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Progress toward more fair policing could be undermined by a push from some activists and lawmakers on the political right to get President Donald Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, as his administration moves to end federal policing oversight.
The current and former chiefs of the Minneapolis Police Department are pushing back on efforts to rewrite history five years after the murder of George Floyd.
Top cop Brian O'Hara said in an interview with The New York Post that "bourgeois liberal mentality" prevents facts from breaking through in city's approach to policing.
Minnesota activists reflecting on the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder say not enough has changed in police reform since he was killed in 2020.
A new narrative is taking root in the story of George Floyd and the former police officer convicted of murdering him. It is manifesting on online message boards, where Floyd is called a “drug addict” and “career criminal” who died of an overdose,
DOJ is abandoning efforts for court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville after finding they had violated Black people's civil rights.
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Audacy on MSNState and city leaders push back on Justice Department's decision to end police reform agreement with MinneapolisIn just a few days, it’ll have been five years since George Floyd’s murder by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Some state leaders are pushing back on the Department of Justice’s decision to end federal oversight of Minneapolis Police.
Angela Harrelson was Floyd’s closest relative in Minnesota. She’s dedicated the past five years to gathering community so that we may never forget.
Even after nationwide protests following his nephew’s killing, and federal and state legislation banning chokeholds and no-knock warrants, police misconduct continues to be too high, Selwyn Jones said.
George Floyd's murder sparked an international protest movement for racial equity and policing changes. Five years later, what changed — and what's being undone?
Minneapolis ran into complications while picking a nonprofit to redevelop the People’s Way at 38th and Chicago.