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Mar 28 2024
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Bomb Threats In William Floyd School District Found To Be Hoaxes: Cops
MASTIC BEACH, NY — Bomb threats called into William Floyd School District schools this week turned out to be a hoax, Suffolk police said. Officers received a call on Monday at around 5 p.m. about a bomb threat at Nathaniel Woodhull Elementary School, and then calls for more threats were received by police on Tuesday at around 10 a.m. in connection with William Paca Middle School, and then at
Patch.comMay 25 2022
Analysis
Barack Obama Uses Texas Shooting to Memorialize George Floyd
Former President Barack Obama used the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, to memorialize the death of George Floyd, even though the two tragedies have almost no relation.
Indeed, Wednesday, May 25, marks the two-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, but instead of just commemorating the day on its own, the former president tied the
Breitbart NewsJun 18 2020
Fact Check
Did George Floyd Protesters Deface the Statue of an Abolitionist?
In the waves of protests that swept across U.S. and European cities beginning in May 2020 after the policy-custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, numerous localities removed, or announced plans to remove, various statues and monuments memorializing persons connected with segregation or racism, such as those who were involved with the slave trade or were prominent figures in the
SnopesJun 05 2020
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Trump declares it 'great day' for George Floyd and equality
President Trump on Friday declared it a "great day for equality" and a "great day" for George Floyd following a jobs report that showed unemployment falling, except for African Americans, and days of unrest sparked by Floyd's death.
The president delivered lengthy and often rambling remarks in the Rose Garden that were ostensibly meant to highlight a new jobs report that showed
The HillJun 03 2020
News
Prosecutors charge 3 more officers in George Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors charged three more police officers Wednesday in the death of George Floyd and filed a new, tougher charge against the officer at the center of the case, delivering a victory to protesters who have filled the streets from coast to coast to fight police brutality and racial injustice.
The most serious charge was filed against Derek Chauvin, who was caught on
Associated PressMay 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 HillAug 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)May 27 2020
News
Bystander Videos of George Floyd and Others Are Policing the Police
The Minneapolis police statement was short and sanitized. An allegation of forgery. A suspect who “appeared to be under the influence,” who “physically resisted officers” and who appeared to be “suffering medical distress.”
The video that emerged hours later told a drastically different story. It showed a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black suspect until he
New York Times (News)Jun 02 2020
News
Shadowy protestors inflame, muddle George Floyd debate
The shadowy identity of the violent agitators trashing cities across the country has muddled the national debate over racial justice, inflaming partisan tensions, triggering finger-pointing from all sides and threatening to sap the power of those seeking reforms after the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police.
Mass protests have erupted in scores of cities across
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