As the Derek Chauvin trial nears the end of its second week, there has been a slew of disturbing takeaways, one being that the former Minneapolis police officer knelt on George Floyd’s neck for a startling nine minutes and 29 seconds, 43 seconds longer than originally reported. Despite the doctor […]
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified against Derek Chauvin on Monday, the former officer accused of killing George Floyd last May, sparking another heightened call for justice in the Black Lives Matter movement. Arradondo, the city’s first Black chief, spoke out early in the days after Floyd’s death, where he famously categorized it […]
LANSING, Mich. — A coalition of activists led by Black Lives Matter organizers protested Saturday afternoon in Lansing, Michigan for Anthony Hulon, a white man who died nearly a year ago in the Lansing jail. Chauvin’s trial leaves many Black viewers emotionally taxed “What’s his name? […]
Black men and women have an underlying dread that the trial could yield yet another devastating disappointment For some it’s too much to watch. Others just can’t turn away. The televised trial of Derek Chauvin, the former white police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, has […]
Day three of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial has come and gone, and one thing has been made abundantly clear: Virtually everyone who was on the scene when George Floyd died was horrified by what had happened—except the police officers. I thought it was strange […]
Donald Williams is shown leaving the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Monday. | Source: Bloomberg / Getty Day 2 of Derek Chauvin‘s murder trial for killing George Floyd opened as it ended on Monday — with the testimony of an eyewitness who has emerged as a […]
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