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Jun 09 2020
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George Floyd's funeral service to be held in Houston
George Floyd's funeral service is being held at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston on Tuesday at 11 a.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) — just over two weeks after his death at the hands of Minneapolis police set off nationwide protests. About 500 guests invited by the Floyd family, including political leaders and celebrities, are expected to be in attendance, CBS Houston affiliate KHOU
CBS News (Online)Jun 08 2020
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Why was George Floyd’s death the breaking point?
Throughout America’s long history of racial violence, certain names have stood out as markers of the struggles of a particular period in time. Emmett Till’s lynching in 1955 drew attention to the brutality of the pre-civil rights era in the South. The beating of Rodney King and acquittal of the officers involved sparked the Los Angeles riots in 1992. The police killings of Eric Garner and
Yahoo! The 360Jun 16 2023
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DOJ George Floyd probe: Minneapolis PD had pattern of discrimination
The Minneapolis Police Department, whose officers killed George Floyd in 2020, was found to use “excessive force” and discriminate against Black and Indigenous peoples, according to a Department of Justice probe. The DOJ on Friday released the nearly 100-page findings of their federal investigation, which was opened in April 2021, nearly a year after Floyd’s death at the hands of ex-cop Derek
New York Daily NewsJun 16 2023
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DOJ report on MPD offers varying reactions at George Floyd square
The intersection of 38th and Chicago in Minneapolis has become sacred ground for people to remember George Floyd, but the minds of many are on a new report by the Department Of Justice (DOJ) that says the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) created the culture that allowed his murder by former officer Derek Chauvin. "We have to have somebody tell us or demand that we treat everybody like a
Fox9Mar 15 2024
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Strong Outing For Floyd; Bulldogs Take Game One Against UMass
CHARLESTON, S.C. – George Derrick Floyd posted a strong outing out of the bullpen as The Citadel took game one against UMass, 6-2, on Friday afternoon. • None The Bulldogs got on the board first in the bottom of the third inning with an RBI ground out from Travis Lott • None followed up Lott with an RBI single over the second basemen that scored Javier Crespo followed up Lott with an RBI
Live 5 WCSCMay 25 2023
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House POCI Caucus Statement on Third Anniversary of the Murder of George Floyd
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Today marks the third anniversary of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, in South Minneapolis. The Minnesota House People of Color and Indigenous Caucus issued the following statement, “George Floyd was a friend, brother, uncle, and most importantly ‘dad’. It has been three years since George Floyd's senseless murder
Red Lake Nation NewsOct 02 2023
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Lessons from George Floyd’s death prepare WA court for police murder trial
Last year, Pierce County Superior Court officials knew they were standing on the precipice of the state’s highest-profile trial in years. The trial of three Tacoma police officers charged with murder and manslaughter was just months away, and Pierce County and Tacoma were blindly feeling their way through preparations. There was much to consider: a courtroom with limited seating but high media
The Seattle TimesAug 07 2023
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Ex-Policeman Convicted in Death of George Floyd Gets Nearly Five Years
The final former Minneapolis, Minnesota, policeman convicted for his role in the May 2020 death of George Floyd was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Monday. Tou Thao previously said his role in the incident was holding back people who gathered at the scene as former policeman Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck prior to his death, the Associated Press (AP) reported. During
Breitbart NewsAug 07 2023
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Former Minneapolis cop gets the final sentence in the police killing of George Floyd
NPR Fact CheckMay 09 2023
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Florida Axes Textbook Passage on George Floyd, Black Lives Matter
The Florida Department of Education axed mentions of the Black Lives Matter movement and the police murder of George Floyd from a textbook it reviewed, the latest development in the state’s crusade against “woke” education. The state announced Tuesday that it rejected 35 percent of the 101 social studies textbooks submitted to it by publishers, and demanded changes to two-thirds of the
Daily Beast