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The Latest Breaking News from George Floyd

Accountability can't stop at ICE

Corey Ruiz's death in Wisconsin shows that local police need scrutiny too

Salon

In 39 States, People Can Be Sentenced to Life for Murders They Did Not Commit

The Sentencing Project highlights the perverse consequences of the felony murder rule, a vestige of British law that still prevails in federal courts and all but two states.

Reason

Anger mounts in Italy after Moroccan man dies under police restraint while pleading for help

The incident has been likened to George Floyd's murder in the United States six years ago, and also prompted comparisons with tactics used by the US's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under President Donald Trump.

Euronews

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Why the murder rate fell to historic low

Homicide rates moved in near lockstep with drug overdoses, alcohol deaths and gun purchases

Salon

What Jameson’s LAPD Shooting Death Says About Justice and Black People

The outpouring of sympathy for Marie Marseille stands out at a time when even indisputable victimhood doesn’t guarantee universal support.

Capital & Main

Did a "Minneapolis Effect" and Later De-Policing Cause Firearms Crimes to Spike in 2020?

My essay on the topic collects the available empirical research. There is support for the theory that, as police across the nation pulled back from some forms of proactive policing after protests surrounding George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis, homicides and gun violence increased as a result.

Reason

The US murder rate fell to historic lows in 2025 – here’s why

The murder rate in 2025 was the lowest in modern American history.

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Indicted Minneapolis 'Antifa' Member Called Burning a Police Precinct 'the Happiest Moment of My Life'

Federal prosecutors have indicted 15 individuals linked to Direct Action Minnesota for obstructing federal immigration operations, highlighting a coordinated effort using encrypted communications

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk Condemns UK Social Media Restrictions as Government Surveillance Trick

Elon Musk has attacked UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's plan to ban under-16s from social media, claiming it is really a surveillance move that turns Britain into a 'police state'. The row also revives Musk's bitter feud with Starmer over the killing of Henry Nowak and protests about police conduct.

International Business Times UK

Why do the right’s Henry Nowak protests look like a party? Distasteful as it is, they’re having fun

Booze, laughter and football chants: the British right are relishing what they see as their George Floyd moment, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

The Guardian - UK

'You're Wrong': UK Deputy PM David Lammy Confronts JD Vance Over Migrant Comments on Teen's Murder

UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy told JD Vance 'you're wrong' during a phone call over comments linking the murder of teenager Henry Nowak to mass migration. Lammy stressed that the killer is British-born and urged Vance not to politicise the case.

International Business Times UK

‘Racist mindsets’: Congolese in Ireland feel fear in wake of Yves Sakila’s death

After a death in Dublin with echoes of George Floyd, people of colour sense rising hostility

The Guardian - UK

What to know about new trials ordered for two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain

A Colorado court has ordered new trials for two paramedics who were found guilty in the death of Elijah McClain, almost seven years after the Black man was pinned down by police and injected with a fatal dose of ketamine

The Independent UK

Henry Nowak Protesters Revive 'Take the Knee' Gesture in Challenge to UK Police

Protests have erupted across the UK after police bodycam footage showed officers handcuffing Henry Nowak, a fatally injured student. The case has sparked debates on policing and justice.

International Business Times UK

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Trump administration weighs in on Henry Nowak murder with call to ‘end two-tier policing’

Henry Nowak’s family have also called on politicians to rebuild trust in the police

The Independent UK

Minnesotans whose loved ones were killed by police condemn state GOP for praying for Derek Chauvin

Outraged Minnesota residents with loved ones who died at the hands of police are demanding accountability over the state's Republican Party holding a public prayer for the former police officer in prison for murdering George Floyd

Reason

This Was the Moment the COVID-19 Experts Betrayed Us

A special six-year anniversary.

The Times of India

'I can’t breathe': Why Henry Nowak's fatal stabbing by a Sikh man could become British Right's 'Black Lives Matter'

Like most memes that go viral on social media, it’s derivative and reductive, like a Yuval Harari offering. Whether it’s raining, how one reports said rain, and how one explains why it’s raining depends upon one’s availability heuristic, political leanings, scientific understanding, and even theological beliefs, or lack thereof.

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The Conversation

An unfinished reckoning with police violence: Community data shows ongoing systemic racism

It’s been roughly six years since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked a global conversation about anti-Black police violence and the excessive use of police force against Black and Indigenous communities.

The Guardian - UK

How the death of Yves Sakila exposes Ireland’s deeply rooted racism problem

Fatally restrained by security guards outside a Dublin department store, Congolese-born Sakila’s demise raises serious questions about accountability

AAP

UK government condemns riot over teen's stabbing death

A British minister blames activists for stirring up violence over the case of an 18-year-old who was handcuffed as he lay dying and his killer stood nearby.

The Guardian - UK

Losing support to Restore, Farage seizes a golden opportunity to bring racists back into the fold

Mark Nowak had asked for his son’s murder not to be used to spread division. But Nige is just not the kind of guy to miss out

The Conversation

Why researchers may be getting mental health inequalities wrong

More than five years after the murder of George Floyd forced institutions to confront racial injustice, it is worth asking what has actually changed. As an associate professor of forensic psychology, I’ve been considering this question in relation to research – in particular, how universities produce knowledge about the communities…

Bangkok Post

UK police face backlash after dying student handcuffed

LONDON - British police faced a national backlash on Tuesday over the ‌inflammatory case of an 18-year-old student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from stab wounds after his killer falsely alleged a racist attack.

Latin Times

Minnesota GOP Faces Backlash After Delegates Hold Moment of Silence for Derek Chauvin

The Minnesota Republican Party is facing intense criticism after delegates at its state convention held a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd.

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