President Trump’s imprint on the nation’s appeals courts has been swift and historic. He has named judges with records on a range of issues important to Republicans — and to his re-election. By Rebecca R. Ruiz, Robert Gebeloff, Steve Eder and Ben Protess, The Washington Post As a Republican candidate for the Texas Supreme Court, Don R. Willett flaunted […]
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California: Vallejo police kill unarmed 22-year-old, who was on his knees with his hands up | The Guardian
An officer mistakenly believed Sean Monterrosa had a gun, but it was a hammer in his pocket Police in northern California fatally shot an unarmed 22-year-old who was on his knees with his hands up outside a Walgreens store while responding to a call of alleged looting, officials said. An officer in the city of Vallejo was […]
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How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change | Medium, Barack Obama
As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, many people have reached out asking how we can sustain momentum to bring about real change. Ultimately, it’s going to be up to a new […]
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Minnesota gov. hints that white supremacists, drug cartels could be part of widespread chaos | NBC News
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he is aware of unconfirmed reports that gangs of white supremacists are taking advantage of the anarchy unfolding in Minneapolis to create more chaos. The comment came during an early morning press conference Saturday in which Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and members of the law enforcement community laid out […]
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Their Minneapolis Restaurant Burned, but They Back the Protest | The New York Times
Though a Bangladeshi family lost their business in the uproar over the death of George Floyd, they support demonstrators and helped medics treat them. On Friday morning, as dawn broke through the smoke hanging over Minneapolis, the Gandhi Mahal Restaurant was severely damaged by fire. Hafsa Islam, whose father owns the Bangladeshi-Indian restaurant with members of his […]
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Trump’s Looting Tweet Violates His Oath of Office | The Atlantic
The president is supposed to protect and defend the nation’s supreme laws. Shooting looters is unconstitutional. Overnight, protests of the egregious police killing of George Floyd roiled several American cities, including Minneapolis, where riots and looting frightened locals and destroyed livelihoods. A prudent president would have urged calm. On Twitter, President Donald Trump instead aggressively […]
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I Have Not Missed the Amy Coopers of the World | The New York Times
The video of a white woman threatening a black man in Central Park illustrates exactly why I’m so relieved to be spending more time inside. During a recent session conducted over Zoom, my therapist told me I was “glowing.” In the middle of a pandemic. I struggled to explain why until she prodded, “No crazy […]
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KARE 11 Investigates: Earlier Minneapolis police restraint death | KARE 11
A civil suit in 2010 accused police officers of improperly pinning a suspect face down – with an officer’s knee on his back – making it impossible to breathe. MINNEAPOLIS — Years before the nation heard George Floyd’s haunting words – ‘I can’t breathe’ – Minneapolis police officers were accused of improperly restraining another man. […]
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4 Minneapolis Police Officers Fired Over George Floyd Death | HuffPost
The move comes comes after a video showed an officer kneeling on the neck of Floyd, an unarmed Black man, on Monday. Four Minneapolis police officers were fired Tuesday following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died on Monday after an officer kneeled on his neck while he was handcuffed on the […]
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Miami: Community Protests After Officers Acquitted in Beating Death | EJI, A History of Racial Justice
On May 18, 1980, an all-white jury found four Miami Dade Police Officers not guilty in the beating death of Arthur McDuffie, a black man killed during a traffic stop. In response to the verdict, unrest broke out across Miami. On December 17, 1979, Mr. McDuffie — a 33-year-old African American insurance sales representative — […]
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