The party is looking to Sen. Tim Scott, the lone black Republican in the chamber, for an answer on how to respond to national outrage over the police killing of George Floyd.
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Minneapolis police chief takes on union, promises change
Chief Medaria Arradondo is withdrawing from police union contract negotiations and says he will use a new system to identify problem officers early and intervene.
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Town misled public on protest, Naples organizers say
The Black Lives Matter Protest last week was designed to be peaceful, but organizers say the town manager’s public alert implied otherwise.
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Maine governor, supreme court pledge to root out racism in law enforcement and courts
Gov. Janet Mills and the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issue statements promising to identify racism in the justice system and provide additional training to police and court personnel.
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More than 1,250 former Justice workers want probe of Barr’s role in Lafayette Square protest
The signatories are mostly former career prosecutors, supervisors and trial lawyers who worked in both Republican and Democratic administrations.
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Text of testimony of George Floyd’s brother before Congress
Philonise Floyd told the House Judiciary Committee ‘George called for help and he was ignored. Please listen to the calls I’m making to you now..’
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U.S. military rethinking links to Confederate Army symbols
The military is rethinking its traditional embrace or tolerance of Confederate Army symbols
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‘Stop the pain,’ George Floyd’s brother pleads with Congress
Philonise Floyd gives emotional testimony as the House considers a far-ranging package of proposals amid a national debate on policing and racial inequality.
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The White House put up a wall. The people ‘made it beautiful.’
Instead of serving as an obstacle to protesters’ message, the wall had become the message.
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The Latest: Police officers’ personal information leaked online, U.S. says
The latest on protests against racism and police brutality from around the nation. WASHINGTON — Personal information of police officers in departments nationwide is being leaked online amid tense interactions at demonstrations across the U.S. over the police custody death of George Floyd and others, according to an unclassified intelligence document from the U.S. Department […]