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Increasing women police recruits to 30% could help change departments' culture

Departments across the country have pledged to recruit more women in order to diversify their staffs and potentially reduce use of force by police. It's called the 30x30 initiative.

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'It wasn’t a moment, it was a movement': Liverpool two years on from BLM protests

"The rate of progress is extremely glacial"

Liverpool Echo

Florida debuts new database on cops with bad records. It has holes, reform advocates say

One of the biggest cries during the police reform marches of the summer of 2020 was about the inability of the public — even some police departments — to accurately track cops with bad records.

Miami Herald

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Dan Rodricks: Gordana Schifanelli, Dan Cox’s running mate, loses defamation suit over unsweet tweets

In the matter of Schifanelli v. Jourdak, a lawsuit filed by the conservative firebrand running to be Maryland’s next lieutenant governor, you can find elements of several storm fronts in America’s overheated political climate.

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Ex-Minneapolis cops Kueng sentenced to 3 years, Thao 3 1/2 years for violating George Floyd's civil rights

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced ex-Minneapolis police Officer J. Alexander Kueng to three years in prison and former Officer Tou Thao to 3 1/2 years on criminal civil rights charges related to the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

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George Floyd deserved a better life. A new book charts his trajectory from poverty to the US prison-industrial complex – and the impact of his death

George Perry Floyd, Jr. was murdered when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sank his knee into Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds. Video footage went viral within hours, helping to inspire protests against racism and police violence that lasted all the American summer of 2020.

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Tou Thao preaches from Bible but doesn’t apologise to George Floyd’s family in 22-minute speech at sentencing

The only person the disgraced officer apologised to was the court reporter who had to transcribe his rambling speech

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Kueng sentenced to 3 years, Thao 3 1/2 years for violating George Floyd's civil rights

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced ex-Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng to three years in prison and ex-officer Tou Thao to 3 1/2 years on criminal civil rights charges related to the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Tribune News Service

Two former police officers are sentenced for violating George Floyd's civil rights

J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced to three years and Tou Thao got 3 1/2 years — penalties that a judge said reflected their level of culpability in a case that sparked worldwide protests.

WEKU

Two ex-officers sentenced for violating George Floyd's civil rights

They were sentenced to three and TK years in prison, respectively, for their roles in Floyd's murder.

Axios

J Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao each sentenced to more than 3 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights

J Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were the last of the four officers involved in George Floyd’s death to be sentenced on federal civil rights charges

The Independent UK

2 cops face sentencing for violating George Floyd's rights

The last two former Minneapolis police officers who have yet to be sentenced for violating George Floyd’s civil rights are scheduled to learn their penalties Wednesday

The Independent UK

Detroit offers to pay Black Lives Matter protesters nearly $1.3 million

DETROIT — The city is moving to offer nearly $1.3 million to protesters in five pending lawsuits, the vast majority going to Detroit Will Breathe, which has alleged Detroit officers used excessive force during the George Floyd protests in 2020.

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Daily Beast reporter says NYPD wrongly arrested him at NYC store because media office didn’t like his George Floyd protests coverage

NEW YORK — A New York journalist claims he was wrongly arrested for trespassing because the NYPD’s press office was unhappy with his coverage of the George Floyd protests, according to a notice of claim filed with the city Comptroller’s office.

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Sentencing set for 2 ex-officers who violated Floyd's civil rights

The Independent UK

Ruling may mean less time for 2 who violated Floyd's rights

A federal judge has sided with two former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, saying the guidelines for their sentences will be calculated in a way that could mean substantially less prison time for them

Tribune News Service

2 former officers to be sentenced next week for violating George Floyd's civil rights

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge will sentence the remaining two former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights during his 2020 killing through back-to-back hearings next week in St. Paul.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dozens of murals created on boarded-up storefronts after George Floyd’s killing now displayed on DuSable Museum grounds

The plywood went up to protect businesses but soon became a canvas for street artists to capture the pain of the moment, encourage unity and express hope.

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Blackhawks form partnership with Sac and Fox Nation that includes language preservation and scholarships — but name concerns still linger

CHICAGO — Robert Williamson didn’t know what to make of the Chicago Blackhawks at first.

Evening Standard

Ex-policeman Thomas Lane jailed for two and a half years for his part in George Floyd killing

A former police officer has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Not unusual for ex-cop to report later for prison

The federal judge who sentenced Thomas Lane to 2 1/2 years in prison on a civil rights charge in the killing of George Floyd says the former Minneapolis police officer won’t have to surrender until after his sentencing in a separate case in two months

Axios

Ex-cop sentenced to 2 ½ years for role in George Floyd killing

He pleaded guilty in May to aiding and abetting manslaughter.

The Independent UK

Thomas Lane sentenced to 2.5 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights

Former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty in February of depriving the 46-year-old Black man of his civil rights by failing to provide him with medical care during his fatal arrest

Tribune News Service

Ex-officer Thomas Lane sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal judge sentenced former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane to 2 1⁄2 years in prison in the federal civil rights case linked to the 2020 killing of George Floyd.

The Guardian - US

‘Like I belong’: how a California bookshop became a safe space for Black readers

The Salt Eaters Bookshop centers culture and community in every element, quickly becoming a literary haven for its patrons

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