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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

The Latest: Star Tribune wins Pulitzer for Floyd coverage

Photograph: ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Latest on the 2021 Pulitzer Prizes:

MINNEAPOLIS — The Star Tribune of Minneapolis has won a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for its coverage of the May 25, 2020, killing of George Floyd and the resulting civil unrest that tore through the city.

Floyd, a Black man, died as he was being pinned to the ground by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin

Video of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes, 29 seconds sparked a wave of protests, first in the Twin Cities and then nationwide.

Star Tribune journalists covered the rage in Minneapolis, where protesters burned buildings including a police station. The Pulitzer board called the coverage “urgent, authoritative and nuanced.”

Chauvin was later convicted of murder.

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