people will learn over time is that there's no question there needs to be police," former President George W. Bush said during a recent podcast interview.

The teacher is accused of singling out Black students during outbursts apparently caught on video.

The 26-year-old died on April 19 in California after being pinned down by officers using their knees, elbows and arms.

After President Joe Biden challenged Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act by May 25, Republicans and Democrats in the House and the Senate spent much of Thursday working to craft bipartisan police reform legislation that can pass in the coming weeks.