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The Latest Breaking News from George Floyd

A Black woman and a white woman went viral fighting racism. Then they stopped speaking to each other

Few know the names Michelle Saahene or Melissa DePino. But millions have heard the beginning of their story.

Los Angeles Times

Minneapolis to pay $700,000 to family of man killed by police

Chiasher Vue’s kids wanted to calm their mentally ill father, but police detained them in vehicle and killed him as he pointed a gun

The Guardian - US

Keith Ellison to publish George Floyd trial diary Tuesday, with intro by Floyd's brother

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison kept a diary in 2021 as he directed the prosecution of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. Tuesday, the world will be able to read those diaries.

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GM CEO Mary Barra on the industry's transformation, progress on DEI, and return to office

DETROIT — General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra touched on everything from how the Detroit automaker is approaching one of the most monumental shifts in automotive industry history to the company's progress on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts to GM's return-to-office strategy in a wide-ranging discussion Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Man who watched Derek Chauvin kill George Floyd sues Minneapolis for emotional distress

Donald Williams filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court

The Independent UK

Philadelphia's likely next mayor could offer model for how Democrats talk about crime

The Democrat who will almost certainly become Philadelphia’s next mayor wants to hire hundreds of additional police officers and says officers should be able to stop and search pedestrians if they have a legitimate reason to do so

The Independent UK

Murder Rates Spike In The US Cities In The Aftermath Of The George Floyd Riots

Murder rates continue to spike as Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon has set the bar low for his soft-on-crime policies.

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Judge denies bid to hold single trial for all 10 charged in psychiatric patient's death

A judge has ruled that seven sheriff’s deputies and three employees of a psychiatric hospital in Virginia cannot all be tried together in the death of a man who was pinned to the floor while being admitted

The Independent UK

Coroners disavow ‘excited delirium,’ dubious medical condition claimed by police in George Floyd murder

Major US medical organisations don’t recognise condition

The Independent UK

Ex-officer pleads guilty to assaulting man during unrest in Minneapolis after murder of George Floyd

A former Minneapolis police officer has pleaded guilty to assaulting a man during the unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd by another officer in 2020

The Independent UK

Former police officer admits to felony assault on Black man after George Floyd murder

Former Minneapolis police officer Justin Stetson told the court he "crossed the line" on May 30, 2020, when he repeatedly kicked, hit and kneed Jaleel Stallings in the face and head.

WEKU

Florida rejects some social studies textbooks and pushes publishers to change others

In one case, references to the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement were removed. The list of rejected materials included books on U.S. history, the Holocaust and psychology.

WEKU

US Army sergeant who killed Black Lives Matter protester is jailed for 25 years

US Army Sergeant Daniel Perry has been sentenced for fatally shooting Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster, 28, an Air Force veteran in July 2020

Daily Mirror

Daniel Perry is sentenced to 25 years for killing an Austin protester. Gov. Greg Abbott has pledged to pardon him.

Perry’s case has become an explosive political stew of arguments over gun rights, self-defense and racist social media posts. The governor dived in early, saying he would pardon Perry even before a judge handed down the sentence.

The Texas Tribune

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The Independent UK

Prosecutors want 25-year sentence in Texas protest killing

Prosecutors want a U.S. Army sergeant who fatally shot an armed man during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Texas to be sentenced to at least 25 years in prison

The Independent UK

$24M California settlement in death of man in police custody

Lawyers say California will pay a $24 million civil rights settlement to the family of a man who died in police custody after screaming “I can’t breathe.”

The Guardian - US

California’s plan for reparations to Black residents: what you need to know

First-of-its-kind committee gives final approval to long list of proposals including cash to descendants of enslaved people

The Independent UK

Jordan Neely wanted help. A brutal narrative about homelessness blamed him for his own death

Damaging rhetoric and policy failures have exposed thousands of homeless Americans to the vigilante violence that killed a 30-year-old man on the subway, advocates and officials tells Alex Woodward

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Evening Standard

Ex-Marine defends New York subway chokehold that killed homeless man

A former Marine who choked a man to death on a New York subway train has said he was acting in self-defence.

The Guardian - US

US must tackle police brutality against Black people head-on, UN experts say

Historic two-week tour of US ends with call for nationwide commitment to address racial discrimination in dealings with law

Salon

We're all weirdos in "Anxious Nation"

"Anxious Nation" chronicles anxiety among American youth — and everyone else

The Independent UK

Jordan Neely being blamed for his own death by a subway vigilante underscores a brutal New York narrative

Damaging rhetoric and policy failures have exposed thousands of homeless Americans to the vigilante violence that killed a 30-year-old man on the subway, advocates and officials tells Alex Woodward

The Guardian - US

Jordan Neely, a vulnerable young man, was killed – and not by his medical history

Much of the talk has been about Neely’s mental health – in large part so we don’t have to talk about our larger societal health

The Independent UK

Fox’s Greg Gutfeld blames Jordan Neely subway chokehold death on George Floyd

‘If anybody says this is like George Floyd, no, it’s because of George Floyd’

The Independent UK

Jordan Neely wanted help. A brutal narrative about homelessness blamed him for his own death

Damaging rhetoric and policy failures have exposed thousands of homeless Americans to the vigilante violence that killed a 30-year-old man on the subway, advocates and officials tells Alex Woodward

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