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May 22 2021
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Biden to meet with George Floyd's family at the White House
President Joe Biden will meet with the family of George Floyd at the White House on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of the Black man's death at the hands of a White Minneapolis police officer. The visit comes amid continued congressional negotiations over police reform legislation.
Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after former police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for more
CBS News (Online)May 25 2021
Analysis
The monumental impact of George Floyd's death on Black America
The moment happened as so many others have. A man unknown to most around the world was about to become a hashtag. Millions would watch a video played countless times over the course of a year, horrified to see a police officer press his knee into the man's neck for 9½ minutes, killing him. The desire to reverse this man's fate seemed as desperate as it was futile.
The world changed May
NBC News (Online)Mar 22 2024
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George Santos Leaving Republican Party—Running For Reelection As An Independent
Former Rep. George Santos, R.-N.Y., announced Friday he is leaving the Republican Party and will seek reelection as an independent candidate in November despite being expelled from the House of Representatives in December after he was embroiled in controversy and fraud indictments. Santos said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that “after today’s embarrassing showing in the house”—
ForbesAug 07 2023
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Tou Thao faces sentencing on a state charge for his role in George Floyd's killing
MINNEAPOLIS -- The last former Minneapolis police officer to face sentencing in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd will learn Monday whether he will spend additional time in prison. Tou Thao has testified he merely served as a "human traffic cone" when he held back concerned bystanders who gathered as former Officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, knelt on Floyd's neck for 9
CBS News (Online)Jun 11 2021
Analysis
How the George Floyd Uprising Was Framed for White Eyes
In 1963, Walter Gadsden, 15 years old, was attacked by a police dog during a protest on the streets of Birmingham, Alabama. The moment was captured by Bill Hudson of the Associated Press. His photograph was later said to have brought the world to the side of the civil rights movement—a grand claim but not an unreasonable one, given both the photo’s mass circulation and the meanings ascribed to
Mother JonesSep 19 2023
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Minneapolis Police Staffing Falls To Lowest Level In Four Decades After George Floyd’s Death
The Minneapolis Police Department has been hemorrhaging officers ever since George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody, and the force’s staffing crisis recently hit a new low.
With just 585 sworn officers, the city’s police force last month dipped to its lowest staffing level in at least four decades, the Star Tribune reported.
The city now has one of the lowest ratios of
The Daily WireMar 25 2024
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Fatal Motorcycle Crash In Clinton Under Investigation: Prince George's Police
CLINTON, MD — Police are investigating a fatal crash involving a motorcycle that happened in the 7400 block of Old Alexandria Ferry Road.
Officers were called to the site around 3:45 a.m. Saturday. They found 42-year-old Leon Brandon Jr. of Clinton in the road with critical injuries. He was pronounced dead on the scene, according to the police department.
Investigators continue
Patch.comMay 25 2023
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Here’s what’s changed since George Floyd’s murder three years ago
Three years after George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis at the age of 46, Black Americans are still more than twice as likely to be killed by police as white Americans. Much has changed since Floyd’s killing, but that startling statistic from the database Mapping Police Violence, underscores how much hasn’t changed all the same. Floyd’s death led to mass protests around the
The HillMay 25 2023
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GALLERY: Atlantic City marks three years since George Floyd murder
The Press of Atlantic CityMar 17 2024
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Car destroyed in vehicle fire in Prince George County
According to Prince George County Fire and EMS, firefighters responded to 100 block of Jordan Point Road for report of a vehicle fire during the afternoon of March 14.
The fire was extinguished and no injuries were reported, but photos from the scene show severe damage to the involved car.
No other information, such as the cause of the fire, is known as of the time of reporting
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