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Woman who took rubber bullet to the face at Black Lives Matter rally sues Fort Lauderdale police

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — LaToya Ratlieff, the Delray Beach woman who was shot in the face with a rubber bullet fired by a Fort Lauderdale police officer during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020, is suing the city of Fort Lauderdale and several of its police officers, accusing them…

Tribune News Service · Jun 1, 2022

City Can Choose What Gets Painted on City Roadways

Painting "Black Lives Matter" doesn't require New York to allow other groups to paint other slogans.

Reason · May 29, 2022

Kansas equity efforts bring little change after George Floyd

Elected leaders in Kansas convened community groups and held town hall conversations after demonstrators protested George Floyd’s death statewide

The Independent UK · May 28, 2022

Outrage as NRA to gather in Houston just days after Texas school massacre

Counter-protests expected as about 55,000 NRA members to attend event, including Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott

The Guardian - US · May 26, 2022

Hells Angel who took part in violent riot while opposing Black Lives Matter protest dies in prison

Colin Green, 58, passed away just days into his 29-month prison sentence for his role in a violent riot protesting against the Black Lives Matter movement.

Daily Record · May 26, 2022

Two years after Floyd, Biden signs police reform executive order

Steering a middle path, US president finds consensus for narrow reforms after overhaul proposals fail in Congress.

Al Jazeera · May 25, 2022

Anti-racism protestors take a knee in Nottingham in George Floyd's memory

Black Lives Matter protesters chanted 'I can't breathe' in front of the Council House

Nottingham Post · May 25, 2022

George Floyd two years on: some accountability but killings go on

Minneapolis officers prosecuted, local reforms adopted in some states, but national overhaul of policing falls short.

Al Jazeera · May 25, 2022

What would George Floyd’s life have looked like without the crushing weight of racism?

Two years on from his death, it’s worth considering the success he might have had in a different world, say writers Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2022

SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens looks back on the difficult decisions around the COVID-19 response

After 793 days making huge decisions over the lives of South Australians, Grant Stevens is stepping out of the COVID-19 spotlight. He reflects on "pissing off" half the population during the state’s pandemic response.

ABC News · May 25, 2022