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Since George Floyd’s Murder, Police Killings Keep Rising, Not Falling
The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of Mr. Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020 ...
AP PHOTOS: Looking back at 10 days in 2020 of fervent non-stop protests for George Floyd
As cellphone video documenting the last breaths of George Floyd spread across the internet, so did the collective outrage.
‘We need to do more’: Five years after George Floyd, police reform slows in Massachusetts
Political momentum has dropped, and the state Legislature’s signature reform achievement is scaling back its ambitions due to ...
How the Right Has Reshaped the Narrative Around George Floyd
After George Floyd was killed, people from the right and left agreed that the act was unconscionable. Now, some conservatives ...
Five years later: How the murder of George Floyd changed America
Five years after the murder of George Floyd, the ripple effects of that summer are still being felt to this day.
The end of federal oversight and calls to pardon George Floyd’s convicted killer could undermine police reforms, Minneapolis leaders warn
Progress toward more fair policing could be undermined by a push from some activists and lawmakers on the political right to ...
George Floyd’s murder upended this suburban police department. Now, it’s trying to heal.
The upheaval in Golden Valley is just one example of the way Floyd’s murder shook thousands of police agencies nationwide.
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George Floyd did not die of a drug overdose. Why does misinformation about his death persist?
On May 25, 2020, a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, who was Black, by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes during an arrest. The officer, Derek Chauvin, was convicted on murder ...
What should happen to George Floyd Square? The community is divided
Five years after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, the future of the intersection where it happened ...