Posts Tagged ‘George Floyd’
Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! -‘I allowed myself to feel guilty for a very long time’: the teenage cashier who took George Floyd’s $20
A year ago, Christopher Martin took an allegedly counterfeit bill. The police were called, and shortly after, Floyd would be dead.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up for Justice! – Floyd verdict gives hope, if only fleeting, to Black America
African-Americans across the United States rejoiced over the results of the Dereck Chauvin, but the reformation of policing is still needed.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Derek Chauvin Verdict Brings a Rare Rebuke of Police Misconduct
A jury deliberated for just over 10 hours before pronouncing Mr. Chauvin guilty on all three charges: second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Opinion: I want to believe justice is possible in Derek Chauvin’s trial.
After hearing such clinical, heartbreaking, infuriating detail about George Floyd’s final agonies, I want to believe justice is possible in the Derek Chauvin trial. I want to believe the jurors heard what I heard and felt what I feel.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Minneapolis to pay George Floyd’s family $27m in police custody death lawsuit
City agrees to settle civil lawsuit with George Floyd’s family during jury selection for trial of Derek Chauvin, former police officer charged with murder.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Indians nickname decision came from ‘awakening’ after George Floyd’s death
The Cleveland Indians are one of the last teams with Native American monikers. After a summer of racial unrest owner Paul Dolan has had an “epiphany” and has decided to finally change the team’s name.
Read MoreA legacy of resistance: Historical resources for understanding local and national protest movements
As protests against police brutality continue, Reggie Jackson and Dr. Robert Smith provide insights into the protests of the past and the people that made them possible.
Read MoreTogether, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation
Congressman John Lewis, the civil rights leader who died on July 17, wrote this essay shortly before his death – to be published on the day of his funeral.
Read More‘I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired’
James E. Causey brilliantly examines the plight of Black America and Black Milwaukee specifically. Connecting the turmoil of today to sixty years worth of history.
Read MoreHow I Became a Police Abolitionist
When people dismiss Blacks who call for police abolition as not caring about victims or safety, they tend to forget that those same Black citizens ARE those victims, those survivors of violence. This article’s author, who is Black and a human rights lawyer, gives a detailed and nuanced perspective on this dilemma.
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