The handcuffed man lies prone on the ground. Police officers crowd around, at one point kneeling on the man’s shoulder blade. A video is being filmed. He cries out, “Please don’t kill me, please don’t kill me.” He is later taken away by officers to a hospital where he is pronounced dead. Those are not the … Read more
The Story of Black Lives Matter from Trayfrom Martin to George FloydNews Sports Entertainment Life Money Tech Travel Opinion From Trayvon Martin to George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement continues to showcase the black lives lost to police and racial injustice. Just the FAQs Just the FAQs, USA TODAY © 2021 USA TODAY, a … Read more
Key Updates: March 29, 2021, 8:30 p.m. ET March 29, 2021, 8:30 p.m. ET John Eligon, a New York Times national correspondent, has reported on the death of George Floyd, the protests it set off across the nation, and the weeks leading up to the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of … Read more
Fences and concrete barriers surround the district’s government center. Nearby businesses are boarded up. And the intersection at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue where George Floyd died will remain closed to traffic. But Rev. Billy G. Russell is preparing to welcome Minneapolis residents to his church. “We are trying to get to the top of … Read more
Minneapolis is preparing to trial Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with George Floyd’s death. This led to nationwide protests and called for an end to the police brutality last summer. On May 25, Chauvin was featured on video kneeling by Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes when Floyd yelled he couldn’t breathe. … Read more
When the video of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd’s neck stopped circulating on social media, Corinne Basabe decided to remind people of the “image that made the world rise.” brought “. So she founded the George Floyd Justice Billboard Committee. Now Floyd’s death is pictured across highways in Atlanta, Los … Read more