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Derek Chauvin gets separate 21-year sentence for violating George Floyd’s civil rights

The former US officer will serve the sentence concurrently with his murder sentence

Evening Standard

Film release: The Hunter's first civil rights activists

New film release of Hunter history.

Newcastle Herald

Ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin sentenced to more than 20 years in federal civil rights case

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge sentenced Derek Chauvin on Thursday to more than 20 years in prison for violating the civil rights of George Floyd and a Black Minneapolis teen, extending the term he is already serving on state murder charges for killing Floyd in 2020.

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Derek Chauvin sentenced to 21 years in federal civil rights case

Chauvin has been serving a separate, 22.5-year sentence for murder and manslaughter charges for the murder of George Floyd.

Axios

Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to ‘extraordinary group’ of 17, including Simone Biles and Gabby Giffords

The Medal of Freedom is the highest honour that can be bestowed upon an American civilian

The Independent UK

Biden medal picks push partisan issues, and bipartisanship - Roll Call

Medal of Freedom recipients include advocates for gun control and civil rights, plus former Republican senators who worked across the aisle.

Roll Call

Ex-cop Chauvin to get federal sentence for Floyd's killing

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is about to learn his sentence for federal civil rights violations in the killing of George Floyd

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Derek Chauvin's federal sentencing scheduled for Thursday

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin will be sentenced Thursday on federal civil rights charges connected to the 2020 murder of George Floyd and a previous excessive force case involving a Minneapolis teenager.

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Fred Gray, the 'chief counsel for the protest movement,' to get Medal of Freedom for his civil rights work

Over the past seven decades, longtime Alabama civil rights lawyer Fred Gray represented Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the victims of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, in which the U.S. Public Health Service refused for decades to provide readily available treatment to Black men who had the disease.

The Conversation

Chauvin faces sentencing on federal charges in Floyd killing

A federal judge will this week sentence former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for federal civil rights violations in the killing of George Floyd

The Independent UK

Black man paralysed with broken neck after police van driver suddenly braked

‘What happened is unacceptable and it’s inexcusable,’ said Randy Cox’s older sister about the incident that has left him paralysed from the chest down

The Independent UK

Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Denzel Washington, Simone Biles, John McCain, among others

Biden’s honors list includes both living and deceased honorees from the worlds of Hollywood, sports, politics, the military, academia, and civil rights and social justice advocacy.

Chicago Sun-Times

From abortion to guns: ‘Extremist’ Supreme Court ends its term with a streak of devastating rulings

The new conservative majority lands an unprecedented blow to civil liberties, according to analysts

The Independent UK

From Gabby Giffords to Steve Jobs: Who’s on Biden’s presidential medal of freedom list?

White House says recipients ‘have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impressive accomplishments in the arts and sciences’

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Biden will award the Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords and others

The president will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, who also include Oscar-winning Denzel Washington, the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and soccer Olympian Megan Rapinoe.

The Independent UK

Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords

The White House says President Joe Biden will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington and the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, with whom Biden served in the Senate

Salon

Paxton ready to defend Texas sodomy law

"They won't stop till they roll back all of our civil rights," Paxton's Democratic challenger said

Tribune News Service

Cesar Chavez’s former San Jose home is on the market for $2 million

SAN JOSE — Famed civil rights activist and labor leader Cesar Chavez’s family home, where he lived from 1951 to 1953, is on the market, and a local nonprofit is looking to purchase it.

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The Independent UK

Prosecutors seek prison for 3 ex-cops in Floyd killing

Federal prosecutors want a judge to sentence one of the four former Minneapolis police officers convicted of civil rights violations in George Floyd’s killing to as many as 6 1/2 years in prison, but to impose stiffer sentences on two others

The Independent UK

Voting rights groups condemn Supreme Court decision to reinstate another GOP-drawn congressional map

Midterm elections for at least three congressional seats will be decided in districts that likely violate the Voting Rights Act, civil rights groups have warned

Chicago Tribune

Delia Ramirez tops Gilbert Villegas for Congress; Jesse Jackson’s son on way to clinching nomination; Rep. Danny Davis in tight fight to keep his seat

Jonathan Jackson, son of civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson, opened a lead in a packed Democratic primary fight Tuesday night to grab the nomination to succeed U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court’s reversal of abortion rights is a ‘red alert’ to LGBT+ community

Clarence Thomas suggests overturning Roe v Wade could upend other 14th Amendment protections for marriage equality and other civil rights

Reason

Religious Accommodation Claim Over Objections to Having to Wear Multi-Colored Heart Symbol Can Go to Trial

From Judge Lee Rudofsky's opinion Thursday in EEOC v. Kroger Ltd. Partnership I (E.D. Ark. June 23, 2022): This case arises from Kroger's termination of two employees. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges that these terminations amount to religious discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil…

The Independent UK

Supreme Court’s reversal of abortion rights is a ‘red alert’ to LGBT+ community

Clarence Thomas suggests overturning Roe v Wade could upend other 14th Amendment protections for marriage equality and other civil rights

Tribune News Service

Black gun owners to gain from Supreme Court overturning of New York license to carry weapons law

NEW YORK — Black people are more likely to be jailed for weapons possession than other New Yorkers — giving public defenders and civil rights advocates reason to support last week’s Supreme Court ruling expected to ease the process of getting a license to carry a gun.

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