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The Latest Breaking News from George Floyd

Black skateboarders on the life and death of Tyre Nichols: ‘He was one of us. That could have been me’

Three skaters address their own experiences, activism and the police response to their communities

The Guardian - US

146 NYC police committed misconduct in 2020 protests: Report

A new report says nearly 150 New York City police officers committed misconduct, including using excessive force, while responding to the 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd

The Independent UK

Catholic church unveils Black Mary and Jesus posters in anti-racism drive

“It is important that we recognise the rich diversity of the Catholic community, not only in England and Wales, but throughout the world”

The Independent UK

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What is the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and is it likely to pass?

‘We need to get that bill passed,’ Tyre Nichols’s mother said at his funeral – but what is it, and will Congress ever act?

The Guardian - US

Tyre Nichols' mom, chief: Women on two sides of a tragedy

Tyre Nichols’ mother and Memphis police chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis are two women caught on different sides of a tragedy

The Independent UK

Family of Amir Locke, shot in no-knock police raid, files lawsuit

The 22-year-old was killed in a police shooting after officers entered the Minneapolis apartment where he was sleeping.

Al Jazeera

Americans’ confidence in police dropped after Tyre Nichols beating

Trust in police was declining even before Tyre Nichols was killed

The Independent UK

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Family of Minneapolis man killed in no-knock raid sues city

The parents of Amir Locke, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer when a SWAT team executed a no-knock search warrant one year ago, are suing the city and the officer

The Independent UK

After Tyre Nichols’ death, can this bodycam AI make police more accountable?

After disturbing footage was released of Nichols’ death, one company has promised to change policing in America through the implementation of tech that analyzes police bodycams. Is it everything it seems? Holly Baxter reports

The Independent UK

Commentary: The video of Tyre Nichols’ murder is unbearable. But it shows why we need stories of both Black pain — and joy

The murder of Tyre Nichols and the individual and collective reckoning we have all encountered — whether or not to witness the brutal images of his final moments — sent me back to an issue that I’ve been wrestling with for two decades.

Los Angeles Times

Erika D. Smith: Before Tyre Nichols was a martyr, he was a Sacramento kid who didn't 'see color'

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Through it all, the family of Tyre Nichols put on their brave faces Wednesday in that church in Memphis, Tennessee.

Los Angeles Times

Carlson's racist "joke" in Nichols rant

"White racism is getting harder to find," the Fox News host claimed during the segment

Salon

Essay: The mother of Tyre Nichols couldn't hear his cries. Can you?

I have a vivid imagination, but I don't need one to visualize screaming for my mother in my last breaths, and her not hearing me.

Los Angeles Times

Legal experts fear Chicago’s slow police reforms could lead to a Tyre Nichols incident 8 years after Laquan McDonald firestorm

CHICAGO — The video-recorded killing of Tyre Nichols that led to charges against police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, stirred echoes in Chicago, where eight years ago another recorded death similarly sent shock waves across the nation and spurred public demand for police reform.

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The Independent UK

High court offers bonuses, debt relief to lure police hires

Supreme Court police officers are looking for a few good men and women — as are law enforcement departments around the country in a tight employment market

WEKU

'Black on Black' celebrates Black culture while exploring history and racial tension

Daniel Black's essays call for an overhaul of the U.S. criminal justice system, of the Black church, of the way Black people see themselves, and of the country itself — and do so with authority

Tribune News Service

Adam Minter: Memphis police need to learn from Minneapolis’s mistakes

In Minneapolis, the video of Tyre Nichols’s fatal beating at the hands of Memphis police officers triggered unwelcome flashbacks. Just two and a half years ago, the city erupted with riots after video emerged of George Floyd’s murder. In the aftermath, hopes that Minneapolis’s troubled police department might be reformed…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: What finally sunk me on the Memphis videos? 5 Black officers’ embrace of racist depravity

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At Tyre Nichols’ funeral, Kamala Harris calls for national police reform

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Congress must act to pass national police reform, Vice President Kamala Harris told mourners at the Wednesday funeral of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man who died after being beaten bloody by Memphis police officers last month.

Evening Standard

Tyre Nichols funeral: Kamala Harris calls on Congress to reform policing in America

Vice President demands Congress pass the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act as thousands attend funeral of man who died after being beaten by police

The Guardian - US

‘He was robbed of his life’: in Memphis, tributes to Tyre Nichols – and a call to action

Hundreds braved the cold in Tennessee to grieve the 29-year-old Black motorist who died after being beaten by five police officers

The Independent UK

What time is Tyre Nichols’ funeral and who is attending?

Black FedEx driver who died from his injuries after being savagely beaten by police officers to be laid to rest in Memphis, Tennessee, with US vice president and civil rights leaders in attendance

The Independent UK

'We're all Tyre': Family prepares to lay Nichols to rest

The family of Tyre Nichols plans to lay him to rest Wednesday, three weeks after he died following a brutal beating by Memphis police after a traffic stop

The Independent UK

Ghosts of police reform past haunt a newly divided Congress

The release of footage showing Memphis, Tennessee, police officers violently beating Tyre Nichols has renewed calls for Congress to pass police reform legislation

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Nichols' death shows complexities of police violence — and urgency of reform

The fact that the five Memphis former police officers accused in the beating death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols are themselves Black could actually clarify the issue of police violence, which is more complicated than just a few bigoted white cops. It highlights that policing in America is in desperate…

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