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Substitute teacher accused of re-enacting George Floyd's murder and making ‘racially harmful comments' in Minnesota classroom
An off-duty Wisconsin police officer working as a substitute teacher is under investigation after he was accused of re-enacting the murder of George Floyd.
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Derek Chauvin, ex-officer convicted in George Floyd's murder, moved to a Texas prison after stabbing
The ex-Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd has been transferred to a federal prison in Texas almost nine months after he was stabbed in a different facility.
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NYPD officer charged with using chokehold banned after George Floyd's death
Prosecutors say a New York City police officer has been arrested for trying to arrest a man by using a chokehold that was banned after the death of George Floyd.
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George Floyd's murder led to a national reckoning on policing, but efforts have stalled or reversed
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 reckoning on issues related to racism and police…
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Virginia school board votes to restore names of Confederate leaders to schools
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, a school board in Virginia stripped the names of Confederate military figures from two schools. Four years later, the board approved a motion to restore the names.
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Police officer hiring in US increases in 2023 after years of decline, survey shows
U.S. police departments have reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the police killing of George Floyd.
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Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn't meant to kill?
Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them. But when misused, these tactics can still end in death — as happened with George Floyd in 2020. An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police...
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‘Glove of blades' man sentenced in vehicle attack on Black Lives Matter group in NYC
A man who was seen on video charging Black Lives Matter protesters while wearing a “glove of blades”, and later trying to run them over, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison, the Queens district attorney announced Tuesday. Frank Cavalluzzi, 58, was convicted last summer of nine counts of attempted murder and other charges in the June 2020 attack…
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Tech companies like Google and Meta made cuts to DEI programs in 2023 after big promises in prior years
After vocal commitments following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, DEI programs in the tech industry are in broad retreat.
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Inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times is charged with attempted murder, prosecutors say
A federal inmate was charged Friday with attempted murder in the Nov. 24 prison stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd.
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