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Family of Keenan Anderson files wrongful death suit against LAPD

LOS ANGELES — The family of Keenan Anderson has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, alleging that police officers used excessive force when they piled on top of the 31-year-old teacher at a busy Venice intersection and Tasered him after a minor traffic collision this year.

Los Angeles Times

What is Juneteenth, and what’s new this year?

The reckoning over race ignited by the murder of George Floyd set the stage for Juneteenth to become a US holiday.

Al Jazeera

Results of federal investigation into Minneapolis police met with hope, skepticism

MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday morning, John Pope answered his phone while boarding a flight to Atlanta. The U.S. Department of Justice had just released the results of a scathing federal investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department, including 28 recommendations for institutional change.

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Takeaways from the scathing report on Minneapolis police after George Floyd's killing

The Justice Department has issued a scathing assessment of Minneapolis police, alleging that racial discrimination and excessive force went unchecked before George Floyd’s killing because of inadequate oversight and an unwieldy process for investigating complaints

The Independent UK

Justice Department Finds 'Deeply Disturbing' and Illegal Policing in Minneapolis

Minneapolis police used gratuitous force, discriminated against black and Native American residents, and retaliated against people exercising their First Amendment rights.

Reason

DOJ: MPD targeted Black residents

These patterns represent a litany of violations of the public’s constitutional rights, the report finds

Salon

DOJ report finds systemic patterns of abuse by the Minneapolis Police Department

The Justice Department, city and police will begin negotiations to set the terms of a consent decree, which will bring federal oversight to police

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US DOJ: ‘Systemic’ police problems led to murder of George Floyd

Report details abuses against Black residents long before the May 2020 killing of Floyd captured the world’s attention.

Al Jazeera

Department of Justice probe finds pattern of racist policing, excessive force in Minneapolis

The investigation, launched a year after George Floyd's murder, is expected to result in a federal consent decree.

Axios

DoJ releases scathing report of systemic abuse by Minneapolis Police after investigation prompted by George Floyd murder

Attorney General Merrick Garland says ‘patterns and practices we observed made what happened to George Floyd possible’

The Independent UK

George Floyd murder: Minneapolis police have pattern of aggression and discrimination, DoJ inquiry finds

Merrick Garland announces findings of Department of Justice investigation into department after Floyd’s killing by officers

The Guardian - US

Justice Department finds pattern of discriminatory policing in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Police Department routinely engaged in a pattern of racist and abusive behavior that deprives people of their constitutional rights, according to new findings of a Justice Department investigation initiated by the murder of George Floyd three years ago.

Tribune News Service

Lake District tour boat firm accused of ‘censoring’ Windermere links to slavery

Boatmaster says skippers barred from saying some lakeshore houses were built by those who profited from slavery

The Guardian - UK

US attorney general in Minneapolis to share results of police department probe

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to announce the findings of a two-year investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department, prompted by the death of George Floyd

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U.S. attorney general to visit Minneapolis for 'civil rights matter' announcement

Attorney General Merrick Garland is heading to Minneapolis to make an announcement in "a civil rights matter."

Axios

Department of Justice to make announcement on Minneapolis " civil rights matter"

The department launched an investigation into the city's police department following George Floyd's murder.

The Conversation

Juneteenth matters for thinking about race relations in Canada and Canadian education

On June 19, African Americans will celebrate Juneteenth. This day marks emancipation from chattel slavery and the long and violent struggle for Black people to be recognized as equally human.

Axios

New survey shows support for Black Lives Matter movement lowest in 3 years

The sharp drop in backing for a movement tackling systemic racism comes amid a conservative backlash.

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Diversity expert to companies: Don't lose momentum gained in past few years

George Floyd's murder by police in 2020 created an urgency in many organizations to address diversity in a new way.

PC Gamer

3 years after he faced sexual harassment allegations, new fighting game Diesel Legacy is giving disgraced Skullgirls developer Mike Zaimont a chance to prove he's now 'fundamentally different'

We spoke with the devs behind Diesel Legacy and Zaimont's former coworkers about his past behavior and return to games.

The Independent UK

Swiss police officers face manslaughter charges over Black man’s death in case echoing George Floyd

Mike Ben Peter died from a heart attack in 2018 after he was pinned face-down for several minutes during arrest

Daily Mirror

Black staff are 'passed over for promotion at work due to the colour of their skin'

More than half of the Black professional workers in Britain say they have been passed over for promotion because of the colour of their skin in a poll of 2,000 staff

Daily Mirror

Black staff 'not promoted due to skin colour' despite £40bn pledge after George Floyd

The number of senior business leaders from ethnically diverse backgrounds has not significantly increased since the death of George Floyd sparked global protests

The Guardian - UK

UK business leader diversity has not increased since George Floyd death

Nearly 70% of office workers say their firms have not increased number of black, Asian or ethnic minority leaders

Chicago Sun-Times

Woman arrested during downtown Chicago looting pleads guilty to federal gun charges

Amber Pelzer, of south suburban Lansing, was downtown with a gun in her car on a night of widespread unrest after police killed George Floyd in 2020.

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