The statue that was defaced in Brooklyn is headed for Manhattan’s Union Square.
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Review of June 2020 protest describes restraint by Portland police officers amid chaos
Last year’s June 1 protest of George Floyd’s killing was largely peaceful, but clashes after nightfall posed an unprecedented challenge for police, who could have been better prepared, a report concludes.
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Minnesota lawmakers reach deal on policing measures
The draft bill includes provisions regulating the use of no-knock warrants and the creation of a police misconduct database.
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Impact of Derek Chauvin case on policing yet to be seen, experts say
The outcome doesn’t address deep-rooted issues of race and violence affecting police interactions with minorities that don’t result in charges or convictions against officers.
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Amid reform movement, some GOP states give police more power
States where lawmakers pushed back include Arizona, Iowa, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wyoming.
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Video of police officer kneeling on neck of Black 14-year-old boy prompts outrage in Montreal
The teen does not appear to have been physically harmed by the encounter on June 10.
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Pulitzer Prizes awarded for coverage of pandemic, racial injustice protests
The Associated Press and The New York Times each won two Pulitzers, the most prestigious prize in journalism, first awarded in 1917.
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State seeks 30 years for Chauvin; defense wants time served
The former Minneapolis police officer was convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd.
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Chauvin makes appearance on federal charges in Floyd’s death
The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder ippears in court for allegedly violating Floyd’s civil rights.
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Biden decries ‘horrific’ Tulsa massacre in emotional speech
His commemoration of the deaths of hundreds of Black people killed by a white mob a century ago comes amid the current national reckoning on racial justice.